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--- new_in_3.13 [2025/01/18 10:55] – jsmith
+++ new_in_3.13 [2025/02/06 12:03] (current) – added internal links to opinion & results pages tadachi
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 ====== New in 3.13 ======
-This page summarises key innovations in Xerte 3.13, released in October 2024, and particularly those features that apply across XO and Bootstrap.  This is not a comprehensive list of innovations in 3.13; you need to go to the Release Notes for this.
+This page summarises key innovations in Xerte 3.13, released in October 2024, and particularly those features that apply across XOT and Bootstrap.  This is not a comprehensive list of innovations in 3.13; you need to go to the [[https://bit.ly/xertereleasenotes|Release Notes]] for this.
 ++++ Tooltips |
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 ++++ Tailored feedback |
-You can create tailored feedback on the **Opinion **and **Results **pages, which means that feedback you have authored displays, depending on the bands (e.g. 0-30%, 31-60%, 61-100%) into which the learner's score(s) fall. Go the appropriate wiki pages for more information.
+You can create tailored feedback on the **Opinion **and **Results **pages, which means that feedback you have authored displays, depending on the bands (e.g. 0-30%, 31-60%, 61-100%) into which the learner's score(s) fall. See the appropriate wiki pages for more information: [[interactivity_opinion_page|Opinion page]], [[3.13_results_page|Results page (3.13)]]
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+++++ Enhanced accessibility |
+The accessibility of the project properties, folder properties, workspace properties and publish settings windows has been improved for authors:
+  * All tabs and form elements are now keyboard accessible and use appropriate HTML tags.
+  * Improved button colour contrast.
+  * On-screen notifications when any properties are changed.
+  * Links which open in a new window are labelled appropriately.
+  * Enhanced instructions to make the function of all controls clearer.
+  * Improved information shown in Workspace properties > My projects, including links to preview projects.
+In XOT;
+  * Captions can now be added to images added via editor fields.
+  * All drag and drop style activities within the XOT template can now be completed by mouse clicks alone, as an alternative to drag & drop or to tabbing labels/targets and pressing the space key to select/move.
+  * A number of themes have been tweaked to ensure that the colour contrast between text and background meets the expected standards.
+In Bootstrap;
+  * A new transcript optional property is now available when adding audio blocks to sections.
+  * To ensure screen reader users can easily tell which sub-page is selected, the way navigators work has been overhauled.
+  * Glossary tooltip information is easier for screen reader users to access.
+  * Aria-live attributes are used to announce any changes in the page content to screen reader users.
+  * Image captions show in lightboxes now use the caption text (when available) rather than alt text in screen readers.
+  * A bug, where the skip to main content link did not always scroll to the first section, has been fixed.
+  * The accessibility of the page menu bar, when collapsed on smaller screens, has ben improved.
+  * Links are now underlined as standard, previously they were indicated by colour alone.
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