"Studio" gives you the ability to create multiple app experiences to deliver information to various audiences through the app, based on your requirements.
To access Studio:
- Login to Campus Cloud
- Click on Manage
- Click on Studio
Find out more on how to:
- Create An App Experience
- Edit an App Experience
- Delete an App Experience
- Create a Campus Guide for an App Experience
Figure 1 - Studio - App Experiences
Create An App Experience
Creating an app experience requires two permissions in Team Settings.
- 'Studio' permission (check-box)
- Manage 'All Services'.
To create an app experience:
- Log in to Campus Cloud.
- Click on 'Manage' in the top navigation menu, then on 'Studio'.
- Click on 'Create Experience'.
- Type a name for your app experience (ex. Alumni).
- Choose a platform (mobile or web) for your experience(*).
- Set 'Requires Login' to required, optional or forbidden.
- [Optional] Designate Emergency Care Contacts for use in the app experience
- Toggle the following on/off as required:
- Today's Schedule
- My Courses (visible only if we are integrated with your SIS & LMS), and
- Upcoming Due Dates.
- Click 'Save'.
Once the experience is created, it will appear in the list in Studio. In the Campus App, users must choose an app experience when they log in to the app, and also can change their experience in My Profile.
(*) Certain properties cannot be changed once set. These are: Platform (mobile or web), the Required Login property.
For information about adding Emergency Care Contacts, please see:
Edit an App Experience
To edit an app experience:
- Log in to Campus Cloud.
- Click on 'Manage' in the top navigation menu, then on 'Studio'.
- Find your experience in the list, then click 'Edit'.
In addition to changing the name of the experience, you can customize the following options:
- Add Emergency Care Contacts
- Toggle sections within the Home page on and off, namely 'Today's Schedule', 'My Courses' and 'Upcoming Due Dates'
Once you click 'Save Changes', the app experience will be updated to reflect your changes. Students can select the updated experience in the list of app experiences.
Delete an App Experience
To delete an app experience:
- Log in to Campus Cloud.
- Click on 'Manage' in the top navigation menu, then on 'Studio'.
- Find your experience in the list, then click 'Edit'.
- Click on the red 'Delete Experience' button at the bottom of the screen.
You will be prompted to confirm before deleting the experience.
Users will not need to log in again, but if there are any users in the experience you just deleted, you will be prompted to select another experience they should be moved to automatically.
Figure 2 - Studio - Delete App Experience
Create a Campus Guide for an App Experience
Once you have created an app experience, you can create a Campus Guide for that app experience using Studio:
- Log in to Campus Cloud.
- Click on 'Manage' in the top navigation menu, then on 'Studio'.
- Find your experience in the list, then click 'Customize'.
Campus Guide tiles can be organized into sections to deliver information.
To organize Campus Guide into Sections
- Click Studio, then click App Experiences.
- Find the experience you want to edit, then click Customize.
You can add a section to the campus guide, remove a section, or re-order sections.
- To add a section:
- Click Add Section.
- Click the section title to edit, then type a new title.
- Add at least one tile to the new section.
- To remove a section:
- Remove all the tiles from the section.
- Click "X" (Delete) to the right of the section name.
- To move a section:
- Click the Up or Down arrows to the right of the section name.
To create a Campus Guide Tile
- Log in to Campus Cloud.
- Click on 'Manage' in the top navigation menu, then on 'Studio'.
- Find your experience in the list, then click 'Customize'.
- Scroll down to the section where you want to add the tile, then click "+ Add".
- Type a name for your tile, choose a colour, and upload an image.
- Select a Content Type and a Resource Type*.
- Add one, or many pieces of content to the tile.
- Click 'Save Changes'.
Images used in the campus guide are 450 pixels wide by 250 pixels tall. Use "PNG with alpha channel" format.
To create a featured tile in the campus guide
- Log in to Campus Cloud.
- Click on 'Manage' in the top navigation menu, then on 'Studio'.
- Find your experience in the list, then click 'Customize'.
- In the section titled Featured, click "+ Add".
- Create your tile, then click 'Save Changes'.
The featured tile appears at the top of the Home and Campus Guide, in the experience you specify. Students can swipe the app banner to see each of your featured tiles in sequence.
Tiles, sections, and featured tiles you create are visible to students in the Campus Guide. Users will see the content you specify, based on their app experience.