Introduction

When a post is ready to be published, there are some final settings to consider at the bottom of the Create A Post view.

Privacy

When you publish a post, you have options for who will see the post. The default setting is usually School.

Project: Students explicitly listed as members of that Project.

Studio: Any student enrolled in your Studio.

School: Any student enrolled in the School.

Public: Visible to anyone who visits the link, no login required.

Comments

You can allow or disallow Comments on your posts by clicking the radio button. Any students enrolled in your Studio, along with Faculty and Staff, will be able to comment on a post. The default setting is Allow.

Notify Participants

Checking this radio button sends an email alert to everyone in the Studio or everyone in the Project, depending on where the post is located. 

Publish

At the bottom of the Create a Post window, you have three options:

Cancel

Cancels your draft post. No work is saved or preserved.

Save

Saves your post as a Draft. This Draft is only visible to you. If you add a collaborator to a draft post, they will be able to see it as well.

Posts that have been Saved as drafts appear only as a black title - no body of the post will be visible. Saved posts may also appear as Untitled Post in grey, if you did not title the post before Saving. Click the gear icon next to the title to edit this post or Publish.

Publish 

Publishes your post to the site. Post is visible to the user group defined under the Privacy setting. 

Refer to our Video Tutorials to learn more

Creating your First Presentation

In this video, we will be talking about creating your very first presentation. We will go over basic navigation to a new presentation, creating new content and finally going over the tools available.  

Create new Presentation, give it a title, then click on the Editor button. This will open up the Slide Editor. There are 3 main sections to the Slide Editor. The Left, Top and Right menus. On the left, we have all of the info about slides and preview images for them. On the Top, there are a variety of content creating buttons and other menus we can bring up. On the Right, if we had any content selected or menu pulled up, we would have the info panel. We'll talk about that more later.

Let's start by adding some content. Let's add a piece of text. Head to the top bar and hover over the icons, eventually you'll see one called "Text". Click it to create some text. On the right side, we can now see the info panel appearing. Use this panel to change Alignment, Color, Font Size and much more. 

Creating your First Post

In this video, we will be talking about creating your very first post. This video talks about basic movement around the website, navigation to a studio and creating content on the website. After this post, consider checking out other videos such as Making the Most Out of Your Posts to get a more advanced look into the editor.

When you are logging into the platform for the first time (and don't know or haven't been given your password), you have two options: 

1. Use Google login (anyone can use, regardless of whether you have a Google email or not)

2. Use the password reset option. 

Both options are detailed below. 

Logging in with Google Authentication 

1. Head to the top right and click on Log In
2. Click on Log in with Google Authentication and you'll be brought to the Google Log in page
3. Choose an account that is registered on our website. This should be your school email or whatever email you signed up to our site with. If you use an email that is not registered in our system, you will encounter an error.

   
   

   

STEP 1: In the top-right corner, click the word "login." 

STEP 2: When the black menu appears, enter your email address, and then enter the password provided

Prompt
Create a 3D structure from a cut-out cardboard shape, explore the interplay between light and shadow, and observe how adding elements alters the shadow's form.

Materials Needed:

• A piece of cardboard (approx.A2)
• Pencil
• Scissors or craft knife 
• Glue or tape
• Flashlight
• Ruler
• Paper for sketching

Steps:

1. Sketch Your Shape (5minutes):
   Begin by sketching a simple shape (e.g., a star, heart, or geometric pattern) onto your piece of cardboard.

2. Cut Out the Shape (5 minutes):
   Carefully cut out the shape from the cardboard, making sure to keep both the cut-out piece and the negative space (the hole left behind).

3. First Light Projection (10 minutes):
   Place your cut out in front of a flashlight or lamp in a darkened room. Observe the shadow it casts on the wall or roll of paper.

4. Build Around the Cut-Out (20 minutes):
   Use the cut-out piece and other cardboard scraps to build a 3D structure around the negative space. Be creative in how you attach and layer the pieces to create depth and form.

5. Second Light Projection (10 minutes):
   Place your 3D structure in front of a flashlight or lamp in a darkened room. Observe the shadow it casts on the wall or a piece of paper. Compare the new shadow to the original one. Notice how the addition of the cut-out piece alters the shadow’s design.

6. Document: Create a post in the responses tab with 2 of your photographs
   

Deliverables:

1. A completed 3D structure.
2. Photos of the shadows before and after adding the cut-out piece.
3. A short reflection on how the addition of the cut-out piece influenced the shadow.

Total Time: 1hour