Hello Alistair,
I think the images on page 2 aren't very clear and as John said it may
better linking to actual pages, then you can demo the interaction for
the templates.
How about highlighting the accessibility features?
What about a summary page at the end, perhaps drawing on the additional
features?
Regards, Kerrie.
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Sent: 07 November 2012 11:08
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Subject: Re: Xerte Toolkits - second level skills for teachers?
Useful feedback John - many thanks. I'll incorporate as many of those
suggestions as I can before it goes as a live link on the community
site.
Thanks also to Shirley for the semi-offer of an iSpring tutorial :-)
If anyone else has ideas, suggestions or example Xerte objects we'd love
to hear from you.
Julian and I are discussing learning designs at the moment and we might
be looking at a monthly challenge... more later.
Alistair
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Sent: 07 November 2012 10:57
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Subject: Re: Xerte Toolkits - second level skills for teachers?
Hi Alistair,
Here's my pennies worth:
Page 1
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Possibly more of a 'wow' image? Would be nice to show a sample of what
can be done with Xerte on the first page?
Possibly more emphasis on the introductory page bullets ( it wasn't too
clear to me that they would be the topics of the object, though that
might just be the way I look at things!).
Page 2
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I Liked the list on page 2
Even though its for 'Trainers', would they be aware of all the
terminology used?
- I felt that some of the images were a bit 'busy' though I appreciate
it's hard to convey what Xerte can do in a few pages - enlarge the
images perhaps, or link to 'demo pages' rather than plain images?
Page 3
=====
No mention of cameras on Tablets in the page text - do you need to
update this?
Tabs content is good.
(I'm a Picasa fan - simple for folks to understand, and will resize,
crop, add labels, provide composite image and handle screenshots easily
without harming the original.)
Page 4
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Typo - ( sp[histication ).
Again, a good set of examples
- Any thoughts on even more advanced image creation e.g. edge
feathering, , shadows or rounding off corners?
Page 5
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Images on all other pages except this one - possibly add some here? ( eg
snapshots of the software and sites) A useful starting point for Staff
Trainers !
I think your main problem might be knowing where to stop. The more I
look at Xerte, the more I see how flexible it can be, and when HTML5
comes along - I think it will knock spots off most of the competition!
Hope this helps!
John
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On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Alistair McNaught
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> Hi all
>
>
>
> We're currently putting together some supporting materials on the
> Xerte community site (www.xerte.org.uk).
>
>
>
> I'm aware that
>
> * Xerte is easy to use for people with limited technical
skills but
>
> * To get the best from its multimedia capability teachers need
to
> develop their skills with images, audio, video etc.
>
>
>
> With this in mind I've been trying to put together some background
> info for staff developers about some of the training needs people
> might have if they wanted to go from being very basic users of Xerte
> (or anything else for that
> matter) to being confident users.
>
>
>
> Let me know if you think the following is going along the right lines.
> It's meant more for trainers than the staff themselves so it doesn't
> do all the "how to" stuff in detail but if you know of some good links
> I could add them in.
>
>
>
> http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xot/play.php?template_id=159
>
>
>
> Alistair
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