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1. Log in to audio-video.shanti.virginia.edu
   • Learn more at Log in to Audio-Video
2. Find the "Add to Your Collections" section (on the right, below "Create a Collection")
3. Choose a collection from the drop-down menu
   

   • The drop-down menu will close, and will show the name of the collection 

4. Click  Upload a Video
   

   • The "Create Video" page will open

5. Click Media

   • The "Media" section will unfold 

6. Click Add Media

   • The "Add Media" dialog box will appear 

7. Click the Choose File button

   • A dialog box showing files on your computer will open

8. Open the file you want to add to Mandala

   • The dialog box will close, and the file will appear in the "Upload Video" list

9. Click Upload

   • When your upload is finished, you'll see the file name in the Add Media box

10. Click Submit

    • The "Add Media" box will close

11. Add at least a title

    • The video will not process without a title

12. 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
13. 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).

1. Log in to Visuals at visuals.shanti.virginia.edu
   • Learn how to log in
2. 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
3. Click Create Visualization
4. 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 

5. To add your spreadsheet data, click the Google Drive icon next to "Data Source URL"

   • Your Google Drive data will open 

6. 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
7. Choose your visualizations "Visibility" below the preview 
   • Switch this to Public if you want everyone to see your visualization; visualizations are Private by default 
8. Add information about the visualization
   • Find information fields below the visualization
   • Learn more about adding metadata
   • Learn more at Add Visuals to Knowledge Maps
9. 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
10. 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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1. Click  SHANTI Texts Splitter below the title field 

   • A section will expand

2. Choose Create a new SHANTI Text section at each HTML heading
3. 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
4. Enter all your text in the "Content" box
5. Click Source

   • This shows you the HTML for the text

6. 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

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