The case study is designed to complement the other materials available on the website, rather than serve as a stand alone teaching tool. The other, static, portions of the site provide content, specifically on the rules governing responsible image processing.

The primary goal of the case study is to give users an opportunity to see how the image guidelines apply in the context of an actual lab, and how they intersect with issues of mentoring, authorship and technical training; a secondary goal is to reinforce the understanding of the rules guiding image presentation. The case study also aims to help users identify various temptations and pressures that make misconduct more likely, and to reflect on ways to avoid those temptations.