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How to Embed a Timeline
Have you created a beautiful timeline and got stuck on how to share it with peers? Try embedding it on a website such as Web Publishing or Omeka. The instructions below are tailored specifically for TimelineJS but can be applied to a number of other timeline platforms.
- Make sure your timeline can generate an iframe embed code.
- Make sure your website supports the embed code:
- if using Web Publishing, activate the iframe plugin: from the Dashboard, click on “Plugins,” search for “iframe,” then click “Activate.”
- if using Omeka, make sure iframe is included in the allowed HTML elements for the site by visiting Settings > Security. You can also choose to disable HTML filtering altogether by unchecking the appropriate box.
- Copy the embed code generated by TimelineJS. (If using a different platform, find its sharing settings and select “embed.”
- If using Web Publishing, paste the embed code into the text editor, making the following alterations: Replace the carrot brackets <> with square brackets [], so that your embed code should begin with [iframe… and end with a closing square bracket (instead of the original <iframe><… and >).
- If using Omeka, click on the HTML icon the text editor’s toolbar to open up the HTML Source Editor. Find the location you’d like your timeline to appear and paste the original embed code from your timeline. Click on “Update” to close the HTML editor and then click on “Save Changes.”
- Preview your page or post to verify that the embed code is working properly.
How to Use HistoryPin
HistoryPin is a digital gallery, timeline, and map, all rolled into one beautiful, interactive, and FREE package. It is a way to create an open, crowdsourced archive of images, sound files, and text around a place, neighborhood, or location.
You, too, can create a collection, like the San Francisco MTA Photo Archive Collection, or the NYPL Collection.
All you need to do is sign up for a free account, and either create your own collection, or add to an existing collection. All of the collections are open, meaning you can add to anyone else’s collection, and anyone can add to yours (though you have management capabilities). This inability to create private collections may discourage some faculty from using it in the classroom, but HistoryPin’s openness is built on the philosophy that history should be open and collectively authored. Their description says it all: “Historypin is a way for people to come together to share and celebrate local history. It consists of a shared archive, a mutually supportive community and a collaborative approach to engagement with local history.”
Some of the features include:
- Pin info
- Compatible with Google Street View: allows you to overlay your image on Google Maps image, with fade slider
- No word or character limit to description
- Tags
- Use web images or local files
- Add pin to multiple collections
- Two ways to facilitate conversation
- The collection’s discussion board
- Comments on individual pins within the collection
- Metadata
- Each pin requires the designation of a license
- Ability to add additional attribution information
- Create tours
AND, you can embed your collection into your Web Publishing site, like this:
To learn more about HistoryPin and to get started, see their About page.
How To Create Appointment Slots in Google Calendar
Our NYU-licensed Google Calendar offers a quick and simple way to create appointment slots for your office hours that your students can sign up for, without the back-and-forth of emails. Follow these simple steps to set up your interactive appointment slots.
Step 1: Create a new calendar just for your office hours.
Step 2: Follow the instructions in this video to set up appointment slots in that newly created calendar:
Step 3: Share the appointment slots calendar:
You may share the appointment slots calendar by using the link generated by Google Calendar anywhere (via e-mail, on NYU LMS (Brightspace), or on a Web Publishing site).
For more information, see the NYU ServiceLink article or the Gmail blog post.