[Xerte] Re: Questions about XERTE 3

Tue Dec 2 19:58:35 GMT 2014

This needs a bit of clarification..

Officially Xerte 3 is the Flex development tool and no longer under
development. The download for that is xerte3beta.exe

Officially Xerte = the Windows only developer tool and is action script and
Flash based and although still an excellent tool for bespoke content with
Flash player output there is no HTML 5 support and no further development of
that tool.

Xerte Online Toolkits (XOT) = is the webserver version and official stable
version = 2.1

In theory the later branches are Xerte Online Toolkits 2.2, develop, editor
etc but not Xerte 3.

None of the above can be said to be discontinued they still work in the way
they have for some time but all new development focus is on Xerte Online
Toolkits.

So in answer to the numbered questions:

1. XERTE project is discontinued? 
If you mean Xerte Desktop not really discontinued but Flash only.

2. Is there a document or tutorial to assist in the use of version 3? 
If you mean the Flex Compiler not really - you're better off with Flash
Develop etc.

3. What is better to use: Online Toolkit or the Desktop?

Xerte Online Toolkits if you want HTML 5 and new development.

HTH

Ron

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, Bradley
Sent: 02 December 2014 19:25
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Questions about XERTE 3

Yes, Xerte3 is the development version. It has a lot of advantages over the
current version of Xerte, most notably a really nice WYSIWYG editor, but I
would not recommend using it unless you’ve accepted the risk of encountering
a show-stopping bug that you will may have to troubleshoot and fix yourself.
If you are, I’d say give it a try and submit your fixes on github! :) I’m
just about to complete my first project in Xerte3, and aside from having to
spend time hunting down some annoying bugs (plus one big one that seems to
break SCORM output in Moodle, which fortunately I don’t need), I like it. 

If you stick to Xerte2 (which, just to be clear, is what you should do if
you aren’t a developer) my understanding is that unless you need to create
custom learning object templates, you should use XOT, not Desktop. I could
be wrong about that, but I’m pretty sure it’s what I was told earlier on
this list. 

—Brad

From: rob <robb at interlin.nl>
Reply-To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 2:11 PM
To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Questions about XERTE 3

I only use Xerte online Toolkit and I think that is the right sollution for
open content. XoT allows for shared work on the same learning objects.
Xerte 2.18 (and 3) are complete other applications than Xerte online
Toolkit. And what I understand is that Xerte 3 is still a development
version.

If you want to use an authoring tool for an organisation where multiple
people need to be able to create learning objects, XoT is the best choice.

regards,
rob

On Dinsdag 2 December 2014 18:26 CET, Everton Coimbra de Araújo
<evertoncoimbra at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, my name is Everton and I am interested in making use of XERTE,
however, have some doubts. Can anyone help me?

1. XERTE project is discontinued?

2. Is there a document or tutorial to assist in the use of version 3?

3. What is better to use: Online Toolkit or the Desktop?

Thank you

Everton

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