[Xerte] Re: getting started on mac

Tue Oct 15 20:52:11 BST 2013

I'd suggest it might still be worth having a play with the TechDis sandpit because non techie people like you and me can do some great stuff with Xerte Toolkits and depending on your line of business the cost you might pay for someone to host Xerte for you on a website may well be less than you'd be paying for commercial licenses for other paid for products.

Alistair

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Helen Graves
Sent: 15 October 2013 20:47
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getting started on mac

Thanks, Tom and Alistair.  I, being a non-techy, didn't realize there was the need to have it officially installed on a server.  I'm an independent at the moment, so it sounds like Xerte is not the best fit for me right now.  I appreciate both of you taking the time to reply.

Warmly,
  ~Helen
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Helen Graves
(707) 595-5797

From: Alistair McNaught <Alistair.McNaught at HEAcademy.ac.uk<mailto:Alistair.McNaught at HEAcademy.ac.uk>>
Reply-To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>>
Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 12:38 PM
To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>>
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getting started on mac

Hi Helen
As Tom says there are different variants depending on you're your technical expertise. The real strength in XOT is that you don't need technical skills to use the Toolkits version - but you do need someone (ideally your IT support people if you work in an organisation) to install it on the server for you. In that respect it's like Moodle or similar - easy for non techies to use once the techies have installed it. However if you want to get started before committing to installing on a server have a play on the Jisc Techdis sandpit  - http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/sandpit where you can create an account. There are lots of guides to getting started on the www.Xerte.org.uk<http://www.Xerte.org.uk> community site. Lots of Mac users work with Xerte Toolkits.

Alistair

From: 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 Helen Graves
Sent: 15 October 2013 18:34
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: [Xerte] getting started on mac

Hi,

I'm very interested in trying out Xerte but I'm confused by conflicting information.  On a few external websites, it mentions a 3.0 version compatible with a Mac.  But here on the Nottingham site, I only see the 2.0 version, and nothing about a Mac.

When I downloaded the 2.0 version, I unzipped the file in my Downloads section but then couldn't figure out how to actually begin running the program.  What am I missing?

Warmly,
  ~Helen
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Helen Graves
(707) 595-5797

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