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Digital Assets (DAM)

Assets such as images, PDFs, and word documents are stored in the Digital Assets Console, also known as the DAM.

View or upload assets

  1. Navigate to the Digital Assets (DAM) console from the start page (navigation panel).
  2. In the DAM console, click "Files".
  3. Navigate to the folder where you want to upload a file. Click folder name.
  4. Choose the view that you are most comfortable with - card, column or list. Views are accessible via the top right corner of the page. Column and List are recommended views.
  5. Click the blue “Create” button in the top right corner.
  6. Select “Files” from the dropdown
  7. Find the file(s) on your computer.
  8. Click “Open.”
  9. In new window, click “Upload.”

Uploaded files will now appear in your folder.

Publish assets

To publish the image:

  1. Click on the thumbnail, making sure the check mark appears.
  2. At the top, a toolbar will appear. Click “Quick Publish” to publish the image.

 Images MUST be published or they will not appear on your webpages.

DAM action toolbar

DAM toolbar actions

When you select the thumbnail of an image, the following actions will be available for that asset:

  1. Create - Versions
  2. Download - email option not available
  3. Checkout/Checkin
  4. Properties - metadata editor, scheduled activations and references
  5. Edit - crop, rotate, flip
  6. Annotate
  7. Manage Tags
  8. Copy
  9. Move/Rename
  10. Quick Publish
  11. Manage Publication
  12. Delete

Selecting multiple assets

When you select more than one asset, you can no longer:

  • Edit
  • Annotate
  • Manage tags