CreationStation™  Guide
SAFARI Montage

Accessing SAFARI Montage
For NSBSD, our URL is http://montage.nsbsd.org

Log In and Log Out
Log In
Same UN/PW that you use to log into your computer
Below is a description of the log in screen
School
Username
Password

Remember me on this computer
School News
I forgot my password
Tutorial
To Log Out

Accessing  CreationStation™
Method 1
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Method 2
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Supported File Formats in CreationStation™
CreationStation supports the following file formats:
Video File Formats
• .MOV
- Apple QuickTime Movie
• .MP4
- MPEG-4 (H.264)
• .WMV
- Windows Media Video
• .FLV
- Adobe Flash Video
• .MPG
- MPEG-1
• .M4V
- M4V (w/o DRM)
(H.264 supported in SAFARI Montage 2.4 or greater.)
Audio File Formats
• .MP3
- MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
• .M4A
- MPEG-4 Audio File
Image File Formats
• .JPG
- JPEG
• .BMP
- Windows Bitmap
• .GIF
- Graphics Interchange Format
• .PNG
- Portable Network Graphics
Interactive File Formats
• .SWF
- Adobe Flash
• .KML
- Google Earth
• .KMZ
- Google Earth

Document File Formats
• .TXT
- Text
• .RTF
- Rich Text Format
• .PDF
- Adobe Portable Document Format
• .DOC/.DOCX
- Microsoft Word
• .PPT/.PPTX
- Microsoft PowerPoint
• .XLS/.XLSX
- Microsoft Excel
• .SDW/.ODT
- OpenDocument Text
• .SDC/.ODS
- OpenDocument Spreadsheet
• .SDD/.ODP
- OpenDocument Presentation
• .ODG
- OpenDocument Graphics
• .ODF
- OpenDocument Formula
• .SDP
- OpenDocument Presentation iWork 09
• Pages - Documents
• Numbers - Spreadsheets
• Keynotes - Presentations eBooks
• .EPUB
- Open e-book standard
• .LIT
- Microsoft Reader
• .IBOOKS
- Apple iBook
• .MOBI
- Mobipocket eBook
Whiteboard File Formats
• .FLP/.FLIPCHART
- Promethean Flipcharts
• .AS3A
- Promethean Resource Pack
• .XBK/.NOTEBOOK
- SMART Notebook
• .YAR
- Hitachi StarBoard
• .GWB
- eInstruction Interwrite

Searching  for  CreationStation™  Media
Method 1 - CreationStation Search Page
Method 2 - SAFARI Montage Search page

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Viewing  CreationStation™  Media  and
Adding it to a Playlist
Viewing CreationStation Media
Adding CreationStation Media to a Playlist
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Dashboard  with  CreationStation™
Overview

Uploading  Media  into  CreationStation™
Windows Media Player

Bulk Uploading Media into
CreationStation™
Rules for a CreationStation Bulk Upload CSV file must not pathname\filename, from grade, to grade, expiration date, copyright, title, description
C:\Documents and Settings\jdoe\Desktop\football.mov, 1, 12, , 2005, Football
Game on 10/10/2005, The football game played on 10/10/2005 versus Central
High School
Field Format Notes
Valid Characters:
Month/Day/4-Digit Year

4-Digit Year
NOTE:
To ensure proper formatting of the Bulk Media File, the user can validate the file by performing the following:
To bulk upload your media, perform the following:

(For users with administrator rights in SAFARI Montage WAN Manager environments only)
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Creating a Web  Link  in  CreationStation™
CreationStation
Title
URL
Note:
Description
Media Type
Note: http:// https://

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Duration
Save

Bulk Uploading Web Links Into
CreationStation™
Rules for a CreationStation Bulk Web Link Upload CSV file
Media type, 3rd party service, web link URL, from grade, to grade, duration, expiration date, copyright, title, description video, generic, http://www.myschoolwebsite.com/footballgame.wmv, 1, 12,
01:30:00, 2005, Football Game on 10/10/2005, The football game played on
10/10/2005 versus Central High School
Field Format Notes

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To perform a bulk Web Link upload, do the following:
CreationStation

(For users with administrator rights in SAFARI Montage WAN Manager environments only)
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Editing  CreationStation™  Media o Information/Rights

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.wmv
.mpg
.mp4
.flv

o Permissions
Information/Rights > Rights Management tab > Share
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o Formats o Attachments o Quiz Questions

o Correlations o o
Subject Reference
Segments o o
Delete Media
Publish Media

Deleting  CreationStation™  Media

Uploading and Managing Attachments for
CreationStation™  Media

Creating and Modifying a Quiz for
CreationStation™  Media
Note:
If you already have a quiz for this media title
If this media title does not currently have a quiz,
Modify a Quiz
Edit a Quiz Question:

Delete a Quiz Question:
Reorder Quiz Questions:

Creating and Modifying Subject References for  CreationStation™  Media
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Assigning a Subject Reference for a CreationStation title

Deleting a Subject Reference for a CreationStation title

Creating and Modifying Segments for
CreationStation™  Media
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Modifying a Segment
Editing a Segment

Deleting a Segment

Uploading an Additional Format for a
CreationStation™  Title
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How to Change the Default Display Duration of Image Media
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CreationStation™  Logo  Upload
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Checking Available Space on
CreationStation™