Xerte Essential Training

Aim and Objectives

What is Xerte
Understand what Xerte can do
Examples
Development procedure
Consider good practice in your context
Get started using Xerte
Where to find further help regarding Xerte
Create your first Xerte learning object

The purpose of this training is to give you a comprehensive introduction to Xerte and a quick getting started guide on setting up your first project.

Xerte is an online tool that allows you to create interactive learning objects and webpages.

What is Xerte

2004 — 2019

The Story So Far

Nottingham University
Flash base visual editor
Simple Form Templates
Open source
Communities began to grow
HTML5 - based editor

https://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/

Flipped & blended learning
Distance learning
Active learning activities
Reinforcing knowledge
Stimulating discussions
Microlearning

What could it be used for?

Pre-sessional teaching
Providing feedback
Revision resources
Resource banks
Student projects

Free and open source
Available to all staff and students
Supported by the University
Easy to create learning resources
Collaborate authoring
HTML5
Accessibility
Instant updating

Why XERTE?

Separation of content from runtime / delivery technologies
Suitable for non-technical users as well as power users
SCORM and xAPI
69 page types (increasing)
Cardiff University Theme

You can use Xerte to...

Create responsive webpages
Introduce text in dynamic ways
Upload and embed images
Upload and embed audio and video
Add hotspots to images
Sync audio and video with text
Create multi-media galleries
Include interactive and non-linear navigation
Create self-assessments with feedback

How Does It Work

See a full Xerte demo

Examples

Teaching / Structured Flow

A structured teaching resource that combines presenting text and multimedia content with interactions to check knowledge.

https://xerte.cardiff.ac.uk/play_9227

Examples

Content / Revision Flow

A revision resource that contains content and interactions that can be used in small sections at any time.

https://xerte.cardiff.ac.uk/play_8700

Examples

Embedded Resource

An embedded resource in another system to add interactivity to static content.

Learning Central Demo

Additional Examples

Embed almost anything
Advanced Menu
Branching scenarios
Extending XERTE

And many more...

Development

Plan

Design

Build

Review

Workflow for developing online learning resources

Planning your resource

Aim

Audience

Use

Context

Flow

Download planning worksheet (.docx)

Multimedia Design Principles

Content

Display

Interaction

Multimedia Design Principles

Building your resource

STEP BY STEP HELP IN USING XERTE

Accessing Xerte
Creating your first project
Project options and page options
Page type guides
Project properties and managing projects
Sharing and Publish your project
Extra features

Accessing Xerte

URL: https://xerte.cardiff.ac.uk/

User your University username and passwor

Creating A New Project

1.On the right-hand side, click on the “+ Create” button under “Xerte Online Toolkit”

2. Enter a name for your project,

Then click “+ Create”:

Note: The editor will open automatically once you do this. To open the editor in the future, double click on your project in the list of projects or select one and click on

Setting Up The Project

Enter the name of your learning object in the “Learning Object Title” field. This will be displayed at the top of every page as the first line of the header
Set the “Theme”
Set the “Display Mode” to “Fill Window”
Un-check the “Responsive Text” checkbox
Tick “Show Toolbar” at the bottom of the screen.