eCPD building on eGuides: eXe
What?
This tool has been developed to assist practitioners in the design, development and publishing of web-based Learning and Teaching Materials without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML or complicated web-publishing applications.
The tool provides users with the means...
- to build and outline of the 'pages' of their resource - the outline provides tools that allows the user to...
- add
- delete
- rename
...pages; - change positions within a heirarchy and
- change the order of created pages.
- to add iDevices (instructional Devices) to pages - providing some pedagogical structure; iDevices include a rich text editor that allows users to insert...
- text
- images
- movies
- audio files
- mathematical symbols
- attachments etc
- to preview the materials in a WYSIWYG mode (What You See Is What You Get)- iDevices include tools that allow the user to...
- switch between WYSIWYG and Editing modes
- easily change the location of iDevices both...
- on the current page and
- to other preferred pages
- delete iDevices completely
- access tips on...
- how to complete fields within the iDevice and
- pedagogical use of iDevices
- to produce consistent styling of materials produced
- to add properties and metadata - making, among other things, it easier to find...
- within a repository
- using search engines
- to export the authored resource/object - in a number of different formats including...
- Common Cartridge
- SCORM 1.2 - (Sharable Content Object Reference Model is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning)
- IMS Content Package - (Information Management System)
- Website - Self contained folder or zip file
- Single page - ideal for those who need screen readers
- Text Files - eBook Readers
- iPod Notes
- to create your own iDevices - templates to meet your needs.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License
Produced and edited by John Dalziel (eLearning Adviser) JISC RSC-Northwest - Lancaster University