[Xerte] custom interfacy

[Dave Burnett]

Flash has something like a 98% penetration rate.
That's a pretty small slice to cover for what I'm guessing would be a fairly difficult  (code intensive) process.

Although I'm not sure what you mean by "gracefully degrade".
Can you elaborate?


> From: hal at cleveratom.co.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: [Xerte] custom interfacy
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:42:04 +0000
> 
> 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:
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> > 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
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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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