Four Winds Training Videos

Four Winds Training Videos

How to Access Purdue IT Digital Signage Training Videos

1. Visit Purdue IT – Training Videos, if you do not have access it can be requested.
2. Once you have access the videos can be viewed in any order. For an Author just starting out they can be viewed sequentially, this will give you the necessary steps for creating a sign from start to finish.  Additional documentation and guides is available in Documents>Guides.
3. Watch the training via Sharepoint. Current videos are done in the context of an Author but these can be utilized by Contributors as well.  Please contact Purdue IT for requests on additional topics you’d like covered.
   1. Setup FourWinds Content Manager Desktop (01:14)
   2. Begin Creating a Template (02:13)
   3. Uploading to FWI Cloud – Adding to Content Bin (01:56)
   4. Adding a Background (02:00)
   5. Adding a News Ticket (02:13)
   6. Adding Date-Time (02:35)
   7. Adding Weather (01:44)
   8. Adding Content Feeds – Creating a Playlist (04:42)
   9. Tying the Look Together (01:28)
   10. Scheduling Time Specific Content (01:37)
   11. Replacing Content (01:52)
   12. Duplicating Signs (01:18)
   13. Interrupts(Emergency Channels) (01:16)

How to Access Training Videos for Four Winds

1. Visit http://community.fourwindsinteractive.com/Landingto create a Four Winds Interactive account with your @purdue.edu email address. Your interactive account will provide access to the Four Winds Community for training videos. 
2. Login to the Four Winds Community at https://fourwindsinteractive.force.com/using your interactive account from Step 1. 
3. Select Training > Videos from the drop down menu at the top of the webpage. 
4. Watch the training within the Content Manager Portfolio (minutes: seconds)
5. Basic Terminology (02:30)
6. Content Manager Interface (01:04)
7. Content Types (00:37)
8. Recurrences (02:19)
9. Durations (01:41)
10. Content and Template Libraries (02:18)
11. Playlists (01:45)
12. Interruptions (01:36)
13. Watch the training within the Templates Portfolio
14. Template Editor and Toolbar Overview (01:45) 
15. Creating and Modifying Regions (03:58) 
16. Duplicating or Deleting Regions (01:23) 
17. Aspect Ratio (01:49) 
18. Layering Regions (00:58)  
19. Template Layout (01:17)
20. Watch the training within the Content Types Portfolio
21. Adding Images (01:48)
22. PowerPoint Content (01:38)
23. Text Content (01:31)
24. Weather Content (02:57)
25. Date/Time Content (01:55)
26. PDF Content (01:48)
27. Video Content (01:44) 
28. HTML Content (01:44) 
29. Transitions (01:07) 

Tip: Four Winds offers a wide range of How To videos for customers in addition to those above at the Four Winds Community pages. They are currently offering webinars at no cost, as well