[Xerte] Re: Controlling audio in 'media interactions' template

[Julian Tenney]

Yes, the Xerte Online Toolkit (or Page Templates) if you are using the standalone tools,

J

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ruth Russell
Sent: 26 July 2011 14:46
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Controlling audio in 'media interactions' template

Hi Julian,

Thanks for your reply.

When you say the main template, do you mean something other than the 'media interactions' template?

I have found these instructions  for narration in the wizards guide, but there is no option for 'insert model' in the media interactions template. Would I need to use a different template?

Apologies if I'm asking very stupid questions.

Thanks
Ruth


How to use Page Wizards in a standard Xerte project
Models that support the use of page wizards
Narration
* The narration optional parameter is included in many of the Page Wizards. This
originates in the "Page Templates" pages from which the wizards are derived.
Because "Page Templates" is a project wide template it can include elements that
are not part of any individual page, but are shared by all the pages. One aspect of
this is a icon structure that supports the playing of an audio file, specified in the
Narration optional property.
* If you wish to use the narration optional property then you need to download from
the Xerte wiki Page Wizards page, the narrationHandler.rlm file. To use this file.
1. Add an entry frame to your project's interface icon.
2. Select the entry frame
3. Do File / Insert Model and select the narrationHandler.rlm file.
4. You can now use the optional Narration property in your page wizards.

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
No, that functionality would have to be developed...

You could use the narration property of the pages in the main template to play sounds on each page.

We're sort of planning to merge the two templates because people keep complaining that they can't have the bits they want from both.



From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Ruth Russell
Sent: 26 July 2011 10:43
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: [Xerte] Controlling audio in 'media interactions' template

Hi

I'm a medical student making a language learning tutorial using the media interactions template: It's been really useful, as I have no experience of writing script. Especially the keyboard feature, thanks!

I have a piece of audio with a full transcript on the left, and on the right I am using the transcript in 'fill in the blank' exercises. These follow the order of the audio.

I was wondering whether there was a way to stop the audio resetting itself between interactive exercises, so that you don't have to keep refinding the place in the audio? This isn't ideal as the audio feature does have a minutes and seconds indicator.

Alternatively, is there a way to embed the 'fill in the blanks' exercise and a section of the audio on the same page?

Thanks
Ruth


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