[Xerte] Re: navigation improvements

Tue Sep 13 12:41:53 BST 2016

Thank you so much Ron! I was looking for 'historic' nav on individual pages - didn't think to look at the top of the tree.

I've not used the RSS feed before but will give it a go.

Thanks again for your speedy reply.

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Oliver Haslam BA, MA, PGCert ODE (Open), CMALT
Learning Technologist
UWE Associate Learning & Teaching Fellow
Learning Innovation Unit<http://fetliu.net/>
Faculty of Environment & Technology
University of the West of England

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
Sent: 13 September 2016 12:31
To: 'Xerte discussion list' <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: [Xerte] Re: navigation improvements

Just change the navigation option to historic

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You'll then see a home button on every page

For the link to each LO if you want that to be dynamic you could put the collection in a folder, add them all to the rss feed and then use that folder rss feed to provide a dynamic list of links and even display that feed in a separate LO.

Or embed each LO in a Bootstrap project.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver Haslam
Sent: 13 September 2016 12:00
To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>>
Subject: [Xerte] navigation improvements

Hi

I'm making a series of LOs about using lab equipment. The first page of each one is a Hotspot Connector page with each hotspot connecting to a Video page with brief notes and a video. I want an easy way for users to return to the first page of the LO without having to navigate via the menu or arrows at the bottom. So I've added a 'back to start page' Xerte page link on every page. It works fine but looks ugly and feels cumbersome!

Is there a better/prettier way to do this? Perhaps making a 'back to start page' button in the footer somehow? I've seen reference to 'historic' nav buttons but can't seem to find it now.

I'm also looking for a neat way to allow users to see an 'index' of all the equipment guides I've made. So I've made a separate LO with links to all the guides, and put a 'Main Index of Video Guides' hyperlink onto the first page of each LO so users can get to the index. Again, it feels clunky.

Neither are mission critical but I'd like to make theses guides look as professional as possible.

Any suggestions for how I can improve these?

Here's a link to one of the guides, so you can see what I'm talking about:
https://fet.uwe.ac.uk/liu/LIVE_RESOURCES/Using_the_Heliodon_plus_Quiz/index.htm<http://uidappmx01.nottingham.ac.uk:32224/?NmUxNjVkNDQxNDM5NjAxNDA9NTdEN0RDMTVfNDQ5Xzk1M18xJiZkNGQ0ODBhMGE1MDU0NGI9MTIzMyYmdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZmV0JTJFdXdlJTJFYWMlMkV1ayUyRmxpdSUyRkxJVkUlNUZSRVNPVVJDRVMlMkZVc2luZyU1RnRoZSU1RkhlbGlvZG9uJTVGcGx1cyU1RlF1aXolMkZpbmRleCUyRWh0bQ==>

Cheers
Oli

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Oliver Haslam BA, MA, PGCert ODE (Open), CMALT
Learning Technologist
UWE Associate Learning & Teaching Fellow
Learning Innovation Unit<http://uidappmx01.nottingham.ac.uk:32224/?NTkxMjQ1NDE1ZDQ5MWUwNzA9NTdEN0RDMTVfNDQ5Xzk1M18xJiYxNDMwYjBhMTExYTVmNTY9MTIzMyYmdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmZXRsaXUlMkVuZXQlMkY=>
Faculty of Environment & Technology
University of the West of England

0117 32 88215
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