Introduction
While it is much more convenient to create content inside the NuVu Slide Editor, sometimes work from other websites (such as Google slides) needs to be shown. Using the embed feature, we can easily add content from these websites.
If you're working out of google slides, follow these steps.
Platform Collaboration
Often times when you're in a studio, you have a partner. A few questions arise: Who is going to post our work? Can we work on a post together? These questions can be answered by talking about the collaboration features on the Platform. Go to any post you've created and click on the gear in the top right. Go down to the bottom option in the drop down menu: Collaborators. From here, you can manage your Collaborators on your post. You can add and remove people from this list. Once added, that user will have editing privileges on your post. They can edit the post name, the body text and even the presentation. Be careful about editing at the same time. The last person to click "publish" after editing a post will override the content. See the video above for an example of this.
Navigation Bar
Below the slide window, there is a bar with features that help you navigate through your slide deck.
Slide Grid
Click on the Slide Grid icon. The Slide space will now display thumbnail images of all slides in your deck.
Rearrange Slides
You can rearrange slides in the Slide Editor Tool. Click the pencil on paper button in the bottom right corner of the editor to open up your presentation in the Slide Editor. For more information about the slide editor tool, please see our other tutorials.
A caption can be added to every slide in the Caption Box. Only the first 120 characters of a caption are visible on a published post, so be brief.
Simply click in the Add Caption prompt area and add your text. Click Save Caption to finish.
Tip: Can’t see captions below your slides? This is probably because your browser window is too narrow. Maximize the browser window and they should be visible.
Tip: Can’t see captions below your slides? This option is not available on a Slide Editor presentation slide.
Introduction
Modifications to an existing Saved or Published post can be made by clicking the gear icon at the top right of the post. If no gear icon is visible, you do not have permissions to edit the post.
You can edit a Saved or Published post by clicking on the gear icon and selecting Edit Post.
Deletes selected post from the site. If copies of the post exist elsewhere on the platform, they will be preserved.
You can copy this post to any location on the site where you have permission to create content.
Click the Paste button (to the right of the Create a Post prompt bar) in the tab where you would like to place the copied post.
You can add Student collaborators to any post that you make. Adding another user as a collaborator means that they will be able to edit the post, and that the post will appear on their User Profile page.
Note that only one user can edit a post at a time. Coordinate with your collaborators to ensure that you are not attempting to edit a post at the same time.
If your post includes a presentation, a few more options are available.
Clicking Edit Presentation will take you directly to the slide editor.
Clicking Export Presentation will start a download for the selected presentation on your computer. Each slide will be exported into its own JPEG file with an encompassing folder for all the slides.
Clicking Delete Presentation will delete the currently selected presentation. This is a permanent action and should be used sparingly.
Clicking Toggle Header will change the formatting at the top of a presentation. With a Header on, information such as: Profile Picture, Name, Date and Privacy settings are shown at the top of a presentation. With a Header off, all information shown with the header on will be hidden. The only information shown will be the name of the post.
There are 6 main types of content in the Slide Editor. They are: Shapes, Images/Videos, Text, Embeds, Lines and Grids. Each of these are highlighted in a picture above. All of the content shares some basic properties such as: Top, Left, Width and other dimensional data. This controls where the item is placed on the canvas and how big it is.
For each item, explore the unique settings they contain. You can link items to images, change the background color of Grids, even alter the styling of lines all from the item panel. Check it out in the editor for the best experience.
Getting Started
Any tab in which you have permissions to make a post, you will see the Create A Post Bar. Click inside this bar to start your post.
Every post must have a title to be published. Type your title in the Create a Post box.
The four icons below are tools for the Slide Editor.
Media Tool | Camera Tool | Embed Tool | Editor Tool |
Content uploaded from your computer. This content may be video files, image files, or gifs. When files are dropped or uploaded, a progress bar will appear and on finish, the photo(s) will appear in your post.
The platform has the ability to connect to a camera that is permanently mounted in your studio or classroom. Some schools may not use this feature. Teachers and Administrators can contact support@nuvustudio.org if you would like to learn more or add this feature to your site.
Once selected, a menu will appear allowing you to scroll through and sort by date. Selecting an image will highlight it with a pink outline. After selecting your images, clicking insert will add them to your presentation
Videos (Youtube, Vimeo) or links to interactive web-based content (Google Slides, etc.) can be added from this tab. This includes PDFs that are hosted elsewhere on the web or cloud.
In order for files hosted on a cloud-based service (Google Drive, etc.) to be embedded on the Platform, set the viewing permissions of that file to be anyone with the link or public.
Paste the link to the content in the Gray Text box, and click Embed. The first slide of the linked document, or representative frame from the video, should appear in the Presentation.
Before entering the slide editor, you must set a title for your post. The slide editor is a powerful tool to take your presentation design to the next level.
The Slide Editor is a powerful presentation creation software with a variety of tools. This guide serves as an introduction to all the tools available. Hovering over a tool will highlight it and show its name.
Selecting Image will bring up the image menu on the left side of the screen. Previously uploaded images will appear here. Click upload photos to add more pictures. Clicking an image will highlight it in pink. After selecting images, click the Insert Image button on the bottom of the screen to add your selected images. Multiple images can be inserted at the same time. The same is true for uploading images. For more information on all the options available in an image, see the Image Editor Options.
You can copy or drag Images to the slide page as well.
Select Camera to bring up the Camera menu on the left. Clicking on the option All in the top left will drop down a menu for sorting camera content. Choosing a date will refresh content. Clicking on an image will highlight it in pink. After selecting images, click the Insert Image button on the bottom of the screen to add your selected images. Multiple images can be inserted at the same time.
Select Video to bring up the Video Menu on the left. Previously uploaded Videos will appear here. Click upload videos to add more videos. Clicking an image will highlight it in pink. After selecting videos, click the Insert Video button on the bottom of the screen to add your selected videos. Multiple videos can be inserted at the same time. The same is true for uploading videos.
Videos (Youtube, Vimeo) or links to interactive web-based content (Google Slides, etc.) can be added from this tab. This includes PDFs that are hosted elsewhere on the web or cloud.
In order for files hosted on a cloud-based service (Google Drive, etc.) to be embedded on the Platform, set the viewing permissions of that file to be anyone with the link or public.
Paste the link to the content in the Gray box, and click Embed. If your link is valid, your embed will appear. If it is not valid, the editor will tell you in pink text below the Gray Box.
Clicking on an embed will highlight it in pink. Clicking the insert item button will add the embed to the current slide. Multiple embeds may be added at the same time.
Clicking Text will add a new textbox to the current slide. For more information on all the options available in a textbox, see the Text Editor section.
Clicking Shapes will add a new shape object to the current slide. For more information on all the options available in a shape object, see the Shape Editor section.
Clicking Line will create a new line object. Select either side (highlighted with a blue circle) to move the ends of the line.
The Line tool has a few options, many of which are highlighted above in the Image, Shape and Text Editor tutorials. The unique options are as follows:
Start: Select the solid white line next to Start. Changing this value will change the look of one end of the line.
End: Select the solid white line next to End. Changing this value will change the look of the other end of the line.
Style: Select the solid white line next to Style. Changing this value will change the look in between each end of the line.
Thickness: Click on the number associated with px. Typing in a new value will update the thickness of the line.
Select the Template button to show all available templates. Clicking on a template will open up all available slides in that template. Clicking on a slide in a template will highlight it in pink. Clicking Insert Template after selecting slide(s) will add those slides to the current presentation.
Tip: Creators of templates can select a gear in the top right corner of a template in the Gallery Templates view to delete templates
Tip: See the Template Guide to learn more about creating templates and other features.
Click Present to enter the presentation view directly from the editor.
Clicking comment brings up the comment menu. On the right hand side, a list of all comments in the current presentation will be displayed. Clicking anywhere on the slide editor will add a comment in that spot. Type your comment, then click post and it will be added to the slide and the comment menu. In the comment menu, you can reply to and delete comments.
Click Share to bring up the Collaborator menu. From this panel, users can add and remove collaborators on a presentation. This allows you to add fellow students and teachers are co-editors on presentations from inside the editor.
Clicking on the Zoom value in the top right corner of the editor will bring up the Zoom Menu Panel. Typing in the input box, or using the menu of buttons will change the zoom of the editor.
Select New Slide to add a new slide to the presentation. Clicking this button will move your current slide to the new slide.
The visibility button will set the current slide to visible/invisible. This will hide the slide when the presentation view is entered.
The last two buttons will change the view layout of the slides. The three rectangle button is the default view, with slide previews being on the bottom of the slide editor. Selecting the button below it will expand the slide preview view, occupying the entire screen, allowing you to quickly move between a presentation with many slides. Select the previously mentioned button again to change the view back.
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