LiaScript: Blog

The Hummingbird and the Fire

(after a Brazilian fable, freely retold) One day, a mighty fire broke out in the forest. Smoke and flames devoured the trees, sparks leapt into the sky, and the animals fled in fear. They crowded along the riverbank, helplessly watching the inferno spread.

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Newsletter 18/07/2025

Dear LiaScript community, It has been far too long since our last newsletter — but rest assured, we’ve been busy! Our long‑term mission remains unchanged: to turn LiaScript into a simple, universal markup language for interactive online courses, MOOCs, textbooks, and much more. Below you’ll find a whirlwind tour of everything that landed since the previous update.

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SVG Integration

Although SVGs have been usable in LiaScript for quite a while, their integration just got a lot tighter. In short: you can now mix SVG and LiaScript content directly, turning static vector graphics into living, clickable, even quiz-enabled experiences.

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OPAL Integrates LiaScript: A Milestone for Interactive Learning in German Higher Education

OPAL, the learning management system used by 21 Saxon universities with over 80,000 users, now natively supports LiaScript. This integration marks a significant milestone in making interactive, open educational resources accessible to German higher education.

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LiaScript Meets OPAL!

LiaScript Dokumente im OPAL Lern-Management-System direkt hochladen? Dank der Zusammenarbeit von Technische Universität Chemnitz, der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, der BPS Bildungsportal Sachsen GmbH und der #LiaScript-Community ist dies nach dem jüngsten Update jetzt möglich. Bislang konnten entsprechende interaktiv Inhalte nur (etwas umständlich) als SCORM-Paket importiert werden.

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Sharing via gitlab://

TL;DR Add gitlab:// in front of any raw-file URL that refuses to load in LiaScript. We’ll translate it into a GitLab API v4 request behind the scenes, bypassing CORS for you.

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Nostr & LiaScript & OER

Discover how Nostr’s decentralized network can change the way we create and share Open Educational Resources. With LiaScript’s Markdown-powered LiveEditor, you can package an entire course into a single link—a Nostr URI—and share it freely, without relying on any central server. You can even tuck images, audio, or video right into that link using Data-URIs, so learners get everything they need in one click.

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Joining forces: OER Hackathon Göttingen 2025

The OER Hackathon Göttingen 2025 is a collaborative event focused on enhancing the discoverability and accessibility of Open Educational Resources (OER) through innovative solutions and community engagement.

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Creating Project Websites with LiaScript-Exporter: Automating Index Pages for Multiple Documents

In the rapidly evolving landscape of educational technology, creating and managing interactive learning materials efficiently has become increasingly important. In our previous articles, we explored how to automate LiaScript transformations on GitHub and implement quality checks to ensure document excellence. Now, we’re taking the next logical step: creating project websites that serve as organized index pages for multiple LiaScript documents.

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Quality Checks on LiaScript with GitHub: Ensuring Document Excellence

In today’s collaborative educational and documentation environments, ensuring quality isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential. While our previous post showed you how to automate LiaScript transformations, this guide focuses on implementing automated quality checks for your Markdown/LiaScript documents using GitHub. These checks help catch spelling errors, improve writing style, ensure inclusive language, and enhance overall document quality—even if you’re just getting started with Git and GitHub.

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