Page History

Before you can upload audio and video files, you need to create a collection. New collections are private by default. Use the Visibility field in the editor to make them public (step 5).

1. Log in to the Audio-Video homepage
   • Learn more at Log how to log in to Audio-Video
2. Locate Find the "Create a CollectionAdd to your collections" section on the right
   • If you don't see this section, click the I< icon under the search icon to expand it
3. Click on Add New Collection
   • Find this button on the right-hand side of the page below "Create a Collection" 

   • The "Create Collection" page will load

4. Enter a title and description in the first two fields
   • A title is required
5. Check "Group Visibility" to control who can see your collection
   • Set this to Public if you want everyone to see your collection; visibility is Private by default
6. Select permissions optionsAdd descriptive data to your new collection:
   • "Title" (required): title the collection
   "Visibility" (required): decide whether the public can view the collection, whether to keep it private, or to allow the U.Va. community to see it
   • "Collection Roles and Permissions" (required): set roles for the users sets permissions for people working on the collection
   • "Group User Permission Inheritance" (required): set permissions for users working in a subgroupsets whether subcollections have the same permission settings as the collection
   • "Group User Inheritance" (required): choose an option for group inheritance
   • "Overview" (optional): add a brief description of the collection
   • "Text Format" (optional): choose an option depending on whether you want to allow HTML tags to be read
   • "Images" (optional): upload a thumbnail image to represent the collection
   • sets permissions for a subgroup to inherit the group's users
7. Label your collection under "Subcollections"
   •  This field uses Knowledge Maps"Subcollection" (optional): add Knowledge Map categories to the collection
8. If you want to see what your collection will look like, click on click Preview

   • A preview page for the new collection will

     open

     load

9. Click on Save your collection

   • Your new collection will open