You can add images to slides in Art Collector Sets from two sources: ArtsConnectEd and www.Flickr.com.  Other image sites are not supported for two reasons:

• To protect artist’s rights by preventing copyright infringement.
• ArtsConnectEd’s interface, software that allows different computer programs to interact, only supports adding images from Flickr.

You must be an ArtsConnectEd registered user to add an image from Flickr to an Art Collector Set.   To become an ArtsConnectEd registered user, see Registration Help.

To add an image from Flickr to an Art Collector Set:

1. Open a Web browser, for example, Firefox or Internet Explorer, and go to www.Flickr.com.
2. Enter a search word, such as part of a title of a work of art you want to search for, in Flickr search textbox (see Figure 1).
   Note: Many of the images in Flickr use a Creative Commons license. You may use Flickr's advanced search to look only for Creative Commons-licensed content to modify, adapt, or build upon. (see Figure 2) Many of these images are available for non-commercial purposes. Click here for more information on Flickr and Creative Commons.
3. Click the SEARCH button.  Flickr shows results that match your search word.  Scroll through these results and find the image you want to add to your ArtsConnectEd slide.
4. When you have found the image you want to add to the slide, click the image in the Flickr results.   Flickr shows the image’s detail page (see Figure 3).
5. Select the URL text in the address bar of the image’s detail page and copy it by holding down the Ctrl (or Command) keyboard key and pressing the C keyboard key.  In this example, the URL text is:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/spadgy/313250444/.
6. Open another Web browser window or tab and go to www.ArtsConnectEd.com.
7. If you are not logged into ArtsConnectEd, log in now:
   • Click the SIGN IN button in the top left-hand corner of the Web page.
   • Enter the Username and Password you created when you registered.
   • Click the SIGN IN button again.
8. Click the ART COLLECTOR button at the top left of the screen.  ArtsConnectEd shows your Art Collector Sets (see Figure 4).
9. Click the title, or the image, of the Set to which you want to add the slide with the Flickr image.  The Set’s detail page opens.
10. Scroll to the bottom of the page.  You will see the slides in the selected Set (see Figure 5).
11. Click the Add Custom Slide button in the Slides tab header (see pink box in Figure 5).  The Slide Info page opens.
12. On the Slide Info page, specify:
    • The Slide Title.  When you present this slide with annotation, this will be the header of the slide.  The slide titles in the slides in Figure 3 are Blue Heart and Blue, which are the titles of each work of art.
    • The Display Annotation.  This is the text that appears on the slide when you present it.
    • The My Notes text.  This is text that you see when you present that the audience does not see.  Think of the My Notes text as the cue card for that slide.
13. Below the My Notes text area, locate the Slide Media header.  In this section is a textbox labeled New Media URL.  Click in this textbox, hold down the Ctrl (or Command) keyboard key, and press the V keyboard key.  The URL text you selected from Flickr address bar will be pasted into the New Media URL textbox (see Figure 6).
14. Click the Verify Media button.  If the Flickr address is correct, the image you found in Flickr will appear beneath the Slide Media header (see Figure 7).
    Note:  If ArtsConnectEd shows a Invalid Flickr URL message instead of a preview of the image, you have specified a bad image address or one that does not exist.  Return to Flickr, copy the Flickr URL text of the image you want to add to the slide, and try pasting the URL text and verifying the image again.
15. (Optional Step) Click the Select this slide to represent the set checkbox to make this the image shown on the front of this Art Collector Set (representative image).
16. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the SAVE SLIDE button.  You have now added an image from Flickr to a slide in an Art Collector Set.  To return to your Sets, scroll to the top of the page and click the ART COLLECTOR button in ArtsConnectEd.

Figure 1: Flickr Search Textbox

Figure 2: Flickr Advanced Search Creative Commons Option

Figure 3: Flickr Item Detail Page with URL highlighted in pink box

Figure 4: Your Art Collector Sets

Figure 5: Slides in the Selected Set.

Figure 6: Adding Custom Image to a Slide

Figure 7: Custom Image inserted correctly

Related Topics:
Customize a Slide

"Brushes 2" image by John A. Ward