[Xerte] Re: Selling xerte to colleagues

Mon May 20 13:08:12 BST 2013

I did too.

Op 20-5-2013 13:58, Pat @ Pgogy schreef:
> Got this twice
>
> On 20 May 2013, at 12:43, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl 
> <mailto:reijnders at tor.nl>> wrote:
>
>> Those are (in my humble opinion) very vague requirements, so I'll 
>> write down what Xerte can do in these two area's.
>>
>> - SCORM compatibility
>>
>> In Xerte 2.0 SCORM capabilities have been enhanced:
>>  * Don't need to think of it during authoring. SCORM is added on Export
>>  * SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 3rd Ed.
>>  * tracks all pages (visited, duration) and currently quiz and 
>> Multiple Choice Question. More than 1 of these can be combined, and a 
>> weight can be assigned.
>>
>> - Wide-interactivity
>>
>> Interactivity through programming is available to developers by 
>> adding/changing page models/templates.
>> With the quiz you can currently have say 50 questions and ask the 
>> learner 10 random questions out of those 50.
>>
>> The whole point of Xerte itself is there is no need for programming 
>> by the author.
>>
>> But again, it is setup in such a way that it's easy to add page 
>> models/templates to the system, and those are in Javascript (for the 
>> latest engine).
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Op 20-5-2013 13:28, Sheppard, Nick schreef:
>>>
>>> I have an academic colleague who currently uses CourseLab -- I was 
>>> telling him about xerte and he raised the following points if anyone 
>>> could comment (I know can output as SCORM but not familiar enough 
>>> with xerte on the other point):
>>>
>>> What I would need from such an authoring tool:
>>>
>>> - SCORM-compatibility
>>>
>>> - wide interactivity through programming, preferably Javascript, to 
>>> allow randomised assessment with automatically generated 
>>> parameters/variables.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
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