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Xerte Case Study

EFC case study: This is a case study from Epping Forest College in pdf format.
Tutor Souad Kouachi gives a detailed account of how he used Xerte as a learning and teaching tool to
improve engagement, higher order thinking skills and self-directed improvements.

Excel sheet showing higher achievement

YouTube link to the video case study


Xerte on screen tutorials

These onscreen tutorials give you step by step instructions on creating different page types using Xerte.

How to use these on-screen tutorials.
Download the tutorial zip file to your PC. Unzip it and open 1.htm in the tutorial folder. Resize the browser so it just surrounds the text.
Follow the instructions on page 1 of Tutorial 1: right-click to open Xerte Online Toolkits in a new window and resize this to fit beside the first browser window as illustrated below.

You can also download and print off the instructions on how to arrange the browser windows using the readme.doc link below

Readme.doc

Tutorial 1
In tutorial 1, you will learn to

  • Create an account on the JISC TechDis sandpit
  • Create a learning object project
  • Create title, gap fill, hotspot image and video pages.
  • Preview your learning object (LO)
  • Publish your LO
  • Export your LO

Tutorial 2
In tutorial 2, you will learn to

  • Import a learning object (LO) to your workspace for further editing
  • Add a background image and icon to your LO
  • Swap an image on a page
  • Add a narration to a page
  • Reorder pages
  • Edit an image tooltip
  • Export your LO

Tutorial 3
In tutorial 3, you will learn to

  • Use the navigator page styles in Xerte

Tutorial 4
In tutorial 4, you will learn to you will learn to use the following interactive page styles in Xerte

  • Stimulating Question
  • Compare Answer
  • Multiple Choice Question
  • Quiz
  • Dialog

We recommend that you have a note pad to hand to make reflective notes on these page types as you work through the tutorial.

Tutorial 5
In tutorial 5, you will learn to you will learn to use the following interactive page styles in Xerte

  • Stimulating Question
  • Compare Answer
  • Multiple Choice Question
  • Quiz

Links to other resources:

Various Xerte web links can be found in my Diigo xerte list

Twitter search for xerte