Start Creating Activities in eXE Lynn Bradshaw

What is eXe?  eXE is a free content developer package which can be downloaded from the internet.  You can use this package to create many different kinds of interactive activities which can then be either saved on a portable drive or uploaded onto a web page or VLE.

What kind of activities can you create in eXe?  Mix and match  Cloze activities  Multiple choice  Multi select  True / false  SCORM quizzes  Wiki articles  Case studies  Gallery activities  Reflection

Create an activity  You create an outline or course structure in the Outline box on the top left of the screen - you can add as many subsections or pages as you need.  You then choose the idevices / learning activities you wish to create from the menu on the left hand side of the screen.  Once you have selected a learning device the activity creation workspace then appears on the right hand side of the screen.

Pimping your eXe course  You can change the background colour of your pages by going to Styles > and selecting the style you are interested in.  On the workspace, you click on the Properties menu tab to change the properties of the page and add a logo or image as well as add some meta data such as author name etc.

Save and store  Once you have created the quiz you need to save it to a drive as an eXe package and also a SCORM package.  If you save as a SCORM package it will create a zip file which can then be uploaded to a VLE or website.

Upload as a SCORM package  File  Export  SCORM 1.2  Save in folder  In Moodle, go to Add an activity  Select > SCORM/AICC  Upload to resources directory  Select file and click on “choose”  Select the display size (100 x 1000)  Choose number of attempts allowed  Click on “Save and display”