[Xerte] New Page Wizards

[Kemp Johnathan]

Hello Everyone,

I am delighted to announce the issue of a new release of the page wizard zip
file which can now be downloaded from the Page Wizards page of the Xerte
Wiki.

In part this is playing catch-up by providing 2 new page wizards

Interactive Diagram
and
Interactive List

These pages are available in the latest release of Xerte in the Page
Templates project wide template so this brings the Page Wizards back up to
date.

In part this is a maintenance release in that there are a couple of bug
fixes and adding of features that have recently been added to pages in the
latest version of Page Templates.

This release also introduces a new original Page Wizard - the Practice page.

This page allows you to define practice groups and to assign practice items
to a practice group.
Each practice item, as well as belonging to a practice group has a practice
level.

The end user i.e. the student  or learner can select the practice level and
then the page will present them with all practice items, one at a time, in
random order, that are at that practice level or an easier level. A
significant feature is the ability to utilise the items in sequence or
combined.

An example will illustrate this
Say there are 3 practice groups A, B and C each with 3 practice items in
each group.
Used in sequence this will generate 9 practice screens (3 + 3 + 3) e.g.
screen A1, screen A2, screen A3, screen B1 etc.
Used in combination this will generate 27 practice screens (3 x 3 x 3) e.g.
screen A1 B1 C1, screen A1 B1 C2, screen A1 B1 C3, screen A1 B2 C1 etc.

I have used this to set up random musical instrument scales practice e.g.
Group - Perform
Item 1 C Major Scale - Level Easiest
Item 2 G Major Scale - Level Easiest
Item 3 C Minor Scale - Level Easy
etc.

Group - Hands
Item 1 Right Hand - Level Easiest
Item 2 Left Hand - Level Easiest
Item 3 Both Hands - Level Moderate

Group - Dynamics
Item 1 mf - Level Easiest
Item 2 mp - Level Hard
Item 3 p < f > p - Level Hardest

By using these groups combined the Student will be presented with practice
screens such as

*Perform* - C Major
*Hands* - Left Hand
*Dynamics* - mp

The careful selection of practice level means that the student can start at
Easiest and practice Major scales with one hand only at a time and only at
mf.
Selecting level Easy brings in additionally the Minor Scales
Selecting level Moderate brings in practice with both hands
Selecting level Hard also now introduces an alternative dynamic
Selecting level Hardest now includes every possible combination and
introduces the harder dynamic.

Hints can be added to every Practice Item to assist in correct practice.

Once completed the student can click on Restart, whereupon the page
refreshes and they can select a new practice level.

I hope that you may find this a useful addition to the Page Wizards

Kind regards

Johnathan
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