Tiles

Information on a Game Board is presented in discrete containers known as tiles.

You can add tiles of several kinds to your Game Board. You can also change the type of an existing tile.

Table 3: Game Board Tile Types

Using the news feeds feature, you can add rotating messages to any Game Board and can configure them in several ways.

You can add news feed of three kinds:
Text
Plain-text messages that you enter manually.

RSS
Traditional, syndicated news feeds, accessed via URL.

HTML
HTML-based messages that you enter manually. Can contain hyperlinks, images, and basic HTML formatting and styling.

Text-based news feeds consist of plain-text messages with no formatting.

You may wish to use a text-based news feed to deliver routine messages to Theia users. Text-based news feeds require that you create each message manually but limit you to plain text with no formatting.

The first task in creating and using text-based news feeds is to create a new, empty feed.

Before you begin

Log in to Theia with an account that has authoring capabilities.

1. At the top right corner of the Theia interface, click the applications icon () and in the Applications box that appears, click the Administration icon.
   The Theia Admin Panel panel opens.
2. In the navigation bar, click News Feeds.
   The News Feeds page opens.
3. At the top, right corner of the page, click the Add icon ().
   A new entry section activates at the bottom of the list.
4. In the Name field, type a descriptive name for the new text-based news feed.
5. Optional: In the Permissions field, enter one or more groups to control access to the feed.
6. In the News Feeds drop-down list, leave the default selection, Text, selected.
7. Click Done.
   The entry section closes, and a blue dot appears to the left of its row, to indicate that it has not been saved yet.
8. At the top right of the page, click Apply.
   Theia saves the new news feed, however, note that it currently contains no messages.

Next Steps

Adding Messages to a Text-Based News Feed

Follow this procedure to add the first messages to a newly created text-based news feed or to add messages to a feed that already contains one or more messages.

Before you begin

Creating a Text-Based News Feed

About this task

The steps for editing the appearance of a news feed are different from the steps for editing its content. In addition, the steps for editing the content of an existing message in a text-based news feed are different from those for adding a message to a text-based news feed.

1. Navigate to the News Feeds page, as described in Creating a Text-Based News Feed.
2. At the right side of the row of the news feed for which you wish to add messages, click the context menu icon, and in the menu that appears, click Edit Messages.
   The Edit Messages - {News Feed Name} box opens.
3. At the bottom right corner of the page, click the Add icon ().
   A new entry section activates at the bottom of the list.
4. In the Message Title field, type the title for the message that will display when the message is loaded.
5. Click Edit Content.
   The Edit Content box opens.
6. Type or paste your plain-text message in the field shown.
7. Click Done.
   The entry section closes, and a blue dot appears to the left of its row, to indicate that it has not been saved yet.
8. At the top right of the box, click Save.
   Theia saves the message to the news feed, and the Edit Content box closes.

Next Steps

Repeat this process until you have added all of the individual messages that you want in that text-based news feed.

The steps for editing the appearance of a news feed are different from the steps for editing its content. This procedure addresses editing message content.

1. Navigate to the News Feeds page, as described in Creating a Text-Based News Feed.
2. At the right side of the row of the news feed for which you wish to add messages, click the context menu icon, and in the menu that appears, click Edit Messages.
   The Edit Messages - {News Feed Name} box opens.
3. Click Edit.
   The row changes to editable mode.
4. In the Content column, click Edit Content.
   The Edit Content box opens, showing current content of the message.
5. Edit the message as needed, and then click OK.
6. On the right side of the row, click Done.
7. At the top right of the box, click Save.
   Theia saves your changes and closes the Edit Content box.

Next Steps

View the Game Board to verify that the changes are reflected in the revised tile.

You can add rotating plain-text messages as a news feed tile on a Game Board.

Before you begin

• Creating a Text-Based News Feed
• Adding Messages to a Text-Based News Feed

1. Log in to Theia with a user account with at least the role of author.
2. At the top right of the Game Board that you wish to add the news feed to, click the Edit Tiles icon ().
   The icon disappears and is replaced by four vertically stacked icons.
3. Click the Add Tile () icon.
   A carousel menu appears at the bottom of the page.
4. From the carousel menu, click News.
   The News menu opens, showing one or more additional icons
5. Drag and drop the Newsfeed icon onto the Game Board where you wish to add the new news feed tile.
6. Hold your mouse cursor over the newly placed tile.
   Four icons appear below the tile.
   
7. Click the configure icon ().
   The Newsfeed Properties box opens.
8. In the Title field, type a name for the new tile.
9. Optional: Click Header Settings to configure the appearance of the tile header.
10. Optional: Configure tile icon, background and foreground color, and slider direction in those fields.
11. Click the down arrow in the Select news feed drop-down list and select the new feed that you wish to add to the Game Board.
12. Optional: Configure slide delay, automatic scrolling, background overlay style and intensity, and body scale in those fields.
13. Click Apply.
14. The Newsfeed Properties box closes.
15. At the top right corner of the Theia interface, click your user icon.
16. In the menu of icons that appears, click Save Changes.
    Theia saves the new news feed tile and exits edit mode.

Next Steps

View the Game Board to verify that the changes are reflected in the revised tile.

RSS-based news feeds consist of traditional RSS feeds pulled from an RSS URL.

The first task in creating and using RSS feeds is to create an empty RSS feed tile

Before you begin

Log in to Theia with an account that has admin capabilities.

1. At the top right corner of the Theia interface, click the applications icon () and in the Applications box that appears, click the Administration icon.
   The Theia Admin Panel panel opens
2. In the navigation bar, click News Feeds.
   The News Feeds page opens.
3. At the top right corner of the page, click the Add icon ().
   A new entry section activates at the bottom of the list.
4. In the Name field, type a descriptive name to display in the header section of the tile.
5. Optional: In the Groups field, enter one or more groups to control access to the feed.
6. In the News Feed Type drop-down list, select RSS.
7. Click Done.
8. At the top right of the page, click Apply.
   Theia saves the new news feed.

Next Steps

Adding an RSS Feed to a Game Board

Before you begin

About this task

1. Navigate to the News Feeds page, as described in Creating a Text-Based News Feed.
2. At the right side of the row of the news feed for which you wish to add messages, click the context menu icon, and in the menu that appears, click Edit Messages.
   The Edit Messages - {News Feed Name} box opens.
3. Click Edit.
   The row changes to editable mode.
4. In the Content column, click Edit Content.
   The Edit Content box opens, showing current content of the message.
5. type or paste the source URL of the RSS feed, and then click OK.
6. On the right side of the row, click Done.
7. At the top right of the box, click Save.
   Theia saves your changes and closes the Edit Content box.

Next Steps

View the Game Board to verify that the changes are reflected in the revised tile.

After configuring a traditional RSS news feed tile, you can add it as a tile on a Game Board.

Before you begin

Creating an RSS News Feed Tile<

About this task

1. Log in to Theia with a user account with at least the role of author.
2. At the top right of the Game Board that you wish to add the news feed to, click the Edit Tiles icon ().
   The icon disappears and is replaced by four vertically stacked icons.
3. Click the Add Tile () icon.
   The icon disappears and is replaced by four vertically stacked icons.
4. From the carousel menu, click News.
   The News menu opens, showing one or more additional icons.
5. Drag and drop the Newsfeed icon onto the Game Board where you wish to add the new news feed tile.
6. Hold your mouse cursor over the newly placed tile.
   Hold your mouse cursor over the newly placed tile..
   
7. Click the configure icon ().
   The Newsfeed Properties box opens.
8. In the Title field, type a name for the new tile.
9. Optional: Click Header Settings to configure the appearance of the tile header.
10. Optional: Configure tile icon, background and foreground color, and slider direction in those fields.
11. Click the down arrow in the Select news feed drop-down list and select the new feed that you wish to add to the Game Board.
12. Optional: Configure slide delay, automatic scrolling, background overlay style and intensity, body scale, launch options, and entry limit per RSS feed in those fields.
13. Click Apply.
14. The Newsfeed Properties box closes.
15. At the top right corner of the Theia interface, click your user icon.
16. In the menu of icons that appears, click Save Changes.
    Theia saves the new news feed tile and exits edit mode.

Next Steps

View the Game Board to verify that the changes are reflected in the revised tile.s

HTML-based news feeds consist of formatted HTML blocks, which can include hyperlinks, images, and other HTML elements.

You may wish to use a HTML-based news feed to deliver messages that benefit from the ability to render HTML tags.

The first task in creating and using HTML-based news feeds is to create a new, empty feed.

Before you begin

The first task in creating and using HTML-based news feeds is to create a new, empty feed.

1. At the top right corner of the Theia interface, click the applications icon () and in the Applications box that appears, click the Administration icon.
   The Theia Admin Panel panel opens.
2. In the navigation bar, click News Feeds.
   The News Feeds page opens.
3. At the top right corner of the page, click the Add icon ().
   A new entry section activates at the bottom of the list.
4. In the Name field, type a descriptive name for the new HTML-based news feed
5. Optional: In the Groups field, enter one or more group
6. In the News Feeds drop-down list, select, HTML.
7. Click Done.
   The entry section closes, and a blue dot appears to the left of its row, to indicate that it has not been saved yet.


8. At the top right of the page, click Apply. Theia saves the new news feed, however, note that it currently contains no messages.

Next Steps

Adding an HTML-Based News Feed to a Game Board

You can add rotating HTML blocks as a news feed tile on a Game Board.

Before you begin

Creating an HTML News Feed Tile

1. Log in to Theia with a user account with at least the role of author.
2. At the top right of the Game Board that you wish to add the news feed to, click the icon ().
   The icon disappears and is replaced by four vertically
3. Click the Add Tile () icon.
   A carousel menu appears at the bottom of the page.
4. From the carousel menu, click .
   The News menu opens, showing one or more additional icons.
5. Drag and drop the Newsfeed icon onto the Game Board where you wish to add the new news feed tile.
6. Hold your mouse cursor over the newly placed tile.
   Four icons appear below the tile.
   
7. Click the configure icon ().
   The Newsfeed Properties box opens.
8. in the Title field, type a name for the new tile.
9. Optional: Click Header Settings to configure the appearance of the tile header.
10. Optional: Configure tile icon, background and foreground color, and slider direction in those fields.
11. Click the down arrow in the Select news feed drop-down list and select the new feed that you wish to add to the Game Board.
12. Optional: Configure slide delay, automatic scrolling, background overlay style and intensity, and body scale in those fields.
13. Click Apply.
14. The Newsfeed Properties box closes.
15. At the top right corner of the Theia interface, click your user icon.
16. In the menu of icons that appears, click Save Changes.
    Theia saves the new news feed tile and exits edit mode.

Next Steps

View the Game Board to verify that the changes are reflected in the revised tile.