Xerte Community Documentation

This wiki provides a resource for those creating web-based interactive learning materials using Xerte, a set of free open-source authoring tools that can be installed on a PC or a website. Learning Objects (LOs) authored in Xerte can be deployed for use by learners in a number of different ways, for example through an LMS, such as Blackboard or Moodle, or to a website.

Xerte comprises two main sets of tools;

• Xerte Online Toolkit allows you to draw on a wide range of page types to create Learning Objects, presenting information using different media, creating interactive tasks with automated feedback, providing pathways through learning materials and tracking learner usage and performance.
  
  
• Bootstrap Template allows you to create websites comprising one or more pages, with a menus allowing navigation at the website and page level. A range of different content and media can placed in different sections on a page, and pages (or whole LOs) can be embedded within sections.

Who will benefit from this wiki, and how?

What do I need to start working with Xerte?

Watch this short video to see how the wiki and its pages are organised, and to understand some key terminology.

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Each XOT page type is described on its own wiki page, and these are organised as they appear in the Insert drop-down when adding a new page in the authoring interface.

In addition, there are a number of wiki pages that relate to common features across XOT (e.g. adding content through Media Browser; tracking learner use and performance; using the Toolbar).

Pages are hyperlinked to a glossary that provides explanation of key terminology.

There is a wiki page specifically for the Bootstrap Template.