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• 1 2016-06-04T13:38:37-07:00 Adding Media and Annotations 41 plain 2016-08-02T10:10:58-07:00

  This section describes functionality in Scalar's page editor, which is accessed by clicking the icon (if creating new content) or the icon (if editing existing content) in your Scalar header bar.

  Adding media to your page is done through links in the page editor. Media can be added in one of two ways: as a media link and as inline media.

  Adding Media Links

  You can add media to your page content by selecting the text you'd like to link and clicking on the first blue media button seen at the top of the text editor. This will insert a media object on the page and create a hyperlink to it with the text you've selected. Clicking on the hyperlink will scroll readers to the media object on the page and highlight it. In the case of time-based media, clicking on its corresponding hyperlink will also start the play-head. Finally, adding media in this way will allow Scalar to cite the full paragraph in which the media object is referenced in the media "Citations" view.

  Adding Inline Media

  If, however, you want to embed your media in the page at a specific location in the more traditional style, you can use the second blue media button . This will insert an inline reference to a Scalar media file that will be embedded in the page at the selected location.

  Formatting Media

  Once you've selected the media you'd like to insert, whether as a media link or as inline media, you'll be prompted to choose options for formatting the media. Using the media formatting options select the following display preferences:
  1. Size. Choices include “Small” (206px wide), “Medium” (412px wide), “Large” (620px wide), “Full” (maximum width of the page), and “Native” (the original size of the media up to the maximum width of the page).
  2. Alignment. Choices include "Left" (aligned left), "Center" (aligned center) [for inline media only], and "Right" (aligned right).
  3. Caption. Choices include "Description" (the description for the media object will be displayed), "Title" (the title of the media object will be displayed), "Title and description" (the title and description for the media object will be displayed), and "None" (neither title nor description will be displayed).

  Reformatting and Re-selecting Media

  To change the size, alignment, caption, and annotation display options for media already added to a page, follow the steps below: 
  
  For linked media: Click on the hyperlink for the linked media in the text editor and select the gear icon that pops up over the thumbnail of the media. Then change the setting in the media formatting options.
  
  For inline media: Click on the grey box for the media object and then select the gear icon that pops up over the thumbnail of the media. Then change the setting in the media formatting options.
  
  To change the media object you'd like to display, follow the steps below:
  
  For linked media: Click on the hyperlink for the linked media in the text editor and select the gear icon that pops up over the thumbnail of the media. Then click on "Change Selected Media." 
  
  For inline media: Click on the grey box for the media object and then select the gear icon that pops up over the thumbnail of the media. Then click on "Change Selected Media." 

  Displaying Media Annotations

  If the media you're adding has annotations, the media formatting options described above will also include options for displaying them. Under “Annotations” click to select which annotations will appear when the media object loads on the page. Clicking the eye icon next to “Annotation Title,” at the top of the menu, will alternately select and de-select all annotations in the list. Once you’ve selected to display at least one annotation you’ll also be given the option, under “Featured annotation,” to choose which annotation will be highlighted in blue below the media object on page load.
  
  Let's use an example. You have an image for which you've created four separate annotations--that is, you've previously annotated that image by drawing out four separate areas to which you'd like to call your readers' attention. You'd like to discuss two of those annotations in one paragraph (for example, two areas of a historical map) and the other two in a following paragraph (two other areas of the same map). Simply add the media object to the first paragraph by selecting the relevant text and clicking the first media button; after choosing the size, alignment and caption for the media, select the two annotations you'd like to discuss and then select whether you'd also like either one of those annotations to be featured--to be highlighted in blue below the media object. Then do the same on the next paragraph, this time choosing the other two annotations. 
  
  By selecting no annotations, one can also use the annotation display options to display a "clean" version of a piece of media that has been annotated.
• 1 2014-10-01T16:38:33-07:00 QuickStart: Adding inline annotated media to a page 11 plain 2016-08-20T20:24:20-07:00

  These steps will embed a media player cued to an annotation in a page at a specific point. To insert a annotation link instead (less precise, but more flexible in that the default view for the page helps determine the placement and size of the resulting media player), see Adding annotated media to a page. Note that before adding an annotation to a page you will need to have already created the annotation in Scalar.

  1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
  
  
  2. Click in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click to edit that page.
  
  
  3. Select the text you want to link to the annotated media.
  
  
  4. Click and select the media with the annotations you want to link.
  
  
  5. Using the media reference options to select the following display preferences:
      
     1. Size. Choices include “Small” (206px wide), “Medium” (412px wide), “Large” (620px wide), “Full” (maximum wide of the page), and “Native” (the original size of the media up to the maximum width of the page).
     
     
     2. Alignment. Choices include "Left" (aligned left), "Center" (aligned center), and "Right" (aligned right).
     
     
     3. Caption. Choices include "Description" (the description for the media object will be displayed), "Title" (the title of the media object will be displayed), "Title and description" (the title and description for the media object will be displayed), and "None" (neither title nor description will be displayed).
  
  
  6. Next to "Annotations" select which annotations associated with the media object will display. Clicking the eye icon next to “Annotation Title,” at the top of the menu, will alternately select and de-select all annotations in the list.
      
  7. Next to “Featured annotation,” choose which of the annotations selected in the previous step will be "Featured," that is, which will display its content on page load.
      
  8. Click "Save."

  For more details, see Adding Media and Links.