Welcome!HEA Annual Conference 2014

Creating Inclusive Content using Xerte Online Toolkits

10/04/23

Margaret McKayAdvisor: Accessibility & Inclusion

John MaguireAdvisor: Learning Technologies

Penny RobertsonAdvisor: Learning Resources

Overview• Intro to Xerte

• Inclusivity benefits

• Integration

• Activity

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Introduction to Xerte

Xerte background• Released to the academic community

in 2008• Nottingham Uni e-learning toolkits

could be:–Tutorial guides–Enterprise applications–Bespoke learning tools–web2

• Led to the development and creation of Xerte Online Toolkits

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Xerte Online Toolkits• e-Learning can be time consuming• To minimise the reinvention of the wheel• Support reuse and repurposing of

content• Flexible and powerful• Accessibility (Jisc TechDis)• Enhance productivity:

–Developers–Teachers

Ref. A. Beggan, Nottingham University http://www.slideshare.net/AndyBeggan/introduction-to-xerte

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Multiple routes of access

• Xerte Developers Editionwww.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/xerte.aspx

• Xerte Online Toolkitwww.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/toolkits.aspx

• Xerte Flex Compiler

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Xerte Templates• Text

• Media - Graphics, Sound.

• Media – Video Audio Slideshows

• Interactivities

• Connectors & Navigators

• Misc

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http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/sandpit/

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www.xerte.org.uk

References

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• Xerte resources

http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=4329

• Xerte page types

www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560

• Xerte scoop.it

www.scoop.it/t/xerte-accessible-content-creation