Adding media in Mandala varies across tools. Here, we've compiled all the guides for adding content. If you need more details, you should check out the full documentation for each tool.
Sound
By default, visitors can't see new entries. To make your audio file publicly available, check Availability & Access in the editor (step 12).
- Log in to audio-video.shanti.virginia.edu
- Learn more at Log in to Audio-Video
- Create a Collection if you haven't already done so.
- Find the "Add to your collections" section on the right
- If you don't see this section, expand it by clicking the |< icon below the search icon
- Choose a collection from the drop-down menu
The drop-down menu will close and will show the name of the collection
- Click Upload Audio
The "Create Audio" page will open
The "Media" section will be expanded automatically
- Click Add Media
A pop-up window will open
- Click Choose File
Your computer's file browser will open
- Open the audio file that you want to upload
- Click Upload
You'll see a progress bar for your upload
When the process is done, you'll see the file name next to "Choose File"
- Click the trash icon if you want to change the current file
- Click Submit
The audio file will be added to your "Media" section
- Add your title in Title & Description section
- If you have a transcript that is not formatted as specified, you can paste that text in the description field as an alternative
- Check the Availability & Access section
- By default, only group members can see the entry; set "Visibility" to Public so all visitors can see it
- Fill out the remaining fields
- Remaining fields are optional
- Click the Save button at the bottom of the page
A message will confirm your new file
Video
By default, visitors can't see new entries. To make your media file publicly available, check Availability & Access in the editor.
- Log in to audio-video.shanti.virginia.edu
- Learn more at Log in to Audio-Video
- Create a collection if you haven't already
- Find the "Add to Your Collections" section
- This section is on the right, under the search icon
- If you don't see the section, expand it by clicking the |< icon beneath the search icon
- Choose a collection from the drop-down menu
The drop-down menu will close and 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
- Click Upload
You'll see a progress bar for your upload
When the process is done, you'll see the file name next to "Choose File"
- Click Submit
The "Add Media" box will close
- Add your 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
- Click the sections below "Media" to add more settings
- These fields are all optional
- See the Add Information to Files guide for more information on editing these fields
- Click Save
- A message will confirm your new video
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
- 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
- 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
Text
Your text goes in a collection, so if you haven't made one yet, do so.
- Log in to Texts
- Click the Main Menu icon
- This icon is four horizontal lines in the top right of the page
A drop-down menu will unfold
- Click My Collections
A list of your collections will open
- Open a collection
Your collection page will open
- If you have no collections, learn how to create a collection
- Click Add Text on the right section
- If you don't see Add Text, click the |< icon under the search icon
- This new page is the title page of the text
The "Create Text" page will open
- Write your text's title in the "Title" field
- Type the content for the first page into the "Content" box
- The "Content" section is automatically selected in the left sidebar menu; if it isn't, click the Content section
- If you want to enter your entire project's content here, Texts can split it into sections automatically; see Split Texts below
- Click KMap Terms
- Search for and add subjects in the "Subject Names" field
- Search for and add places in the "Place Names" field
- Learn more about Subjects and Places in Mandala (Archived)
- Click Catalog Data and fill in the fields
- Click Collection
- Add a collection or subcollection from the "Collection" drop-down menu
- Type in which groups will be able to see the text in the "Visibility" field
- Click Publishing options, then check the "Published" box
- Click Save text section at the bottom of the page
A message will appear confirming the save
Split Texts
If you already have the content for your text, you may want Texts to split it into sections automatically. In this case, use the SHANTI Texts Splitter while you're creating your title page. To do this:
- 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