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Last update:
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Toolkits v1.7

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Last Update:

August 23rd 2011

 

 

 

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Major update to the Xerte 3 Beta. Download Windows Installer.

Xerte 3 cross platform! Windows and Mac versions of Xerte 3 beta now available.

Xerte Online Toolkits wins IMS Platinum Award! More...

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Xerte 3.0 Alpha release for download and comments. Download...

The Xerte Project Team have won 'Learning Technologist of the Year' award from ALT. More...

The Xerte Project shortlisted for WISE Innovation Award.
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Alpha version of Xerte 3.0 available in the code repository. More...

Xerte 2.6 and Xerte Online Toolkits v1.5 have been released.

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Overview: Xerte

Xerte is a suite of tools for the rapid development of interactive learning content. Xerte makes it very easy to perform simple, common tasks, yet possible to create rich interactivity.

Xerte Screenshot

Xerte seeks to provide a focus on the types of problems and situations that developers of interactive learning content frequently encounter, and accelerate the development process.

Xerte provides a visual, icon-based authoring environment that allows learning objects to be easily created with the minimum of scripting. Functionality that would be time-consuming to develop from scratch in other tools can be created very quickly in Xerte.

If you don’t write code yet, you will be able to use Xerte to integrate text, graphics, animations, sounds and video, create simple interactivity, and deliver it in an accessible interface. Content can be SCORM compliant for delivery in any LMS or VLE.

If you write some code, you will be able to create more complex structures and sophisticated interactivity. You’ll be able to customise the default interface and develop your own interfaces and navigation systems for your learning objects.

If you write lots of code you’ll be able to develop powerful components, extend the Xerte authoring interface with your own tools, and even contribute to the Xerte project itself.

Xerte is open-source software, released under the GNU public license, in use all over the world.

 

 

 

Documentation

Getting Started

An Introduction to Xerte in pdf format.

Dynamic Templates

An introduction for advanced developrs creating data-driven templates using Xerte.

Toolkits Launch Event

Watch a streaming video of a recent launch event for Xerte Online Toolkits.

Toolkits Presentation

Alistair McNaught of Jisc TechDis demonstrates Xerte Online Toolkits.

Xerte Examples

30 Second Demo

A very short captivate file showing a simple Xerte project being started, built and published for the web.

Learning Object Demo

A very simple demo of a learning object.

Accessibility

A short piece that explains the accessible design features we have implemented.

 

Toolkits Examples

Xerte Online Toolkits

A typical Xerte Online Toolkits project.

Toolkits Example

A comprehensive demonstration of all the standard page types.

Second Life

An overview of the work The University of Nottingham is doing in Second Life.

Robin Hood Project

A complete project developed with Xerte Online Toolkits about Robin Hood.

Resources

E-Learning @ Nottingham

Practical advice, inspiration and commuity support.

IS Learning Team

Information about The University of Nottingham's Learning Team.