TouchCast Fabric Portal : Fabric Portal User Interface Overview
The Fabric Portal is the ‘all purpose’ interface for accessing, uploading, and managing your TouchCast Smart Videos and other video files and content. It also provides quick access to the other functions your TouchCast role will commonly use.
Logging on to your TouchCast Fabric Portal
The Fabric Portal can be accessed by signing in with your TouchCast account at https://touchcast.com
OR
Via the TouchCast Studio Home Screen
OR
Via the TouchCast Pitch Home Screen
User Interface
The Fabric Portal user interface has three panels. Running from left to right:
Navigation Panel | This is where you can jump between channels your files and files shared with you (Business and Enterprise Customers). |
|---|---|
Content Panel | Depending on the area you have navigated to, the middle area of the interface is reserved for content. This could be the video player or a list of videos in a channel. |
Dynamic Panel | This panel will open to display information relating to the content being explored. Including listing the interactive content in the touchcast, file information or who your content has been shared with. |
The Organization
This example shows me.touchcast.com for educational and individual licence holders.
If you are a business or enterprise customer you will see your company name and a drop down list if you belong to multiple departments. Most users will belong to only one organization so this section will display only that organization.
The hamburger icon at the top left will show and hide the navigation panel.
Files (Navigation Panel)
The navigation panel area of the Fabric Portal screen is used for different purposes depending on the action you are performing at the time.
Search - displays a thumbnail of every file meeting your search criteria
Files - displays thumbnails (or list) of your files or files shared with you by others
Channels - displays the list of channels you have access to
For educational and individual licence holders, there is one option on the left to show 'My files', this will display any file you have uploaded either from the TouchCast product suite (Studio or Pitch) or directly to the Fabric Portal.
For business and enterprise customers you will see additional options here. As you are an organization you will have 'Files shared with me' and also 'Channels'
Files shared with me button (under FILES) will list any files that have been shared directly with you in Fabric by a colleague within your department and organization.
My Account
Use this option to access the Account Management page where you maintain your personal profile settings.
Log out - Closes your Fabric session.
Search
Use the Search function to locate content with titles containing the keyword you entered in the search parameter.
Filter
Newest: Shows the latest file at the top left
Oldest: Shows the oldest file at the top left
Title: A - Z: Shows the content in alphabetical order based on the title of the file
Title: Z - A: Shows the content in reverse alphabetical order based on the title of the file
The 'Type' menu allows you to filter your content by type.
Help
Click the Get Help icon (Question Mark ? ) to link to the TouchCast Help Center and knowledge base.
Upload Button
Use the Upload option to add videos or files to your account. All uploaded content is private to you until you share access to the file.
Please refer to this guide to explain steps.
Format
Click the Format control toggle (highlighted in the screen examples below) to switch between thumbnail and detail list formats. The list format may be helpful if you are interested in details about your files while the larger image of the thumbnail format may be helpful if you wish to recognize the content or files.
Please Note: .tct or .mp4 video files can be viewed by clicking the ‘play’ icon in the middle of the thumbnail. Uploaded a .tcp (TouchCast project file) can be shared but can not be viewed (they will not contain a play icon on the thumbnail).