[Xerte] Xerte on iPhone

[Adam Read]

My PHP is a bit rusty but not bad on the Javascript front.

RE Video Playback
I'm not an iPhone guru so could be wrong in thinking that Flash is currently not support (although it could be soon?) but embedded QuickTime videos should work. I think I read somewhere that streaming content won't work in the Safari browser. Not sure about MP4 content either.

RE Sound Playback
I guess MP3 would be the best format to use. Again flash limitations prevent use of free players like Flowplayer. I'd imagine Quicktime again is the only option.

Adam
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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
Sent: 13 October 2009 14:32
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte on iPhone

Hello,

Page 1 is easy peasy

Page 2 is awkward format wise - does FLV work on the iphone - guessing not - quicktime? Formats? Streamed? Not streamed?

Page 3 isn't hard, I have an idea in my brain how to code it already.

Page 4 as above.

The issues are

Video playback - formats - players, does it have to be inline - can it be a link
Sound playback - formats - player?

You know much PHP / javascript?

Pat

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Adam Read
Sent: 13 October 2009 14:11
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte on iPhone

Hi Pat

Most of the RLOs my colleagues have developed have been along the lines of:

Page1: Block of text, some images, hyperlinks
Page 2: A video
Page 3: a narrated audio track with synchronized images.
Page 4: a mini quiz with feedback

They will be looking to build in quizzes with conditional scripting in the future though.

I guess the main need would be Xerte's ability to style to fit the iphone display and provide an alternative to the flash videos / audio and image slideshow.

Adam
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 Adam Read
 Learning Technologist
 University College Plymouth St Mark & St John

 aread at marjon.ac.uk<mailto:aread at marjon.ac.uk>
 tel: 01752 636700 ext: 5673
 Room 566, Kirby Cudmore Building
 twitter.com/adamread<http://www.twitter.com/adamread>

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
Sent: 13 October 2009 14:01
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte on iPhone

Hello,

Desktop non-templated (such good English) RLOs are probably a no go for a while (though cs5 does allow for iphone app creation so that might offer something) because of the flash limitation.

However, we have 1 template at Nottingham using XOT which goes off to generate HTML via a PHP script and so could make a web based template using the Online Toolkits to create iphone stuff for viewing with Safari.

What sort of interactions would you want it to do?

Pat

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Adam Read
Sent: 13 October 2009 13:47
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Xerte on iPhone

Hi

We have a number of staff at our institution already developing RLOs using Xerte and they've asked me about iPhone support.

What's the situation with Xerte Objects on iPhone/Touch? I imagine browser viewing is fairly limited, especially with Flash limitations?

Are there any plans to introduce iPhone/Touch templates or developing options? It'd be great to have a publish as SCORM and publish this as something that will play in the iPhone browser.

Thanks

Adam
___________________________________
 Adam Read
 Learning Technologist
 University College Plymouth St Mark & St John

 aread at marjon.ac.uk<mailto:aread at marjon.ac.uk>
 tel: 01752 636700 ext: 5673
 Room 566, Kirby Cudmore Building
 twitter.com/adamread<http://www.twitter.com/adamread>



















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Derriford Road   Plymouth  PL6 8BH

Phone 01752 636700   Web  marjon.ac.uk

Principal: Professor Margaret Noble





A Church of England College Founded in 1840



University College Plymouth St Mark & St John is a registered charity the trustee of which is a company limited by guarantee registered in England No. 986239







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