Appspace
To Begin
Email Miranda Redenbaugh (mredenbaugh@uchicago.edu).
If you are a student, please cc your advisor.
You will be assigned a display if your lab does not already have one. Please let us know if your lab already has a display assigned.
Once you receive your invite from Appspace, use your CNETID to log in.
Go to Appspace
Approval
All actions regarding content will be approved by Miranda Redenbaugh.
Adding and changing playout properties are all included in this process
You will not need to send an email to receive this approval. Miranda will get an automated email letting her know content is pending approval.
Once Miranda approves or denies your content, you will get an email with her decision.
Allowed Content Types
Make sure that the content is optimized for the display (1920 x 1080)
Images Types:
PNG
JPEG
GIF
Video Types:
MP4
MPEG
WMV
When using a video format, sound will not be heard on the displays. Sound should be avoided if possible within the content.
Website
URL
:
How to Add
Select the Library Menu
Select Create
Click on Feed on the left-hand side
Select the Web View template
Enter the website
URL
and leave the embed option as Native Webview
Press Save in the top right corner to finalize the changes
Youtube or any other video platforms should not be used unless all advertisements have been removed.
URLs will only be displayed for the standard 8 seconds. This will happen even if the
URL
has not finished displaying content.
For exemptions regarding the content duration, please contact Miranda Redenbaugh.
Menus
Dashboard
This page is the homepage and has synopses of information from other menus.
Library
This is the content library and includes content from all channels.
You can add any content from the library to your channel.
Channels
This is where you can see the channels you are allowed to edit.
Channels correlate to devices, meaning you can think of them as the device(s) you can edit.
Integrations
This page is for administrators only. You will see that you do not have access.
Adding Slides to a Channel
Select the Library Menu
Select Create
Either upload previously created content or use/edit a template
Select Schedule on the right-hand side
Select which channel(s) you would like to add the content to
Schedule the start/end dates that you want the content to be displayed
Press Save in the top right corner to finalize the changes
Removing Slides from a Chanel
Select the Channel Menu
Select the channel you would like to remove the content from
Select the three dots to the right of the content you would like to remove
Select Remove
Disabling/Enabling Content
Select the Channel Menu
Select the channel you would like to remove the content from
Select the three dots to the right of the content you would like to remove
Select disable to keep content on the channel, but not display it.
This can be useful if you plan to show the same content at different times throughout the year
Once content is disabled, you can enable it if you would like it to display it again