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You can upload an audio file from different locationsplaces, including the "My Content" section of your account. This step-by-step guide shows you how to upload a file from the Audio-Video tool homepage.
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- Log in to audio-video.shanti.virginia.edu
- Learn more at Log in to Audio-Video
- Create a new collection
- Learn more at Log in to Add a Collection to Audio-Video
- Find the "Add to your collections" section on the right
- Choose a collection from the drop-down menu
The drop-down menu will close and will show the name of the collection
- Click the Upload Audio button
The "Create Audio" page will open
The "Media" section will be expanded automatically
- Click the Add Media button
A pop-up window will open
- Click the Choose File button
A dialog box showing files on your computer will open
- Choose the audio file that you want to upload
- Click the Open button
The dialog box will close, and the file name will appear next to the "Choose File" button
- Click the Upload button
- Click the Submit button
The audio file will be added to your "Media" section
- Add you title in Title & Description section
- Check the Availability & Access section
- By default, only group members can see the entry; set this field to Public so all visitors can see it
- Remaining fields are optional
- Click the other sections on the "Create Audio" page to add more settings
- See the Add Information to Files guide for help editing these fields
- Click the Save button at the bottom of the page
A confirmation message will appear
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- Log in to audio-video.shanti.virginia.edu
- Learn more at Log in to Audio-Video
- Create a new collection
- Learn more at Log in to Add a Collection to Audio-Video
- Find the "Add to Your Collections" section (on the right, below "Create a Collection")
- Choose a collection from the drop-down menu
The drop-down menu will close, and will show the name of the collection
- Click Upload a Video
The "Create Video" page will open
- Click Media
The "Media" section will unfold
- Click Add Media
The "Add Media" dialog box will appear
- Click the Choose File button
A dialog box showing files on your computer will open
- Open the file you want to add to Mandala
The dialog box will close, and the file will appear in the "Upload Video" list
- Click Upload
When your upload is finished, you'll see the file name in the Add Media box
- Click Submit
The "Add Media" box will close
- Add at least a title
The video will not process without a title
- Click the sections below "Media" to add more settings, such as rights, availability, technical metadata, and so on
- Remember, make your video public with the Availability & Access fields; videos are private by default
- See the Add Information to Files guide for more information on editing these fields
- Click Save
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Data Visualization
New visualizations are private by default. Use the Visibility field in the editor to make them public (check out step 7).
- Log in to Visuals at visuals.shanti.virginia.edu
- Learn how to log in
- 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 on the visualization you want to make
- Click on the different categories to see your options
- Learn how to choose visualizations
The visualization creator will open
- To add your spreadsheet data, click the Google Drive icon next to "Data Source URL"
Your Google Drive data will open
- Customize your visualization
- Find customization options to the left of the visualization
- Learn more about options at the Visualization Index and at the Common Customization Options
- Choose your visualizations "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 visualization
- Find information fields below the visualization
- Learn more about adding metadata
- Learn more at Add Visuals to Knowledge Maps
- 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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Text
Before you begin, read the guide to texts' structure. This guide helps you understand how texts are built.
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- Click SHANTI Texts Splitter below the title field
A section will expand
- Choose Create a new SHANTI Text section at each HTML heading
- Select all the headings that mark a new section
- If your text already has HTML headings, you can stop here; your text will split when you Save the section
- Enter all your text in the "Content" box
- Click Source
This shows you the HTML for the text
- Wrap the titles of your sections in HTML headings
- For example, <h1>First Section</h1>, where "First Section" is the section title
- Check out this external introduction to HTML for help
Your text will split on the headings when you Save the section