[Xerte] Changing the layout of the nested pages intranscriptreader

Mon Sep 13 17:25:36 BST 2010

Another non-Xerte approach would be to get them to work in small groups
and compare their piece with one another's and coming up with what they
thought was their 'group best version'.

A

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Warde, Paul C
Sent: 13 September 2010 10:39
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Changing the layout of the nested pages
intranscriptreader

Alistair.

The original query was raised by one of our ESOL tutors who has a
speaking and listening topic where she dicates to her class, they write
the passage of text then compare their handwritten piece with a correct
copy that she provides them with. As she dictates she announces full
stops, new sentences, capital letters etc and pauses frequently.

The transcript reader would work perfectly aside from the fact it
presents each section of dictation as a separate paragraph (she is
trying to teach correct paragraph structure and grammar in a way that
relates to the actual exam that they take at the end of the year)

Many thanks for the ideas, I'll explore these and see whether they can
be made to work.

Paul

Paul Warde
ILT Technical Support Worker
Bury Adult Learning Service

T: 0161 253 7444

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair
McNaught
Sent: 10 September 2010 15:57
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Changing the layout of the nested pages in
transcriptreader

I'm responding as a teaching rather than technical person so this must
be regarded merely as pedagogical workaround!

I would get round this by using the free Camstudio software to create a
screenshot movie of a free text-to-speech tool like Balabolka or DSpeech
speaking the text as it highlights each word.  This would take two or
three minutes from start to finish.  I would then use the free format
factory software to convert to .FLV and put it into online toolkits as a
simple media template.

Alternatively, I might bypass Xerte online toolkits and use the media
interaction template instead (you can see an example at
http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/play_2747 and have a go at making
one on the JISC TechDis sandpit at www.techdisplayxerte.info) so that
they could look at the video clip and answer questions on the same page.

If you're not sure where to get Balabolka, Camstudio etc try the
excellent eduapps site - www.eduapps.org

I am going to copy this thread onto the Xerteforteachers JISC mail list
since it may be relevant to people there as well.

Alistair

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Warde, Paul C
Sent: 10 September 2010 15:44
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Changing the layout of the nested pages in transcript
reader

Hi

We have been trying out the transcript reader in the online toolkits.

Is it possible for the nested pages to run on from each other rather
than appearing as separate paragraphs? That way we could highlight
sections along a sentence of text and show proper paragraph structure.

I'm sure if I had the programming know how it would be possible to edit
the transcriptreader model to make these changes?

Paul

Paul Warde
ILT Technical Support Worker
Bury Adult Learning Service

T: 0161 253 7444

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