Slide Options and customisation
Adding Slides
You can add slides to courses as well as folders and subfolders etc. Before adding an image, keep in mind that these images must be synchronized; if we do not do this step, the images will not appear. See more here Synchronize Slides to SmartZoom®.
Once you've synchronized everything click on "Add images".
This opens the slide selection menu:
You can search for images by name (1) or use the folder filter (2) to select a SlideCloud folder, and only see the images in said folder. You can select single images (3) or everything you are viewing (4). On the right side of the menu(5) you can see what you already selected.
By default newly added images are set to invisible, you can select "Turn on visibility" (6) if you want to be available right away
Once you have the images selected, click "Add" (7)
Slide-Viewer Settings
Once you've added and selected (1) an image the menu to edit its setting will appear on the right side (2) of the SlideManager.
Here you can see the current name of the slide (1).
Save as Thumbnail(2): A thumbnail is a miniature of the original generated automatically by the system once you add the image. If you are unhappy with the auto-generated thumbnail you can save a custom one. In the Slide Window (7) zoom/move the image to your liking then press save thumbnail.
Save position(3): If you want the image to open on a specific area or in a predetermined zoom level, in the Slide Window (7) zoom/move the image to the area/zoom you like to display, then click save position(3). The users will still be able to navigate the image, but it will always open on the area/zoom level you selected here.
Annotate Image (4): There are many options for adding annotations to an image, you can find detailed instructions for it here: Annotations
Rotation (6): If the slide is not aligned in the way you'd preferer, you can rotate the slide with this option
Share Image(5): You can read about sharing a slide here: How to share a slide
Below the slide preview, you can change the title of the slide (1), with the subtitle being optional (3) f.e. to add the standing of the slide. The "original filename" (2) indicates the name of the slide that appears in the SlideCloud. In the summary (4) you can write all the information you want to appear in the information box of the slide. This is a standard WYSIWYG editor with the usual option to edit your text.
Microns per pixel (1) means the measurement of the image. It is usually set automatically by the metadata of the slide, but you can correct or add it manually here.
You can add additional content boxes to your slide(2), which will be available in the expert view. You can read about it here: Content Boxes for Slides
If your platform has the search function enabled, you can add Tags (3) and search terms to your slide.
DO NOT FORGET to Save(4) your changes after making them.
SLIDE VISIBILITY
We can check the visibility of the slide with the eye symbol; If the eye is green (1) it means that slide is visible to the user, while if it is red (2), the slide will not be visible to the user.
The "pin" symbol(3) indicates that the slide has an annotation. You can turn these off as well by clicking the pin(4). These visibility settings are available for the roles Annotator, Teacher and Admin in the front end as well: