NOW that you understand the general layout and features of the Creator, it’s time to start building content!
Basic Overview
There are currently 6 different types of content you can build, which include:
Courses - Curated content to be distributed to learners with an optional final assessment.
PDF - Content type allowing PDF documents to be directly accessed as a media type.
Form - A special type of content for collecting information from end users.
Book - Books are made up of various components (e.g., text and media) organized into sections or chapters.
Audio - Audio format content, such as podcasts or other recorded media.
Video - Video format content.
Creating New Content
To create new content, navigate to any of the content types (don’t worry, you’ll be able to select any content-type you want when clicking the “+ Create New Content” button in any content section) under Content Publishing in the left navigation menu.
Note: Each section will display all of the team’s existing content of that format as well as the content’s basic details. Clicking on existing content will allow you to edit that content.
Click the “+ Create New Content” button in the top right. The resulting popup window requires you to name your content and designate an author. After filling in these required fields, click “Create (Media Type).”
Content can be created from any of the respective sections under Content Publishing. To view and search among all file types in the collection, click on Media Assets under the Resources header in the left navigation menu. From there, you can filter by media type and search for assets by title. Content can also be edited and created from this space according to the same steps described above.
Content Readiness Tabs
When building a piece of content, you’ll notice a content readiness bar at the top. Each section (Details, Tags, Builder, Collection, Publish) corresponds to an action that must be completed before being able to publish that content. These sections are color coded between red (incomplete), yellow (suggested improvement), and green (ready to publish), depending on progress. Hovering over a section will display helpful information on what is required to publish or suggest improvements.
Details
After creating a piece of content, you will be taken to the Details section. This screen allows you to create the book's title, author, and description, as well as upload an icon image. Title and author are required, but it’s recommended you add a description and icon as well.
To upload an icon image, hover over the icon area and click the “Edit” button. In the resulting popup window, click “Choose File.” This will allow you to select an image from your device to upload as your icon. After an image is selected, you can edit the size and positioning of the image by clicking and dragging the image to move it or using the border around the image to adjust its size. Once you’ve got the image sized and positioned how you like it, click the “Save Icon” button at the bottom right.
Tags
The Tags section allows you to connect your content to any available category in the branch. To connect the content to a category, click the white rectangular box under “ – Changes take effect once published”, and a drop down will open up. You can select as many categories as you would like to connect, and they will populate in the formerly empty box. To remove the content from that category, simply click the X button to the left of the category, and it will be removed.
Note: To create a new category, navigate to the Categories section under Resources in the left navigation menu. Click on the “+ Create New Category” button at the top right. The resulting popup window requires you to title the category, select which workspace to connect it to, and add an optional description. (The category can be restricted to certain content types – book, form, etc. – by clicking the “Show Advanced Options” button.) Once you’ve created your category, navigate back to your content’s Categories section and it should now be displayed with the other categories.
Builder
The Builder section is where you create or upload your content. Each content-type requires slightly different inputs, which will be described in detail in each content-type section.
Collection
The Collection section requires you to connect your content to a collection. To connect the content to a collection, click the “Link to Collections” button. The piece of content can be linked to as many collections as needed. To remove the item from a collection, simply click the red icon under the Unlink column.
find the desired collection on the left under “Available Collections” and click on the green arrow. This will move the collection to “Currently Connected In.” To remove your content from a collection, click on the red x next to the collection to be disconnected to move it back to “Available Collections.”
Publish
The Publish section allows you to publish your content to the app, view details about the content’s metadata, and send push notification messages linked to this content.
If there are any missing requirements or recommendations, those will display at the top of the page. A Readiness Issues found message means that the content is not ready to publish. (More below.)
To publish new content or publish updates to existing content, make sure everything is exactly how you want it (content cannot be deleted once published; it can be updated or disconnected but not deleted), type out a push notification message (optional), and click the “Publish (Content Type)” button.
Note: If your content has not been published before and you wish to delete it, navigate to the “Delete Unpublished Content” section at the bottom left, click the “Confirm Delete (Content)” button. A confirmation pop up will appear explaining the consequences of deleting the item. Since deleted content cannot be undone, you must type the word DELETE into the box before clicking the “Delete (Content)” button.
If you haven’t completed all of the necessary actions to be able to publish content, the “Publish” button will be whited out and will not let you publish. There will also be a list of error(s) to be corrected before publishing in a red box above the publish button.
If your content has sections with recommended improvements, those will be listed in a yellow box above the publish button. You can still publish content without completing the recommended improvements, but content works best when all recommended improvements are met.