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Kiosk

About the announcement kiosk

Put your announcement here! security reminder - lock your computer The Kiosk

In the elevator lobby of the 9th floor of the Medical Sciences building, a wall-mounted television displays public announcements moderated by the School. This display is seen by most PharmD students and some School of Pharmacy faculty and staff. It is also seen by some people outside of the School of Pharmacy. We use Flickr to store, moderate, and deliver the announcements.

Any UCSF individual or entity is welcome to submit an announcement.

How to get started

  1. Sign up: Sign up with Flickr, either with a free or pro account. If you want to share an announcement related to a student organization, see if it has a Flickr account you can use instead of your own.
  2. Account name: The name you specify in your account settings must reflect your name or the name of the organization you represent. Since anyone can create an account with Flickr, we want to know who you claim to be before accepting your announcement.
  3. Join: Join the Flickr group Kiosk - UCSF School of Pharmacy.

How to submit an announcement to the kiosk

  1. Create: Create your announcement. (See the sidebar for help.)
  2. Upload: Upload your announcement, ensuring 2 settings:
    1. Set the content type to art/illustration, not photo or screenshot. This enables other Flickr members to see only the stuff they want. Details: Content filters. If you fail to set the content type correctly, an administrator at Flickr might place a restriction on your account that hides your announcement.
    2. Set the privacy settings so that anyone (public) can see the photo. If your photo is not publically viewable in Flickr, it will not appear on our kiosk.
  3. Submit: Visit the Flickr page that displays your announcement, then submit it to the Kiosk - UCSF School of Pharmacy group using the Send to Group button. (See How do I share a photo with a group?)

Why aren't my announcements appearing in the group pool?

New Flickr accounts: To ensure that all Flickr users are setting content filter flags correctly, Flickr wants to see at least 5 properly flagged photos in your account for several days before your announcement will appear in our group pool. Regardless of whether your account is new or not, there are some settings you can check. Details: See "Why aren't my photos appearing in searches or groups?" at Help / Groups. Did you check everything and still aren't seeing your announcements in the pool? Contact us -- see below.

What happens next?

Your announcement is reviewed by a moderator usually within 2 business days. When approved, your announcement appears on the television alternating with the other messages currently in the group pool. If your message has an obvious end date, the announcement is removed from the group by the group administrator after that date has passed. (This removes the announcement from the group; it does not delete the announcement from your photostream.) If rejected, the moderator will send you Flickr mail letting you know why.

The Rules

Announcements must:

  1. Be relevant to our audience.
  2. Be public. The kiosk is not the right way to deliver private messages. Use our LISTSERV mailing lists instead for that.
  3. Provide context. For example, instead of submitting just a photo, open the photo with Picnik or photoshop.com and add some text to explain what's happening in the photo. Our kiosk is seen by people outside of the School of Pharmacy, and it can also be viewed worldwide on Flickr.
  4. Abide by our Flickr participation guidelines. For example, you may not post an announcement anonymously or with a false identity. They must also reasonably meet our technical specifications (see column 2). For example, we will reject images that are significantly larger than our specs.

Questions? Feedback?

If the answer to your question will help others, post a message to the public Kiosk forum. Or...

Shortcut to This Page

To reach this page quickly or share it with others, use pharmacy.ucsf.edu/go/kiosk, which redirects to a longer URL.

Go To: Deliver an announcement or Communications

How to create a kiosk announcement

  1. Download a template:

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  2. Use a graphics editing application to create your message by adding your own text and images. We recommend that you create a free account at Picnik or photoshop.com. Do not use Word or PowerPoint -- these are not graphics-editing applications, and you'll get poor results.
  3. Export or save as PNG-24 or JPEG. If you are given an option to specify the quality of the saved file, use the highest quality setting.
  4. Drag the finished file into a web browser window, then click the image once to make sure you're viewing it at actual size.
  5. Inspect the image, checking for quality. Watch out for posterization and compression artifacts. Need help? See below, in column 1.

More info for advanced users

For best results, your announcement should match these specifications:

  1. 16:9 width-to-height ratio
  2. At least 1366 × 768 pixels
  3. PNG-24 or JPEG
  4. Use the highest quality setting if available
  5. Use anti-aliasing if available
  6. images only -- no video

Notes:

Need help? See the bottom of column 1.