eXe release 0.10

02-November-2005

comments (1) forum (1) email this
[ Software Development , Open-Source , Educational Technology , developing open-source software ]
Version .10 of eXe has been released. The eXe project is developing an off-line authoring environment to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. The project is funded by a grant from the Tertiary Education Commission of New Zealand and is led by the Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning at the University of Auckland.

This release has seen the team overcome some significant technical difficulties. Of note in this release are the removal of the Firefox menu bar, the replacement of FCK editor with TinyMCE which includes increased WYSIWYG functionality, the addition of an experimental Cloze iDevice as well as the External Web Site iDevice and an experimental SCORM Quiz iDevice, the ability to change languages has been added (English, German, Chinese, Greek, Spanish are currently available, and the inclusion of a new style. Along with a range of bug fixes this is the strongest release we've had yet and brings some renewed vigour to the project. Expect significant improvements and additions in the following months.

Download eXe @ : http://exelearning.org/

Two of the developers of eXe, Brent Simpson and David Moore, will be attending the Open Source for Education in Europe 2005 and presenting a workshop entitled, "Using eXe for creating eLearning content". Please drop by if you're interested in learning more about the project.

If you are using eXe let us know where you are by visiting our Frappr map: http://www.frappr.com/exe


Brent Simpson; 02-November-2005 21:56:57; forum (1) help

1 Replies (comments)

Use the quick-comment form below to add your own comment, or go to the forum interface for this weblog entry for more complete options for replying, editing, etc
Click the title of a reply to open it as a discussion thread (to reply, edit, etc) -

1 Congratulations, eXe team!

Congratulations to the eXe team on producing this new release in such a timely way. We're looking forward to trying out the new features as part of our technology-tracking.

Well done Wayne! And well done, all the hard-working eXe team members! Sounds like some of the important issues have been worked out in this release. We'll be eager to try it out, though not sadly as end-users, so we won't be able to place Bangor on your cool Frapper map - nice use of Frapper by the way!

By the way, I really enjoyed those long and stimulating discussions during your visit here last month...

Mike Malloch, 03-November-2005 07:30:16 forum / discussion

Comments please

Please Log in

Username

Password

Title
Lead-in
Body Text ( HTML tags are allowed )
Preview your comment

Linking and trackbacks

When linking to this weblog entry, please use the 'permalink', which is http://www.ossite.org/collaborate/open_news/entries/2847880048

Some weblog systems will ask you for a "trackback link" (most systems will find this special 'hook' automatically, in the code for this page).

The trackback link for this entry is http://www.ossite.org/collaborate/open_news/entries/2847880048/tb