HTML5 is the latest major revision of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the core markup language of the World Wide Web.
- This is being done by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) - the international group that manages the direction of web technologies
- It aims to reduce the need for proprietary plug-in-based rich internet application (RIA) technologies such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
- Why this is interesting
- The need for plug-ins makes it difficult to use audio and video within a course since students may not have that plug-in installed.
- This is especially true for mobile devices.
- By supporting HTML5 ReadyGo has made it simple to create courses that include audio and video on all mobile devices that have a browser - including Apple's iPhone.
- How to get HTML5 Audio and Video to work in ReadyGo WCB
- Save your audio as: OGA
- Save your video as: OGV
- Click the graphic button in ReadyGo WCB - choose HTML5 in the pull down menu - choose your OGA audio or OGV video