Creating a Series

Before you begin working with video in Transana, you must create a Series for the video.

You can download the video Demo.mpg (available on the Downloads page on the Transana website (http://www.transana.org) and store it on your hard drive in a location where you will be able to find it such as C:\Program Files\Transana 2\Sample\Demo.mpg if you are using Windows or in HOME/Movies/Sample/Demo.mpg if you are using Macintosh OS/X.

The sample video shows a second-grade class learning geometry through a quilt design and construction activity.

Activity:

  1. In the Database Tree, right-click (Ctrl-click on the Mac) the Series node.
  2. In the pop-up menu, select "Add Series."

    3. addseries

  3. Enter "Sample" as the Series ID.
  4. Enter your name or initials as the "Owner."
  5. Select "Demonstration Keywords" as the default Keyword Group in the list.
  6. Save the record to the database.

Note:Your Series should now appear in the Database tree.