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</style><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I’d suggest it might still be worth having a play with the TechDis sandpit because non techie people like you and me can do some great stuff with Xerte Toolkits
and depending on your line of business the cost you might pay for someone to host Xerte for you on a website may well be less than you’d be paying for commercial licenses for other paid for products.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Alistair</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></p><div><div style="border:none; border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Helen Graves<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 October 2013 20:47<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: getting started on mac</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Thanks, Tom and Alistair. I, being a non-techy, didn't realize there was the need to have it officially installed on a server. I'm an independent at the
moment, so it sounds like Xerte is not the best fit for me right now. I appreciate both of you taking the time to reply.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(91, 0, 122); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">Warmly,</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: rgb(91, 0, 122); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Handwriting - Dakota","serif"; color:#5B007A">~Helen</span></i><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">- - -</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Helen Graves</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">(707) 595-5797</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span></p></div><div style="border:none; border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Alistair McNaught <<a href="mailto:Alistair.McNaught@HEAcademy.ac.uk">Alistair.McNaught@HEAcademy.ac.uk</a>><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Xerte discussion list <<a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, October 15, 2013 12:38 PM<br><b>To: </b>Xerte discussion list <<a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[Xerte] Re: getting started on mac</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hi Helen</span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">As Tom says there are different variants depending on you’re your technical expertise. The real strength in XOT is that you don’t need technical skills to
use the Toolkits version – but you do need someone (ideally your IT support people if you work in an organisation) to install it on the server for you. In that respect it’s like Moodle or similar – easy for non techies to use once the techies have installed
it. However if you want to get started before committing to installing on a server have a play on the Jisc Techdis sandpit -
<a href="http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/sandpit">http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/sandpit</a> where you can create an account. There are lots of guides to getting started on the
<a href="http://www.Xerte.org.uk">www.Xerte.org.uk</a> community site. Lots of Mac users work with Xerte Toolkits.</span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Alistair</span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><div><div style="border:none; border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Helen Graves<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 October 2013 18:34<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] getting started on mac</span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002390"> </span></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Hi,</span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">I'm very interested in trying out Xerte but I'm confused by conflicting information. On a few external websites, it mentions a 3.0 version compatible with
a Mac. But here on the Nottingham site, I only see the 2.0 version, and nothing about a Mac.</span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">When I downloaded the 2.0 version, I unzipped the file in my Downloads section but then couldn't figure out how to actually begin running the program. What
am I missing?</span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(91, 0, 122); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">Warmly,</span></i></span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: rgb(91, 0, 122); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Handwriting - Dakota","serif"; color:#5B007A">~Helen</span></i><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">- - -</span></span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Helen Graves</span></span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">(707) 595-5797</span></span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="color:#002390"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 35, 144); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back
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