Adding a Member to Your Project

The process of adding other members to your Project is easy and allows your group to collaborate in a number of ways. To add an existing member to an existing Project, first navigate to the Project's page. You can find the Project by searching the project listing or clicking on My Projects under Member Tools on the right.

Once you are on the Project page, Project managers or admins will see an additional Project Tools menu for managing. Clicking on the link on the right that indicates the current number of Members in the project will initially take you to a view of the profile images of the Project's members. Project managers or admins will see a tab to Add Members.

Add one or more usernames in order to associate users with this project. Multiple usernames should be separated by a comma.

If you are unsure of a member's username, Search by User.

Creating a New Project

In order to take advantage of most of the member-specific features on our site, users will need to create projects, which are associated with their work. Projects can be thought of as over-encompassing folders that hold related content or video. For instance, if you produce a weekly cooking show, you would have one project (perhaps named the same as your show) and then all of the various episodes would be associated with this project.

These projects allow members to reserve equipment, upload content, create project blogs, wikis and event, as well as request a crew.

Here are the steps in order to do this:

1. Log-into your account on the Denver Open Media homepage.

2. Under My Member Tools select Create Project.

3. You will now be directed to the Create Project page.

4. Under Title, type the title of your project.

5. Enter a Full Description of your project.

6. Choose the appropriate project type from the drop-down menu.

7. Add a project icon/image if desired.

8. Add a public email and website address if desired (this info will be displayed to the public on your project page.)

9. Choose how you would like members to be added to your project.

10. In Metadata, select the default Language and Audience for all of the shows in this project (Please note: You can always tweak this and the following information on all individual show pages, but for now you are just choosing the default.)

12. Choose a show rating.

13. Check whether or not the project was created locally.

18. Press Save.

19. This will now bring you to your newly created Project page (Please note: This page is under development and looks somewhat confusing.)

For information on how to create a reservation, please click here. If you would like to upload content, please click here.

Inviting Non-Members to Join Your Project

When a Project is created, the Project's Manager has the option of setting the Project as Open, Moderated, Invite only, or Closed. The status of each Project is listed on the Projects page.

Users can either instantly Join Projects configured to be Open or Request Membership to Projects configured to be Moderated. Projects that are Open, Moderated, or Invite Only will see a menu item named Invite friend.

The Project Managers can invite users with their email address or username with a customized message. The message users recieve will include a URL that links them directly to Project's subscription page. If the user doesn't have an account, they will need to sign up. Access to a Project DOES NOT automatically give users the ability to add Shows or make Reservations.

Personalize Your Project

Your Project page can help users understand more about your project as well as search for your show or join a crew for your show through the Crew Connect tool. On the Create Project page you have various options to personalize your Project.

1.Choose a Title to designate a unique identifier for your project. This title will appear in the directory of all project groups.

2. Enter a Full Description of your project.

3. Choose a Project Type from the drop-down menu. You choose to group your project as a promo, a PSA, a series or a single show. ***More About Project Type*** Selecting a project type helps the autoscheduler select the correct content for any given timeslot. If the project type for your show is "Series" then the autoscheduler will know to choose the most recent episode. If you want to run short videos such as PSAs or Promos you should always create a new project for them to be in even if they are a part of a regular series. The reason for this is that when the autoscheduler looks for a new show in your project it can't distinguish between what you want to air in that timeslot based on length. So your 2-minute promo may get scheduled instead of your full-length show. For this reason it would be best to create a new project and label it "Same Project Title Promos".

5. Add a public email and website address if desired (This info WILL be displayed to the public on your project page).

Private Project Content

If there is a Show that you don't want to appear on the website for some reason, you can change the default Public setting under the Show's Project settings. The show will still be available to members of the Project, but will be hidden from other users. It is still possible to schedule this Show to air.

The Public option is available for all Project related posts including blogs, wikis, and events.

Profiles

Project Homepage

Promos and PSAs

If you want to run a short videos such as PSAs or Promos you should always create a new project for them to be in if they are a part of a regular series. The reason for this is that when the autoscheduler looks for a new show in your project it can't distinguish between what you want to air in that timeslot based on length. So your 2-minute promo may get scheduled instead of your full-length show. For this reason it would be best to create a new project with the same title + promos. In the future you will also be able to add trailers and leaders from this new project.

You now also have the option when creating a Project Page to select the program type as PSA or Promo. Promos are for things promoting some event or show that is likely to have a limited airtime. A PSA is a short program that could be an ongoing announcement or campaign.

Type of project

When creating one of these types of programs please choose your SCHEDULING OPTIONS on show page.

Adding Users to Your Project

Let Users Join Your Project

When you set up your your project, you will be prompted choose from four options regarding how other members can interact with your show.

Project Member Options

Once you set up the membership permissions, this action will define how users can interact with your project from here on out until you change it again.

Add Users to Your Project