Administrator Guide for Cisco Show and Share 5.6

Start Here

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March 2015

• Prerequisites
• Access Cisco Show and Share
• Sign In to Cisco Show and Share
• Access the Administration Area
• What to Do Next

Prerequisites

Before you access Cisco Show and Share, you need:

• One of the following web browsers:

– Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9, 10, or 11 for Windows (see Configuration Note for Microsoft Internet Explorer).

– Mozilla Firefox version 28, 29.

– Chrome version 34.0.1847.131m

– Apple Safari 6.0.5.

• Access to the Internet to download the plugins needed to play Flash, Windows Media, or Quicktime media in your browser (if they have not been previously installed).
• Access to the superuser account or an account with one or more of the following privileges: administrator, category administrator, or reports administrator.

Configuration Note for Microsoft Internet Explorer

For Cisco Show and Share to display properly in Microsoft Internet Explorer, you must configure Internet Explorer to check for changes each time that it loads any page from Cisco Show and Share.

Procedure

Step 1 Choose Tools > Internet Options.

Step 2 Click Settings in the Browsing history area.

Step 3 Click the option to check for changes each time.

Step 4 Click OK twice.

Access Cisco Show and Share

To access Cisco Show and Share, point your web browser to:

http:// server_name

In the above URL, replace server_name with the name of your Cisco Show and Share server, for example http://video.example.com. Do not use an IP address.

Note You may receive a security warning to accept the site security certificate when you first access your Cisco Show and Share site. Confirm the security exception to proceed to the site.

When Cisco Show and Share loads, you see a page similar to the one shown in Figure 1-1. When you first access Cisco Show and Share, you access the site as a visitor.

Note Depending on licensed features and options, your User Interface (UI) screens might look different from those shown in this guide.

Figure 1-1 The Cisco Show and Share Home Page

Sign In to Cisco Show and Share

You must be signed-in to Cisco Show and Share to access the administrator functions. The administrator functions that you can access depend on the administrator role or roles that you have.

To sign-in to Cisco Show and Share, follow these steps:

Step 1 Click the Sign In link in the global navigation area at the top of the page.

Step 2 When the login dialog appears, enter your username and password and click Log In.

You are returned to the Videos page.

Access the Administration Area

Procedure

Step 1 To access the administration area of Cisco Show and Share, click the Show and Share link in the global navigation area at the top of the page.

Step 2 Click Administration.

The Cisco Show and Share administration area appears. What you see depends upon the administrator permissions that you have.

The administrator in the illustration below has all three administrator roles assigned, so all of the options are available. The Reports menu would not be visible if the administrator did not have the Reports Administrator role.

If the administrator only had the Reports Administrator role, they would see the following when they logged into the administration area:

And, if the administrator only had the Categories, they would see the following:

What to Do Next

See the following sections to manage Cisco Show and Share: