[Xerte] Re: Problem with LO link

[Pat L (pgogy)]

Hi Basil,

I believe Cardiff and Swansea already have installs if that helps motivate
your IT people ;)

Pat


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Basil Turnbull Wolf [btw]
<btw at aber.ac.uk>wrote:

>  Hi
>
>
>
> This question makes me feel a bit better about my own problems.  I’ve been
> using Xerte for the last 3 months or so and I’m really excited by its
> apparent potential – thanks to all you folks who work so hard to develop
> it! I’ve made a few objects, mainly interactive quizzes, to support
> students revision of my course material and help them to construct their
> understanding.  It was easy enough to get started using the on-line guides
> and build the first object, but once it was ready I didn’t have a clue how
> to make it available to students – I’d never heard of SCORM or localhost or
> all that stuff before – and couldn’t find any guidance on what to do next.
> I haven’t tried to put voice or video into the latest version of Xerte but
> my attempts with the previous one were a complete failure (can it be done
> if I don’t speak HTML?) and I feel that I am by no means realising the full
> potential of the programme.  I think it would be wonderful to have some
> more on-line guides that would help those of us who are less computer
> literate users to get that bit further and potentially would open up the
> programme to a wider range of users who might lack confidence. Or do I need
> to persuade my institution to support the software?
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> Many thanks
>
>
>
> Basil Wolf
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> Dr Basil T. Wolf
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> Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences
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> Aberystwyth University
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> Penglais
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> Wales, UK
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Dave Burnett
> *Sent:* 17 December 2013 11:56
> *To:* Xerte list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Problem with LO link
>
>
>
> localhost means you are using your own computer as the web server.
>
> Are you running Xerte from a flash drive or memory stick?
>
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> From: Kimberley.Godwin at stamford.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:38:03 +0000
> Subject: [Xerte] Problem with LO link
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I’m teaching myself how to use the Xerte software to create online library
> tutorials for my FE students.  I created a learning object having worked
> through a Xerte how-to tutorial, but when another member of my team tried
> to view the link it wouldn’t work.  The link is:
> http://localhost/xertetoolkits/play.php?template_id=2.  I suspect the
> issue is something to do with the ‘localhost’ bit of the URL.
>
>
>
> Can anyone offer any advice on how to rectify this please?
>
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>
> Kimberley Godwin
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> *Kimberley Godwin*
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