![]() When the page loads, you will be looking at the first page of Xerte's installer.Open a web browser and type in the address bar.Download Xerte Online Toolkits and extract the archive into folder named "xerte" in XAMPP's "htdocs" directory.Start XAMPP's Apache and MySQL services.There is a document with full installation instructions included with the Xerte Online Toolkits download, but the basic instructions are as follows: XAMPP can even be installed on a USB drive so that you can take your Xerte Online Toolkits installation with you. It makes it possible for a user to run a web server on their own machine so that web-based projects, like Xerte Online Toolkits, can be run locally. XAMPP is prepackaged version of Apache, MySQL, PHP, and several other programs. However, for those who just want to try it out, Xerte works very well with XAMPP. Xerte Online Toolkits is designed to be installed on a server and used by multiple users. For those reasons, I will be focusing mostly on the Online Toolkits.įor a brief introduction to Xerte Online Toolkits, watch this video from the University of Nottingham. Xerte Online Toolkits is the most approachable for new Xerte users, and due to its browser-based nature, it has the benefit of being cross platform. This version is major revision and provides many new features, including the ability to develop iOS and Android apps. Xerte Online Toolkits is a web-based package that allows a user to create learning objects in any web browser that has the Flash plugin installed (it has to be Adobe's flash, unfortunately GNU Gnash and Lightspark will not work.) There is also a Developer's Edition of Xerte, which is a application that can be installed on a computer running Microsoft Windows (sadly, it does not run under Wine on Linux.) Lastly, there is a beta version of the next major release of the Developer's Edition, also listed as the Xerte Flex Compiler on the Xerte site. There are several packages released under the Xerte brand. So, what exactly is a learning object? According to Wikipedia, it is "a collection of content items, practice items, and assessment items that are combined based on a single learning objective." ![]() An excellent, easy to use, open source alternative is Xerte, a learning object creation tool developed by the University of Nottingham. There are several closed source, commercial programs available (e.g., Adobe's Captivate), but these programs are expensive (even at academic discount prices) and are sometimes too complex for educators who just want to quickly and easily create a learning object. Online learning is becoming more prevalent, which means educators need easy to use tools for creating online learning materials. ![]()
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