<div><br></div><div>Not yet,</div><div><br></div><div>Trouble is I've already thought of a way of improving it!</div><div><br></div><div>I must get around to creating a sample project that demonstrates the page wizards that are not mirrored by pages in pageTemplates.</div>
<div><br></div><div>By the way Julian, thanks once again for your help. This is the page I was referring to in an earlier posting when I was trying to remove and recreate a whole series of protoOptions at each page restart. Your assistance made the difference :-)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Johnathan</div><div><br></div><div>On 29 June 2010 09:23, Julian Tenney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk">Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The practice page sounds great – is there an example anywhere?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">
<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kemp
Johnathan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 June 2010 22:21</span></p><div class="im"><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>
</div><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] New Page Wizards
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Hello Everyone,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">I am delighted to announce the
issue of a new release of the page wizard zip file which can now be downloaded
from the Page Wizards page of the Xerte Wiki.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">In part this is playing catch-up
by providing 2 new page wizards</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Interactive Diagram</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Interactive List </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">These pages are available in the
latest release of Xerte in the Page Templates project wide template so this
brings the Page Wizards back up to date.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">In part this is a maintenance
release in that there are a couple of bug fixes and adding of features that
have recently been added to pages in the latest version of Page Templates.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">This release also introduces a
new original Page Wizard - the Practice page.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">This page allows you to define
practice groups and to assign practice items to a practice group.</p>
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belonging to a practice group has a practice level.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">The end user i.e. the student
or learner can select the practice level and then the page will present
them with all practice items, one at a time, in random order, that are at that
practice level or an easier level. A significant feature is the ability to
utilise the items in sequence or combined.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">An example will illustrate this</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Say there are 3 practice groups
A, B and C each with 3 practice items in each group.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Used in sequence this will
generate 9 practice screens (3 + 3 + 3) e.g. screen A1, screen A2, screen A3,
screen B1 etc.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Used in combination this will
generate 27 practice screens (3 x 3 x 3) e.g. screen A1 B1 C1, screen A1 B1 C2,
screen A1 B1 C3, screen A1 B2 C1 etc.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">I have used this to set up random
musical instrument scales practice e.g.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Group - Perform</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 1 C Major Scale - Level
Easiest</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 2 G Major Scale - Level
Easiest</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 3 C Minor Scale - Level Easy</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Group - Hands</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 1 Right Hand - Level Easiest</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 2 Left Hand - Level Easiest</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 3 Both Hands - Level
Moderate</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 1 mf - Level Easiest</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 2 mp - Level Hard</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Item 3 p < f > p - Level
Hardest</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">By using these groups combined
the Student will be presented with practice screens such as </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b>Perform</b> - C
Major</p>
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Hand</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">The careful selection of practice
level means that the student can start at Easiest and practice Major scales with
one hand only at a time and only at mf.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Selecting level Easy brings in
additionally the Minor Scales</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Selecting level Moderate brings
in practice with both hands</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Selecting level Hard also now
introduces an alternative dynamic</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Selecting level Hardest now
includes every possible combination and introduces the harder dynamic.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Hints can be added to every
Practice Item to assist in correct practice.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Once completed the student can
click on Restart, whereupon the page refreshes and they can select a new practice
level.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">I hope that you may find this a
useful addition to the Page Wizards</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Kind regards</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Johnathan</p>
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