Story Form

To begin, from the portal dashboard, click on the Create New Story button (alternatively, if you are editing an existing story, click the Edit button next to the story).

The Story form contains all the information about the Story you are submitting, including basic information like Title and Description, information about the interviewee and location, and the Assets you’ve created to accompany the Story.

New! Multilingual Capability

The language in the left drop displays the current language for which the story is being edited. Available Languages shows what languages the story is available in. Click on Available Language to add or remove languages other than English. If any language other than English is made available, a translate checkbox will become available. If the translate checkbox is checked, Story Information will display two column for any field that is translatable. If translate is checked, switching the left column language will swap the languages shown in the left and right columns.

Note:

When the website language is not English, creating new stories will also save the initial contents into the English fields.

When stories are edited in a different language other than english, new assets will also save initial contents into the English fields.

Story Information

• Title
  • The title of the Story
  • This field can be translated
• ID
  • The ID of the Story (Set automatically)
• Description
  • The description of the Story
  • This content will accompany the Title on the website
  • This field can be translated
• Annotation
  • The short description of the Story
  • This annotation will accompany the Title in the search results
  • This field can be translated
• Primary Asset
  • Asset designated to be the featured asset on the Story
  • This would typically be the video or audio of the interview
  • This field is read-only here; use the ‘Set Primary Asset’ button on the assets to change this field.
• Keywords
  • Provide approximately three key words or phrases that describe the program
  • This field can be translated
• Topics
  • The topic(s) that represent what the Story is about
  • Separated into Education levels, and Education Topics
• Language(s) Used in the Interview
  • Language(s) used in the Story
  • Can select more than one language

Interviewee Information

• First Name
  • First name of the Interviewee
• Last Name
  • Last name of the Interviewee
• Title/Position
  • Title of the Interviewee (Ex. Chief)
• Organization
  • Organization of the Interviewee
• Facebook
  • Facebook url to follow the interviewee or organization
• Twitter
  • Twitter url to follow the interviewee or organization
• Instagram
  • Instagram url to follow the interviewee or organization
• LinkedIn
  • LinkedIn url to follow the interviewee or organization
• Email Address
  • Email address of the Interviewee
• Phone Number
  • Main phone number of the Interviewee
• Location
  • Location the Interviewee is located. (Ex. Name of the town or First Nation)
• Address Line 1
  • Address of the Interviewee
• Address Line 2
  • Address line 2 of the Interviewee
• City
  • City of the Interviewee’s address
• Province
  • Province of the Interviewee’s address
• Postal Code
  • Postal Code of the Interviewee’s address
• Consent Form
  • Upload the signed and scanned consent form here
  • Must save the story first

Time Stamps

• Enter the times when the interviewee answered the listed questions
• This is reference for the editor
• Enter time as Hours:Minutes:Seconds
•  Examples:
  • 01:30:00 for one hour, thirty minutes, zero seconds
  • 00:15:45 for fifteen minutes, forty five seconds
  • 00:00:17 for seventeen seconds

Additional Story Information

• The comments in this area are not displayed publicly
• Comments
  • Any specific comments that the Researcher feels would be useful for the Editor or Regional Lead
  • This could include comments from the Interviewee, comments by the Researcher about specific content, etc.
• Editorial Comments
  • Comments from the Editor
  • If the Story is sent back, comments about why it was sent back will be displayed here
• Regional Lead Comments
  • Comments from the Regional Lead
  • Regional Leads can provide suggestions to for the story here
• Status
  • The status of the Story (Set automatically)
  • Will be set to New Story before being initially saved, and Draft while being worked on. It is set to Submitted when sent to an Editor for review.
  • Clicking the Save Story button will save a draft version that can be edited
  • Clicking Submit for Review button will send your draft to the Editor
  • An Editor can then Publish the Story to the website as Published, or send it back to you with a status of Requires Revision

Assets

• Once the story initially saved, you can add assets
• Click the Add New Asset button at the bottom of the page to add an asset to the story
• Title
  • The title of the Asset
  • This field can be translated
• Description
  • The description of the Asset.
  • This content will accompany the Title on the website
  • This field can be translated
• Asset Type
  • File
    • Add File
      • Via File Upload
        • Choose a file from your device to upload directly to the Story
      • Via iCloud
        • Input your iCloud Device ID and iCloud filename, including file extension (.mov, .jpg, .png, etc…)
      • Can add multiple files on a single asset
  • Photo Gallery
    • Use this asset type to upload multiple photos that should be grouped together
    • Can add multiple images on a single asset
  • External Link URL
    • If you have an asset stored online, enter the URL for the file here
    • This field can be translated by providing the alternate language url
  • YouTube Video
    • If you have an asset that is available on YouTube, enter the YouTube ID here
    • Once the Editor has uploaded the completed Asset to YouTube, the YouTube ID is entered here
    • This field can be translated by providing the alternate language YouTube ID
  • SoundCloud Audio
    • If you have an asset that is available on SoundCloud, enter the SoundCloud ID here
    • The SoundCloud ID can be found after ‘/track/’ in the embed url
    • Once the Editor has uploaded the completed Asset to YouTube, the URL for that video is entered here
    • This field can be translated by providing the alternate language SoundCloud ID
• Save Asset
  • Saves the details of the asset
  • By default, the first asset saved is automatically set to be the Primary Asset (indicated in the title bar of the asset panel)
• Delete Asset
  • Once saved, you have the option to delete an asset
  • Deleted assets and files cannot be recovered
• Set Primary Asset
  • Sets a single asset to be the Primary Asset
  • The Primary Asset will be featured with the Story on the website
  • By default, the first asset saved is automatically set to be the Primary Asset (indicated in the title bar of the asset panel)