[Xerte] Re: Interface/authoring options for Xerte?

[Smith, Bradley]

Thanks very much for the quick response, Ron! 

If I get access to a Windows system but don’t have the Adobe software needed to edit Flash content, would I be able to do anything useful with Xerte Desktop, or would I need to wait until the next release is complete? Is the dev version of that release stable enough to be worth trying yet?

—Brad

On Aug 29, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi
> a few quick responses...
> 
> Xerte desktop is the orginal developer tool and yes is Windows only in terms
> of authoring and Flash only in terms of output. The official name of the
> online tool is Xerte Online Toolkits (XOT) but many users just refer to this
> as Xerte and as there isn't any new development or HTML 5 output from the
> desktop tool XOT is where all new development resides. It's old now but for
> more details on tools and terminology view that Tools and Terminology
> screencast on my site via http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/xerte 
> 
> If you want to get involved in developing and contributing additional
> functionality for XOT join the dev list
> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev 
> 
> Yes the reference to HTML 5 at the moment refers to the playback of LO's
> rather than creation. With all versions up to 2.1 Flash is used as part of
> the XOT workspace for authoring. However developments on a non-flash
> authoring environment are well under way and should be part of the next
> release which includes a wysiwyg editor based on http://ckeditor.com/ 
> 
> HTH
> Ron
> 
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> Subject: [Xerte] Interface/authoring options for Xerte?
> 
> Hello all, 
> 
> I have a few questions I haven't been able to answer by poking around on the
> site and in the docs I've found, so I'm hoping that someone here can help.
> 
> First, I mentioned (off-topically) in another thread that I've been finding
> the templates for lesson objects in XOT a bit limiting, and asked about ways
> to develop my own. Shortly thereafter I noticed the link to "Xerte Desktop"
> on the downloads page, which sounds like it could be what I'm looking for.
> However, the only download option is for a Windows installed. Am I correct
> in inferring that if you're on a Mac or Linux you're limited to the XOT
> interface, which is limited to simplified templates? Is there any other way
> to develop more complex xerte-compatible learning objects if you're not
> using Windows? 
> 
> Second, on the website it says that Xerte is now available in HTML5. Does
> this only refer to the ability to export HTML5 content, or is there a
> non-flash version of the XOT interface somewhere I'm missing. I think my
> confusion here is because I'd been thinking that "Xerte" and XOT are the
> same thing. Is it more accurate to say that "Xerte" refers to the content
> that XOT outputs?
> 
> Finally, one thing I mind myself missing a lot on XOT is a WYSIWYG editor
> for formatting text with html. Especially if there is a non-Flash version of
> the tool that I could hack on, I'd be interested in seeing what would be
> involved in adding one (e.g. a js-based editor like TinyMCE). Has any work
> been done on that that I should know about, or is there a reason why this
> wouldn't be worth trying?
> 
> Thanks to anyone who can help!
> -Brad
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