If you want to upload a video from your computer, use the Audio-Video Mandala tool instead of Visuals. You can use Visuals for videos already online, on YouTube or Vimeo.
- Log in to Visualsto visuals.shanti.virginia.edu/
- Click on the Main Menu icon
- This icon looks like four stacked bars in the top right of the page
Main Menu options will unfold
- Click Create Visualization
- Click Media, then Create under "Video"
The video creator will open
- In the "Source of Video" field, enter the unique ID code for the online video you want to add
- See the section below to learn how to find the id code
Your Google Drive data will open
- Customize your video
- Choose your video's "Visibility" below the preview
- Switch this to Public if you want everyone to see your visualization; visualizations are Private by default
- Add information about the video
- Choose a Status for your visualization
- Find this option below the title
- This sets whether the visualization will be saved as a draft or published
- Click Save or Save & Continue
- Save & Continue creates the Draft or Published visualization but lets you keep working
- Save creates the Draft or Published visualization
- To leave the Visualization after clicking Save & Continue, click Update
Your visualization will appear
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To get the id code for a video, open your video in either YouTube of or Vimeo, then look at the URL in your address bar.
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