Digital Signage Help Resources

If you need assistance or more information about using these help resources, please contact the Digital Signage team.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions and answers about Digital Signage at U-M.

Content Manager Resources

Best Practices

• Digital Signage Infographic.
• Digital Signage Design Tips.
• Accessibility.

Managed Template Support

• For Advanced and Custom Tiers.
• Stay in charge of your message, while ITS ensures your digital signage platform is easier to manage than ever with Managed Template Support.

Digital Signage on Google Slides

Follow our Quick Start Guide for a quick, step-by-step overview of how to create and manage digital signage content using Google Slides. Use this guide as a simple reference for best practices and basic setup.

Four Winds (Poppulo)

• U-M ITS Knowledge Base Articles.
  • Log in to Content Manager.
  • Adding the ITS Simple Sign to a Digital Sign.
  • Use the Network Monitor to Take a Screenshot of Your Sign.
  • Adding a Playlist to a Digital Sign or Group of Digital Signs.
  • Adding the Community Content Feed to a Sign.
• Vendor Materials.
  Content Managers can register for a Four Winds (FWI) Interactive Community account to access training videos, user manual, and articles:
  • Training Videos.
  • Knowledge Base (See Content Manager Desktop materials).

Publishing Community Content

• Consider Adding the Community Content Feed to a Sign. Deploy fresh, relevant images provided by University of Michigan and Michigan Medicine departments and organizations. Filter and display rotating images tailored to your audience.
• Note: Turnkey and Basic tiers don’t accommodate adding the Community Content Feed in its entirety. However, Turkey and Basic content managers can still preview available images, view relevant details, and copy URLs directly from the Community Content Preview page. Refer to Using Individual Images from the Community Content Feed.

Contribute Community Content

Learn how any department or organization that is a part of the University of Michigan—including Michigan Medicine—can submit images that Content Managers can choose to include in their signs.

Updates & Announcements

Read about system updates and other important information.