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EchoVideo: Creating a Collection

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Creating collections consists of three basic steps:

  1. Create the new collection and give it a Title and a Description
  2. Add members to the collection
  3. Add media to the collection (or ask other members to)

A user who creates a collection is automatically a collection manager. As a manager, you can manage all aspects of the collection (hence the name). This includes adding and removing users, managing user permissions, adding or removing media from the collection, and deleting the collection if / when it is no longer needed.

To create a collection

  1. Click Collections from the Main Menu bar to open the main collections page.
  2. Click + Collection from the top right of the collections page, identified in the figure below.
    Collections page with collections option in main menu identified and Create new collection button identified for steps as described

    The collection is created immediately and shows the collection details page, including Title and Description fields to complete as shown below.

    This screen is an "edit" page for the newly created collection. If you exit this screen or click Cancel without entering any information, the collection is still created but with the title Unnamed Collection.
    Click Delete to cancel collection creation, or you can delete the unnamed collection later.

  3. Enter a Collection Title (up to 200 characters) and a Description (up to 2,500 characters) identifying the purpose or focus of the collection.
    Edit Collection Title and Description boxes and the Save button identified as described
  4. Click Save at the top of the screen. Since this is a new collection, the media tab shows by default but contains no media, as the message on the tab indicates.
  5. If you are ready to add media, click Add Media from the top right of the page, then select media from the list that appears. See Adding Media to a Collection for detailed instructions if necessary.
    An open Collection with the Add Media button identified as described
  6. If you want to add members to this collection, click the Membership tab, then click + Member as shown in the figure below. See Adding Users to a Collection for detailed instructions if necessary.
    An open Collection with the Add Member button identified as described

The figure below shows the buttons you now have at the TOP of the page, including an Actions button, that contains all of the collection capabilities available to you as a Manager, and an Add Media button for adding media to the collection.

Since you are the Manager, you can come back at any time to manage the membership and / or media in the collection.New collection showing media tab with media and with Actions button and add media buttons identified as described