Author: Martin Nutbeem

Xerte upgrade 17th December

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IT Services will be upgrading Xerte to version 3.13 between 8am and 1pm on Tuesday 17th December. During this time, Xerte resources will be unavailable to staff and students. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.

This upgrade brings security updates and improved functionality, including:

  • New page types including Audio Recorder and Compare Images
  • Enhancements to existing functionality
  • Editor enhancement

You can read the full set of upgrade features and enhancements on the 3.13 release notes page.

We will update the blog when Xerte is available again. If you have any questions, please contact digital-education@bristol.ac.uk

Xerte Essential Server Maintenance Tuesday 6th August

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IT Services will be carrying out essential maintenance on our Xerte server between 8am and 12pm on Tuesday 6th August. This is not an update to the Xerte authoring tool and will not bring any changes to the service.

The tool will be unavailable for periods during this time, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

We will blog here when the service is available again for staff and students.

Xerte upgrade issues, problem identified, new upgrade date 12th June

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Our colleagues in IT Services experienced an issue during yesterdays Xerte upgrade which resulted in the service being unavailable till 9:30am this morning.

They have identified the cause of the issue and have rolled back to the previous version and Xerte is now live.

This means the feedback bug experienced in limited circumstances has not been fixed. We will upgrade Xerte with the latest version Wednesday 12th June to fix this issue.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the downtime.

New DEO Assessment Development Case Study

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The DEO has a new case study to share, available here on our case studies page.

Creative Assessment Submission – Video, Audio and Zines

Dr Rosie Nelson from SPAIS shares their work with Martin Nutbeem and the rest of the DEO to develop a digitally supported, decolonized approach to teaching and assessment on their Queering Sexuality and Gender unit in the School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies (SPAIS). The assessment involved students creating and submitting media in the form of video, audio or a ‘Zine.  

Thanks to Dr Nelson for writing this case study. If you are looking for inspiration for developing your own assessments, this case study or one of the others on our site provides a great starting point. If you’d like support in developing digitally supported assessments, please contact the Digital Education Office. 

Xerte upgrade 18th July

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IT Services will be upgrading Xerte to version 3.12 between 8am and 1pm on Tuesday 18th July. During this time, Xerte resources will be unavailable to staff and students. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.

This upgrade brings security updates and improved functionality, including:

  • XOT enhancements and new functionality.
  • Bootstrap template bug fixes and enhancements.
  • Editor enhancements including links to wiki guidance.
  • Accessibility enhancements.

We will update the blog when Xerte is available again. If you have any questions, please contact digital-education@bristol.ac.uk