Thanks for your patience during our recent outage at scalar.usc.edu. While Scalar content is loading normally now, saving is still slow, and Scalar's 'additional metadata' features have been disabled, which may interfere with features like timelines and maps that depend on metadata. This also means that saving a page or media item will remove its additional metadata. If this occurs, you can use the 'All versions' link at the bottom of the page to restore the earlier version. We are continuing to troubleshoot, and will provide further updates as needed. Note that this only affects Scalar projects at scalar.usc.edu, and not those hosted elsewhere.
Introduction to ScalarMain MenuDon't Let it Trouble Your MindRhiannon Giddens performs Dolly Parton's classic song "Don't Let it Trouble Your Mind"Note for TeachersHannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
Scalar Workshop
12016-04-20T07:39:57-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c225594664What we're doing hereimage_header1900432016-04-20T09:48:05-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Don't Let it Trouble Your MindRhiannon Giddens performs Dolly Parton's classic song "Don't Let it Trouble Your Mind"The goal of this workshop is to walk you through how to make a Scalar home page like the one you just visited. While the content is totally up to you, by the end of the day you should know how to upload videos, images, and pdfs; how to edit metadata; and how to build a page that incorporates different kinds of media.
For this workshop, you will be working with a music video of your choice. Select a video that's available on YouTube, and that has easily available (google-able) lyrics.
Once you've chosen your video of choice, follow the path to create your page and get started.
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12016-04-20T07:39:59-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Scalar WorkshopHannah Alpert-Abrams2Welcome to Scalar: a workshop for undergraduatessplash1900432016-04-20T09:28:03-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
Contents of this path:
12016-04-20T07:39:57-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Starting a project2How to start a project, get set up, and open the projectgallery2016-04-20T09:21:50-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
12016-04-20T07:39:57-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Uploading Media3How to upload Scalar mediaimage_header2016-04-20T09:22:29-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
1media/duet.jpg2016-04-20T08:16:09-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Make your Splash Page8Create a title page for your project using a key image.image_header2016-04-20T09:42:45-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
12016-04-20T07:39:57-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Make Your Scalar Page4How to make a scalar page by integrating text and media images.image_header2016-04-20T09:46:56-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
12016-04-20T09:11:00-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Link your pages5Link your splash page to your home pageimage_header2016-04-20T09:17:35-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
12016-04-20T07:39:57-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Keep going!2More things to doimage_header2016-04-20T09:25:11-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255