Ensemble Video

The Ensemble Video enables collaborative sharing and management of video content. User's can Upload, Organize video content, Securely integrate videos and playlists into your Bb course (s), and Measure using built-in analytics.

Ensemble Video Topics Covered

Using the Media Library:

Adjusting Display Settings:

  • By default, the Media Library displays in a single column, with 10 items per page. Use the selector drop-down to show 10, 20, 50, or 100 results per page.

Download or Preview Content:

  • To Download a video, click the Download button under the video thumbnail in the Media Library. To preview a video or image gallery, click on the content's title or thumbnail in the Media Library. A pop-up window with a player will open.

Embedding the Player on an External Website:

  • Click on the Embed button, to generate HTML code, copy & paste into a platform outside of Ensemble, such as your forward-facing website. This option is only available if the content has been published.

Creating a Permalink:

  • Click on the Permalink button to generate a static & permanent hyperlink for an item in the Media Library. The permalink can be copied & pasted anywhere you'd like to share it. This option is only available if the content has been published.

Sharing on Social Media and Email:

  • To share a video to social media, click the Share button under the content you'd like to share. This option is only available if the content has been published. The Sharing window includes options for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Email.

Screenshot of icons. The first icon is an arrow pointing towards a box with text that says Download, a left carrot with a slash and a right carrot that has text that reads Embed, a link icon with text that reads Permalink, and an icon with three dots connected by lines with the text that says Share

Bulk Publishing:

To publish multiple items to the same destination(s), select the content from the Media Library by clicking the corresponding checkbox for each desired item, then click Bulk Publish.

A new window will ask to confirm the content selected. If any of the items on the list are not meant to be included in the Bulk Publish operation, press the x icon next to that item to exclude it. Click Continue if the list is correct. Click Close to cancel the Bulk Publish operation and return to the Media Library.

Screenshot of Ensemble Media Library. Across the top there is a white bar. In the top left there are three black, horizontal lines. In the top right, there is a silhouette of a person. To the right of that, there is a black carrot icon pointing down. Below that there are two sections. To the left, there is a navigation area. To the right, there is the main content area. In the navigation area to the left, there is a logo. The logo has a steeple with a cross at the top and text to the right that says St. John Fisher. Below the logo, there is a dark gray rectangular box that says Media Library (with a white square icon). Below that, there are five navigation options with text and icons. They are: Shared Library (with a black open folder option), Playlists (with a black globe icon), Live Stream (with a black arc icon), Ensemble Studio (with a black square with a black checkmark in it icon), Administration (with a carrot pointing down to the right and an icon with three black gears to the left). In the main content area of the page, there is a gray horiztonal bar. There are three sections: the first section has a gray square with an icon of a building and then a white box that says SJFC in it: the second section has a black square icon, a white rectangular box, and text in it that says My Videos as well as a carrot icon pointing down; The last section has a gray square with a bulleted list icon in it and a white rectangular box to the right with a black carrot icon pointing down. Below that, still in the main section, there is text in the top left that reads Media Library (with a black square with a plus icon in it). In the top right, there are two gray buttons that say Help (with a dark gray circle with a white question mark in it) and Portal (with a black square icon in it). Below that is a horizontal line. Below that, to the right is a white box with a black outline. Inside the box it says Search. To the right of that is a white button that has text that says Search Library. There is a gray magnifying glass to the right of that text. To the right of that button, there is a white, square button with a black carrot icon pointing down. Below that, to the left are two buttons. The first button is green and has text in it that reads Add (with a white plus icon to the left and a white carrot icon to the right). The second button is dark gray and has text that reads Record with a red circle to the left. To the right of the area, there is a gray button with text that says Bulk in white. Therer is an icon with three circles to the left and a white carrot icon pointing down to the right. Below that is a menu with a white background. The menu has four options in it, they are Bulk Upload (with a green icon with a white plus sign), Bulk Publish (with a circle with a green outline and an arrow pointing upwards), Bulk Delete (with a red trash can icon), and Bulk Automatic Caption (with a square with two c's in it). Beneath that menu, there are three horizontal lines of content. The first line has a gray button to the left that says Select All (with a black checkmark). In the center of the first line, there are two white boxes with carrot icons pointing down and gray squares to the left of them with arrows pointing up and down. The text in the first box says All Media and the text in the second box says Newest. The second horizontal line has a gray background. There are six light gray buttons to the left of that background. Each box has a different number from 1-5 in it. The last box has an icon that has two arrows pointing right. To the right of that and centered in the line are two light gray boxes with icons in them. The first looks like a bulleted list and the second has two rows and two columns of squares. The last line in the image has a white background. To the left of this line is a white box with a black outline. To the right of that is a thumbnail from a video, but is cut off. To the right of that is bolded text that says Removing Header in a Word Docu.... Below that is green text that says Ready.

Creating and Managing Playlists:


Create a Playlist- A playlist lets you create a collection of content for a course, website or blog.

  1. From the navigation column, click on Playlists.

  2. Click on the +Add button to create one.

  3. Enter a name for the playlist.

  4. Click the Allow Download checkbox if you want to allow students to download the media file.

  5. Click on Save.

Add Content to a Playlist:

  1. From your Media library, click the checkbox to the left of the videos.

  2. From top right, Click on Bulk and select Bulk Publish.

  3. Click on Continue and click the check box to the left of the playlists.

  4. Click on Apply and Finish.

Managing Playlists:

  • View Playlist—Preview the playlist, even if a permalink has not been generated.

  • Embed Playlist—Embed codes are available to embed content in Bb, Blog or Webpage.

  • Create Permalink—Create a static URL for the playlist that can be viewed by and shared to anyone. There is no log-in needed to view the Playlist if you have the Permalink URL. Click the Create Permalink button to generate the URL.

  • Google Analytics—Google Analytics tracking code(s) can be associated with one or more playlists.

  • Categories—Categories enable you to organize your playlist content.

  • Auto-Publish—Content in a specific Media Workflow can be automatically published to playlists when it arrives in the Media Library.

  • Access Control—Limit access to just Ensemble Users, or restrict playback to a specific Domain or IP.

  • Sort— select how to sort your videos within a playlist.

Upload Options:

From the Upload Options dialog box, Add:

  • Title and Description (if desired)

  • Upload—to send content to designated Ensemble library

  • Preview—to return to Anthem editor

  • Save—to save the content without uploading.

Screenshot of Ensemble upload options. There is a black and white icon of a table. Text reads: learning playlists. There are three buttons below. The first button has a globe icon with text that says View Playlist. The next button has a gear icon with text that says Embed Playlist. The last button has a "plus" icon with text that reads Create Permalink. Below there are additional links: A "G" icon with text that reads Google Analytics, A chart icon with text that reads Categories, a plane icon with text that reads Auto-Publish, a red lock icon and text that reads Access Control, a filter icon and text that reads Sort. There is also an Edit link with a pencil icon and a Delete link with a trashcan icon.

Creating a Dropbox:

The built-in dropbox tool in Ensemble Video makes it easy to collect content from other users such as students, colleagues, or clients. Content uploaded from a dropbox can then be published to a playlist, where the content creators can view and share their videos.

From Administration section in the navigation pane select Dropbox.

  1. Click the + Add button to create a Dropbox.

  2. Configure your Dropbox; Add a name and description (required fields).

  3. The URL will be a link you share with your students for them to access your Dropbox.

  4. Click on the Save button when you are done.

Share your Dropbox:

  1. Right-click on the URL and copy it.

  2. Share the URL via Blackboard course or however you choose to share.

  3. Your students will:

    • Enter their names, email addressses, title of video content

    • Click on Add File and Start Upload.

After content is uploaded, file(s) will be automatically placed in the Ensemble Video Media Library to be viewed.

Using Dropbox: via Ensemble: https://support.ensemblevideo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004056246-Using-the-Dropbox

Screenshot of Ensemble Dropbox. Text reads Dropbox and has an icon of a file with buttons that read Help (with a help icon) and a Portal (with a portal icon). Then there is a subheading that reads Your First Dropbox. Body text reads Use the Dropbox to upload content to my library. There is then a yellow rectangular box that has text: *-indicates a required field. Below that are form fields that are: *First Name, *Last Name, *Email, *Content Title, Date Produced, Description, Keywords. There is then text that says Max Upload Size 200GB. There is then a file upload field that says Drag file here. There are two buttons that read Add a file with a file upload button and a Start Upload with an arrow icon.

Reporting:

In the Reporting administrative control you can access a wide variety of statistics for any Library in your Ensemble Video Organization.

  1. From the Administration section on the navigation column, click Library and then select Reporting.

  2. Content Popularity Report is the first report you see when accessing the Reporting function.

  3. Change type of Report, click the Select a Report dropdown menu, and select another option from the list.

  4. Export a report by using the Export dropdown.

The link below will go over in detail all of the different report types as well as how the data is collected.


Reporting: via Ensemble

https://support.ensemblevideo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003997186-Reporting

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