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Introduction

This guide is for Avalon 5.x.

The Avalon User Guide for Avalon Media System explains front-end Avalon features, functionality, and how to navigate the system. It is designed for users of Avalon, whomever may be searching for items, accessing and playing audio or video, creating playlists, or performing other similar actions.

Definitions

  • Authenticated users - A user who can access Avalon using a valid identifier and authentication combination supported by your institution. Publicly accessibly items do not require authentication for access.
  • Collection - A collection is a grouping of items for administrative and discovery purposes. Items belong to one and only one collection. 
  • Collection Staff - Collection staff refers to individuals that have been assigned specific roles for a collection: managers, editors and depositors. Administrators are also considered collection staff although they are not listed per collection. Collection staff have set permissions to edit, delete, publish items based on their assigned roles.
  • File - A single media file (i.e. sound recording, moving image) that is part of an item; one or more files can exist for a single item (e.g. 3 mp4 files combined to form an entire movie, 6 wav files together make up the recording of an entire orchestra concert, or a sound file and a moving image file together represent a video with accompanying lecture commentary).
  • Item - A single item (media object) accessible through one Avalon page; consists of one or more media files and metadata describing the media file(s).
  • Unit - A unit is a grouping of collections for administrative and discovery purposes. Usually, a unit will map to an administrative unit. Collections belong to one and only one unit. A collection's unit is just a label: there are no privileges associated with units.

Accessibility

See the Accessibility entry for information regarding the accessibility of the Avalon site and media player.

Logging In

Authenticated users can access additional functions by logging in to the Avalon Media System. Some items are not publicly available, but may be available to an authenticated user if they have been assigned access by collection staff. Additionally, authenticated users can create and save playlists.

  1. On the Avalon home page, click "Sign in>>" (upper right)

  2. At the Login page, enter your username and password, click Login/Sign In Button.

 

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