When selecting Shapes, Images and Text a menu will come up on the left side. There are many different options available when editing content. The three images above highlight the three types of content: Shapes, Images and Text. They appear in that order above.
Welcome to the third monthly user update (8/16/2021)!
As the summer comes to a close, it is once again time for a user update for the NuVu Platform. We've seen huge improvements across the Slide Editor and other portions of the website. In the coming months, we'll be continuing work on the Slide Editor, but less emphasis will be placed on its sole development. Instead, we will be dividing our efforts and working on other projects, such as the Toolbox, Templates Redesigns and much more! This change log encompasses updates from the end of June to the middle of August.
Summary/TLDR of New Features:
All Changes this Month:
Features Added | BUGS FIXED | |
MESSAGE IF A USER LOSES CONNECTION | VISUAL BUG IN GRADING SETUP | |
DOWNLOAD/DELETE BUTTONS ON RIGHT CLICK OF CAMERA IMAGES | ISSUES WITH CLONING STUDIOS ACROSS SCHOOLS | |
PASSWORD PROTECTED TRANSCRIPTS | CROPPING SIZING ISSUES | |
TRANSCRIPTS COLORS UPDATED | UNDO-ING OPTION/DRAG ISSUES | |
N/A BUTTON ADDED TO GRADING SYSTEM | ISSUES WHEN IMPORTING MULTIPLE IMAGES INTO THE EDITOR | |
UNDO SUPPORT FOR CROP | RANDOM FLOATING COMMENT BOX REMOVED | |
TABLE ITEM TYPE | REFRESH ISSUES AND SLIDES UPDATING | |
DOUBLE CLICK TO ACTIVATE CROP | ISSUES WITH SHAPES AND DRAG/COPY | |
VIDEOS DON'T AUTOPLAY WHEN YOU GO TO NEXT SLIDE | NEW SLIDES AND UNDO-ING ISSUES | |
ADJUSTMENTS TO "SAVE DRAFT" | AND MUCH MORE! | |
DRAGGING IMAGES INTO THE SLIDES | ||
AND MUCH MORE! |
Check back next month for more information! Feel free to contact us with thoughts, concerns, request, etc. at support@nuvustudio.org
-Noah Saldaña, Platform Coordinator
The Platform Updates Tab is meant to highlight the monthly changes on the NuVu Platform. It will serve as a collection of monthly blog posts of the changes made. Click here to go to the most recent blog post.
You can expect to see a list of:
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.
Select Move to move content around. Select content then use the Move tool to change the location of content.
Select Hand to move your view. Click once to select the tool and then click and drag to move your view around.
Clicking comment brings up the comment menu. On the left 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.
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.
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.
Select Fetch to bring up the Fetch Menu on the left. Previously fetched images will appear here. A gray box will appear, enter the URL to your image here and click Fetch. If the link is valid and readable, it will be imported and appear in your list of images below. Some tips for getting valid links: After googling an image, or finding it on a webpage, Right-Click it. Select: Open in a New Tab. Copy and paste the URL from your new tab to the gray box and fetch it.
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.
Select the Background Color to pull up the color menu on the left side. By selecting one of the preset values or by typing in a new #Hex Code value, the background color of the slide will update.
These two buttons will zoom in and zoom out the current slide. Each will update the view in increments of 20%. As well as these two buttons, in the top right corner of the editor there are options to more finely tune the zoom. Select the 100% (in the photo to the right) to bring down the menu. Typing in the white text box will update the zoom to an exact value. Click any 5 of the lower options to update the zoom. Zooming In, Out, to 50%, to 100% or to 200%.
Click Present to enter the presentation view directly from the editor.
Clicking either undo or redo button will scroll the user back in the editing timeline. Useful for when mistakes are made and users want to go back.
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.
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.
Our goal is to have comprehensively documented studios in order to:
Model documentation that we expect from the students
Offer feedback to the students in a more informed way
Clearly communicate and allow others to understand the pedagogy in practice
Allow for very clear assessment of success of the studio
Self assessment
Peer assessment
Institutional assessment
Track studio development - use the platform as a vehicle for meta documentation, accountability, and iterative studio design
Assist in studio development at NuVu and NuVuX Schools
Allow portions of the studio/learning modules to be used in future studios
Understand the sequencing of the studio
Provide model studios for people outside of the organization to view
Collective sharing and knowledge of organization
Ultimately, anyone outside of the studio should be able to go to a studio page and understand exactly what happened, is happening, or is going to happen in the studio at any time.
This is the outward facing landing page for the studio. All items below should be posted before the studio starts. Here is an example. All items here should be set to Public. The only posts should be:
Assignments are organized and presented information for which students have a clear deliverable. This may include reading assignments and student responses for discussion. The writing assignment will also go here. The goal is to have clear topics of exploration, material that supports the topic, and the student response to the topic in one place both to facilitate understanding at student, coach, and organizational levels. Example:
https://tetco.nuvustudio.com/studios/renubots-v1/outlandish-energy-v1#tab-prompt
Assignment protocol and sample intro assignments can be found here:
https://toolbox.nuvustudio.com/studios/assignment-library
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.
