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One caveat I think… As we always knew - adding a wysiwyg editor has proved a very popular addition and offers many more advantages than disadvantages - but has also already resulted in some example with weird and wondeful (or rather not so wonderful) combinations of colours and sizes! :-( Subjective comment I know but one of my top tips for version 3.1x, especially as we now have responsive text in the main XOT template is - don't apply localised font sizes on individual pages - colours yes (sparingly) but sizes no, unless for very specific need e.g. a small tip or extra note. This came up during training over the last couple of days and at the very least the advice is to try to only use the Heading styles rather than specific sizes e.g. H3 not 16pt. Ron From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney Sent: 11 February 2016 10:27 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Who's got version 3 or 3.1? Moving to 3.1 from 2.0 is like going from seeing in black and white to colour. The new editor is a huge step forward. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/documentation/v3ReleaseNotes.pdf Come to the Xerte Conference on April 14th! From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Katharine.Reedy Sent: 11 February 2016 09:20 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Who's got version 3 or 3.1? Hi We’re still on Xerte 2.0 as well, and wondering if it’s worth upgrading or not (we did a lot of OU customisation for 2.0, which would all have to be recreated in 3.0). What are the benefits of 3.0 as opposed to 2.0? Does it provide any more functionality in the authoring interface? Interested in views from the community. Thanks Katharine Katharine Reedy Digital & Information Literacy Specialist The Open University 01908 659981 | <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] | <http://www.open.ac.uk/library> www.open.ac.uk/library | twitter.com/KathR From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Perkins de Oliveira Sent: 10 February 2016 17:44 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Who's got version 3 or 3.1? Hi all We're really eager to update our Xerte server installation from version 2 to 3.1 but some of our colleagues are a bit reluctant. In order to persuade them, I wanted to point to comparable institutions which have already updated. If any of you work in a larger institution which has already updated to version 3 or 3.1, it would be great if you could let me know so I can compile a list. Best wishes David David Perkins de Oliveira School of Modern Languages University of Bristol 19 Woodland Road Bristol BS8 1TE -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). The Open University is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.