[Xerte] custom interfacy

[Hal MacLean]

Hi All - I am just joining the list and picking up threads as they  
arrive. I realise I am new to the party and probably need to lurk and  
read a bit more before getting involved.

However, I was wondering about the accessibility issues and  
specifically how I might gracefully degrade from Flash to, say,  
Javascript if an end user does not (and cannot) have the Flash player  
installed into their browser. Graceful degrade from Javascript to HTML  
would be the next step, and probably then pass all kinds of  
compatibility and accessibility tests.

I have used Xerte all of three days and am loving the interface, but  
have a great deal still to learn.

On that, I was hoping for some guidance on the interactivity and  
building quizzes, and am frantically reading all I can find. What  
would be really useful is a sample quiz that uses minimal scripting to  
illustrate the architecture, then a more advanced quiz that uses a  
little more scripting that illustrates the power of what is possible  
through Action Script.

I am not a web coder, by the way, but am looking to develop Scorm  
objects that are both visually pleasing and educationally rich.

Hal
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On 16 Mar 2009, at 10:48, Alistair McNaught wrote:

>
> It's worth remembering that one of the very big advantages of the  
> standard interface is that it offers a high level of accessibility  
> to users with disabilities or different learning needs. Obviously it  
> is possible to change the interface and customise your own but  
> beware of losing one of the main benefits for learners in the process.
>
> Alistair
>
> Alistair McNaught
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> ] On Behalf Of Lluís Rius
> Sent: 16 March 2009 10:11
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] custom interfacy
>
> Hi,
> I need to create a custom interface. Basically, I would like to delete
> the naviagtion buttons (contents, back, next)  because I only have one
> activity. Can anyone explain how to do it?
> Thank you
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> Lluís Rius
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