[Xerte-dev] Re: Simplification changes to the Connector pages

[Julian Tenney]

This looks good, I need to see it in action though, but yes, anything to simplify the form and make it clear what's happening is good.

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
Sent: 29 April 2012 12:55
To: Xerte Developers Discussion List
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Simplification changes to the Connector pages

I am re-visiting the Connector pages to fix a few bugs I found during testing.

During this process I am removing all the "Display text" child elements and putting their contents into the top level element with the language attribute.
This should alleviate the concerns expressed regarding the "Display text".

I have also been giving further consideration to the navigation.

It seems to me that there are three potential navigation situations
1.      No navigation displayed (this would only apply to Connector pages, when the Author might want to restrict the learner to following one of the Connections)
2.      Limited navigation i.e. Only the Back and Next buttons (This might be considered appropriate for none-connector pages which form a section of a project between a Connector page and a Redirector Connector page. For example a series of pages that explain why a particular choice is correct or incorrect.
3.      Normal full navigation. This would apply to any other situation as well as being available as an option to both the above situations.
With the above in mind I am proposing to change the navigation settings in the Forms for the Connector pages to significantly simplify the options available.

I have attached my proposals in pdf format so that I can provide images of the current situation with notes to indicate how this will change.

I welcome any comments about the changes discussed above.

Unless I receive feedback to the contrary I will start implementing these changes on Wednesday May 2nd. (It will take a while longer before the changes become visible in the XOT beta :-)

Hopefully this will alleviate most of the concerns that have been expressed regarding the suitability of the Connector pages for use by your average XOT user.

Kind regards

Johnathan

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