[Xerte] More Questions

[Robert Fant]

Hey Thanks Julian,

I apologize for asking such a primitive question.   I don't know how I
missed that in my readings.
Nonetheless, I got it going and it works just like you said.

Hopefully this next question will not be so trivial.
I just created a "categorizing" activity, works great.
As I understand it, all "item" entries are stored in the XML file.   Is it
possible for the items to be LaTeX code/images (or any image type)?   Or are
we limited only to text here?
I would guess that the answer to this will apply to all of the different
activity entries.

Again, than you for your patience,

Robert


On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Julian Tenney <
Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Fire up Xerte. Go to the templates menu, choose the pageTemplates option
> there. Let it create a new project or you. Once it's done, you should be
> faced with the wizard screen, and the insert menu in the top left. This
> allows you to add pages to the project.
>
>
>
> This is the way to use Xerte if you want to create content quickly,using
> predefined templates – no need to script anything. You can create cutom
> pages by loading up flash movies which do things not available in the other
> page types.
>
>
>
> The file type for this type of project is .rlt. When Xerte opens an .rlt
> file it automatically opens the wizard interface. Underneath that is the
> normal Xerte dev environment – if you close the wizard you will return to
> it. To fire up the wizard again by doule clicking the Learning Object icon
> (which now has a little cog wheel on it, indicating this is a data-driven
> piece).
>
>
>
> Probably best  not to mess with the underlying .rlt file until you've
> figured a bit more out – this is quite advanced Xerte.
>
>
>
> The wizard interface allows you to edit an xml file (template.xml) which
> contains your content. At runtime this file is loaded up, and the logic in
> the .rlt uses the data in this file to construct the piece dynamically,
> based on the data it finds in there.
>
>
>
> If you've jumped straight into the quiz templates tutorial, and haven't
> written any code before you'll have a lot of further questions – just shout,
> but be aware this is quite advanced stuff, and you should defintitely learn
> some coding first. Work through the getting started bit of the help file,
> that should help quite a bit,
>
>
>
> J
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Robert Fant
> *Sent:* Friday, January 16, 2009 3:12 AM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] More Questions
>
>
>
> First, thank all of you (*Julian, John, and Patrick*), for your quick,
> informative responses.
> I feel much better but have a LONG way to go.
>
> I have actually created a couple of pages with some trivial (scrolling)
> text boxes, math symbols, and a graphic, (must start somewhere, right).
> Working through the quiz tutorial in the help menu, now.   My programming /
> scripting skills are minimal, so this is going to be tough.
>
> QUESTION(S):   I got on John's online site and saw that one can "Insert"
> various templates from a drop-down list, (inter-activities, media,
> navigators, etc.).   I don't seem to have all of this available with the
> desktop version.   What am I missing?   Do I need to install these
> templates?   However, as I look through the directory where Xerte is
> installed, I can see what appears to be folders with a lot of this stuff
> available.   I'm guessing I just don't understand how to implement any of
> them.
> The "template" directory in the help file just *seems* to only disect and
> explain the various xml files.
>
> I suppose this is enough for now.   I've been at this all day.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help and expertise,
>
>
> --
> Robert Fant
> Mathematics Instructor
> Technology Integration Enthusiast
>
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