Elements

An overview of all Elements provided by the board editor

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Written by Kelli
Updated over a week ago

You can use the various Elements provided by the board editor to compose your board.

The image below highlights all the Elements available in the board editor.

App Element: Allows you to embed a pre-existing TelemetryTV App within your board. 

Once you select the App Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with a dropdown menu to select the App

In the image below we've chosen to embed the Stocks app within our board.

Iframe Element: Allows you to embed a website within your board. 

Once you select the Iframe Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with a form to enter the website URL. 

You must provide an HTTPS URL for the Iframe; HTTP URLs are not allowed.

In the image below we've chosen to embed the TelemetryTV website within our board.

Media Element: Allows you to add an item from your Media Folder to your board. 

Once you select the Media Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with a window to select which Media you'd like to add to your board.

We are being prompted to Select Media in the image below. We can select an item from our media folder or Google drive. Alternatively, we can upload a new image or video.

Menu Element: Allows you to easily add a customizable Menu to your board.

Once you select the Menu Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with a form to customize the Menu. 

You can add more items to the menu and adjust the font.

Click the area highlighted in red to edit the default "Menu Item" to an item of your choice.

In the image below we've replaced the default menu item with a Hot Dog menu item. 

You can add another "New Item" by clicking the Add Item button highlighted above in red. The New Item can be updated the same way we updated the default Menu Item. 

Shape Elements: Allows you to add elements of various shapes to your board. The shapes can then be customized through configurable options that the board editor provides (e.g. size, colour, opacity and rotation).

The 4 Shape Elements available in the board editor are listed below:

  • Rectangle Element

  • Circle Element

  • Star Element

  • Triangle Element

Once you select a Shape Element from the Object Library, you will be provided with various configurable options for the element. The options for a Rectangle Element are shown below.

Text Element: Allows you to add a customizable body of text to your board. 

Once you select the Text Element from the Object Library, click the Edit Text icon highlighted below to edit the Text element.

The image below depicts the Text Element toolbar. The toolbar is shown after clicking the Edit Text icon. 

YouTube Element: Allows you to embed a YouTube video to play within your board. Note that some content creators choose to disable embedding of their videos on YouTube.

Once you select a YouTube Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with a window to configure the YouTube video to play.

You can provide a custom YouTube URL as shown below.

You can also select a news source to play videos from as shown below

G Slides Element: Allows you to embed a Google Slide presentation within your board.

Once you select the G Slide Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with a window to specify the Embed URL for your Google Slide presentation.

Weather Element: Allows you to display the weather for a location of your choice on the board. 

Once you select the Weather Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with some fields to configure how the element is presented.

Set the location for the Weather Element with the following format:

  • City,State/Province,Country

RSS Element: Allows you to embed an RSS feed's content within your board.

Once you select the RSS Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with a window to configure the RSS URL and how the element should be displayed.

After specifying an RSS URL and clicking Add Element, you will be presented with configurable options for the RSS Element on the left side of the board editor:

  • Show Title - Choose to show the Title and adjust it's font

  • Show Description - Choose to show the description and adjust it's font

  • Show Time - Choose to show when the post was created and adjust it's font

Table Element: Allows you to add a table of text to your board. You can adjust the size of the table and customize the content of each table cell.

Once you select a Table Element from the Object Library, you will be presented with some fields for customizing your table.

Click on either of the areas highlighted above to begin editing the table.

Below is an example of a table element ready to be edited

Click an individual table cell to edit it's contents. Below we've replaced "Row1Col1" with "Hello from TelemetryTV!"

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