What?

IDevice Icon What will it do?

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.
Note: for language practitioners, the editor is available in 25 languages.

Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License

Produced and edited by John Dalziel (eLearning Adviser) JISC RSC-Northwest - Lancaster University