Xerte
Summary
Xerte is a tool to create interactive online learning content.
What Xerte can do
Xerte (pronounced Zer-Tee) is an authoring tool for flexible, interactive and accessible online content. Xerte objects can be embedded or linked within VLE sites, and are very well suited to supporting flipped learning approaches.
There are two main ways to use Xerte objects:
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As an interactive slide deck (Online Toolkit type)
Slide or page-style objects that can be embedded within VLE sites.
Great for integrated or flipped learning resources, such as preparation or review tasks.
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As a simple web page (Bootstrap type)
Responsive and flexible web pages that work well on any size device.
Great for standalone resources or presenting large amounts of content, such as semester-long workbooks or guides.
Interactivity & content types
Interactive tasks
Xerte supports a range of interactive content types, including:
- multiple choice quizzes
- gap fill text
- matching options
- drag and drop categorisation
- hot spot/'pin the tail on the image'
Layout & navigation
Xerte allows very flexible content presentation:
- full width or column layout
- callouts to highlight key information
- easily break up content: eg. accordion, drop down, tabbed sections
- multiple menu and navigation options
Media
Xerte offers various ways to integrate media with text content, including:
- image/audio slideshow
- thumbnail image & text carousel
- media synched with text
Maths content
Xerte is an excellent tool for accessibly presenting maths content online. It converts equations entered in LaTex to MathML, the standard for accessible online maths content.
Full Xerte guide
Explore our full Xerte guide for more information on:
- what Xerte can do
- setting up your Xerte account
- a range of example Xerte objects
- the guide itself is an example of the webpage/Bootstrap style Xerte object.
You can view the full Xerte guide in its own tab or embedded below: