Xerte toolkits is a powerful free tool with which you can create interactive, mobile-friendly content with high accessibility. However, it needs to be installed on your server by someone with technical skills before ordinary teaching staff can use it.
Xerte has long enjoyed a reputation for creating accessible content but now the drop down colour, font buttons and speech buttons have disappeared some people ask "Is it less accessible than it was". It's actually much more accessible than before (as explained below) but for the worriers there is good news..
In Xerte Online Toolkits v2.0, you now have the ability to deliver content using HTML5 rather than the Flash Player. This has a number of advantages: you can deliver content to a much wider range of devices, and specifically you can deliver content to devices that do not support Flash.
These sample recipes can be used to
• explore how different pages work
• get a feel for what kind of pages work well with others
Xerte toolkits are quick and easy to use but like any new software, you need to understand the conventions used and what particular terms mean. This section is about getting the most from Xerte toolkits by thinking through your design possibilities, trying some simple recipes to get you going and following some step by step guides.
These are some of the questions you need to consider. JISC TechDis have put together some ideas on getting started in learning design.
