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September 2012: Volume 17 Issue 3
EDINA > News > Newsline > Newsline 17.3 > JISC MediaHub service developments
We have updated the development Roadmap and will notify you
over the coming months as additional features from that list are
released into service.
JISC MediaHub latest release: search widget; Explore by Place
We are pleased to announce some changes that have just
been made to JISC MediaHub:
• Explore by Place has been added to the Explore functions
• An embedable search box (widget) has been added to the
About page
Explore By Place
Explore by Place is part of the Explore area of JISC MediaHub
where you will find a number of different ways to browse and
explore interesting images, video, and sound.
Explore by Place uses geographic information, which we have
for many but not all items in JISC MediaHub, to create a map of
the world that connects the image, video or sound to the place it
was shot or created. The first screen you will see is a map of the
world centred on the UK and Northern Europe.
From this map you can zoom out to explore other areas of the
globe or you can zoom in to explore content from the UK. The
map works just like Google maps: you can use the scroll wheel
of your mouse, or the + and - keys on your keyboard, to zoom in
and out. If you want to move around the map just click and drag
or slip the map around so that is focused where you want it to be.
Embedable search box (widget)
The widget lets you add a search box for the JISC MediaHub
service to any website you wish, which means you could include
the search box on your website, blog, and/or on your institutional
portal or VLE, etc.
It looks like the search box in the top right-hand corner of JISC
MediaHub.
The widget allows you to type in your search terms, tick what
format you would like the results to appear in, and perform the
search. A new tab or new window will open up with your search
results shown - you can then access more detailed filtering of
results.
The widget can be used anywhere on the web: on any public or
internal institutional pages, virtual learning environments, library
blogs, etc.
The widget embed code is available from the About page. The widget uses a very compact iFrame embed code, so, for most
web pages, you should just be able to paste this code into the
HTML and it will just work. For pages where iFrames have been
disabled, we would recommend instead using a JISC MediaHub
logo or text link to connect your readers with the service.
Other changes you may notice:
• A “Privacy and Cookies” link has been added to the page
footer
• Guidelines for use of the JISC MediaHub logo have been
added to the About page
• The large “Feedback” link has been removed from the
homepage (but the Contact Us link in the page footer remains) Future
If you’d like to share your views on any of these changes, please
either email the helpdesk (edina@ed.ac.uk) or use the Contact Us
page to send us your feedback.