Mandala Audio-Video lets researchers create dynamic and detailed audio and video archives for public or internal use. This guide explains the affordances of Audio-Video for scholars.
What are the benefits of using Audio-Video for collaborative research?
- Integration with existing UVA infrastructure, including NetBadge.
Creating accounts and teams is easy, and you can restrict access to UVA members
- Highly detailed metadata capabilities.
Unlike YouTube, Dropbox, or other services, Audio-Video lets you record important details according to the PBCore schema. - Interaction with other projects through Subjects and Places.
Adding Mandala’s subjects and places to audio or video entries lets
- Transcription capabilities.
Audio-Video lets you upload and download transcripts of your media, including multilingual translations.
Creating a Collection
Managing Members
To add a member, they first must have an Audio-Video account. Creating an account for UVA members is easy: they go to audio-video.shanti.virginia.edu and log in with their NetBadge account. Logging in for the first time creates the account automatically. Once they’ve created their account, members do not need to be logged in to add them to a collection.
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