NOVUS 4.5 -- Media Management

Acceptable file types:

• PDF
• MS Office files viz. Word, Excel, PPT.
• Flash animation viz. swf
• Images viz. JPEG, GIF
• Audio viz. MP3
• Video viz. AVI, MPEG

Dos and Don'ts:

• File size limit (per file): 10 MB (mega bytes).
• File Names:
  • Use alpha-numeric characters and/or underscore, hyphen.
  • DONOT use special characters like period, comma, apostrophe, parenthesis, forward or back slash.
  • Spaces are NOT recommended.
• Use folders and sub-folders for easy media management.

Want to update a link to a file? Follow these easy steps:

	Step 1: Login to NOVUS and select Media under Sections
	Step 2: Select the file (node) from the left tree
	Step 3: In the editor, click Browse
	Step 4: In the Choose File dialogue box, navigate to the folder with updated file and select it.
	Step 5: Click Save to finish uploading new file and replacing the old file. NOTE: If the file name is same as the old file name, no need to update the link on the webpage

HCC Purchasing Website

HCC Purchasing website is a good example to showcase the potential of NOVUS 4.5. Following are some of the highlights:

• Custom template: Top navigation, department title on the top
• Flash intro
• Tables (color coded rows, columns to highlight content)
• Custom layouts (to present information in a user-friendly manner)

It is managed by Stefanie Faber, Purchasing Assistant using NOVUS 4.5. If you need to customize your department website, contact Web Services for more information. Attend our NOVUS 2 workshop to learn about advanced features like tables, pop-ups, HTML etc.
Link to Purchasing Home

Upcoming Conferences

EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2009 ( June 1-3, 2009), Atlanta, GA
Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Ninth Annual EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference, June 1-3, 2009. For more details click the link below:
Conference Website

How to create a Web Page from a Template

	The following video covers how to use NOVUS templates to create new Web pages. Templates are pre-built layouts with custom formatting to enable end-users create new web pages. Link to Video *Note: Text instructions for the video can be accessed at: PDF Link
Video created by Denys Harasymiak, Instructional Designer Instructional Technology Services

NOVUS Tutorials
Bookmark this page for NOVUS 4.5 tutorials. Tutorials will include videos, animation, text, screenshots and FAQs.

• NOVUS tutorials link