Creating Interactive Learning content using Xerte

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• General
  
  

  General

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• Introduction
  
  

  Introduction

   Developing interactive learning content using Xerte

  This course is an introduction to Xerte, a tool for creating interactive learning materials. The content is presented in small sections for more flexibility. Start with the introduction below and make your choices from there.

  • Introduction File
  • Page types File
• Getting started
  
  

  Getting started

  • Quick start File
  • After viewing the Quick start, use the onscreen tutorials, videos or handouts in this course to become familiar with Xerte.

    You may find it useful to use the first item in each block to give you a good introduction.

    For those who want to find out more or connect with others using Xerte, the last block highlights forums and other sources to find out more about Xerte.

• Xerte Onscreen Tutorials
  
  

  Xerte Onscreen Tutorials

  • These onscreen tutorials give you step by step instructions on creating different page types using Xerte.

    Read the readme.doc file below, then download the onscreen tutorial1 zip file to your PC. Unzip it and follow the instructions from the readme.doc file to use the onscreen tutorial.

  • Readme.doc File
  • Tutorial 1 File
  • Tutorial 2 File
  • Tutorial 3 File
  • Tutorial 4 File
  • Tutorial 5 File
  • More on screen tutorials may be available from http://xlearn.co.uk/xerte.
• Xerte Video Tutorials
  
  

  Xerte Video Tutorials

  These video tutorials cover the basics and more advanced topics in using Xerte.

  • Xerte Tools and Terminology File
  • Xerte Text Pages File
  • Xerte Media - Graphics and Sound File
  • Xerte Learning Object Icon Properties File
  • Xerte and RSS File
  • Xerte and Morphing Images File
  • Xerte and Moodle - part 1 File
  • Xerte and Moodle - part 2 File
• Xerte Handouts
  
  

  Xerte Handouts

  Handouts are available from the JISC TechDis Xerte web site:

  http://www.techdis.ac.uk/getxerte

  Scroll down to Getting going as a tutor. The handouts are available as Word documents or PDFs.
• Copyright acknowledgements and Xerte
  
  

  Copyright acknowledgements and Xerte

  Ron Mitchell has created a short learning object on ways to ensure you have added attribution for images etc in your learning objects. Click the link below to see this learning object:

  http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/play_4861
• Further training and support
  
  

  Further training and support

  JISC TechDis

  JISC TechDis have created a series of online support sessions called Xerte Friday Online Sessions. The schedule for future sessions can be found with the link below. There is also a link on the page to the archives for previous sessions.
  Xerte Friday Online Sessions

  Forums

  Technical help
  Xerte for Teachers

  Web sites

  The original Xerte web site by the Nottingham team who created it:
  http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/

  Download MAXOS from the RSC Eastern's web site on Xerte:
  http://www.rsc-eastern.ac.uk/Technical/Maxos/Pages/default.aspx

  Ron Mitchell's web site has embedded videos as well as links to other resources:
  http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/resources/xerte

  Other Xerte links
  http://www.delicious.com/xlearn/bundle:xerte