Mandala is a suite of digital tools for storing, organizing, and publishing collections of scholarly content. Each asset in the suite can be catalogued with Knowledge Map terms, which allow assets to be indexed, searched, and interrelated across the entire Mandala suite. KMap terms, in effect, are special labels or tags in a hierarchical tree context. There are two types of Knowledge Map terms: subjects and places.
Mandala lets scholars create and manage a variety of types of scholarly content in a sophisticated way without the necessity of building a collection from scratch. Its indexing and search functionality does the work of locating and collating similar assets across a wide variety of management tools.
To get started with creating collections in Mandala:
1. Create your resources in the separate Audio-Video, Texts, Visuals, Sources, and Images tools.
2. Connect each resource with Knowledge Map subjects and places.
Contact Us
If you have questions about getting started with Mandala or would like to discuss a potential Mandala project, please contact Courtney Floyd, Associate Director of Learning Technologies and Digital Humanities, at courtney.floyd@virginia.edu.
Create quick projects with our walkthroughs
Start in Mandala
- Access Tools
- Set up Your Account
- Log in to Mandala
- The Interface
- Search Content
- Add Content to Mandala
- Join Related Resources
- Create a Collection
- Link to Resources
- Embed Resources on Your Website
- Embed Mandala Collections in UVACollab
Audio-Video in Mandala
- Start in Audio-Video
- Work with Media
- Transcribe Media
- Share and Reuse Content
- Manage Members
- For the Classroom: Audio-Video
- For Research: Audio-Video
- Audio-Video Walkthroughs
- Audio-Video Glossary
- Audio-Video FAQ
- Students Create and Upload Video
Texts in Mandala
- Start in Texts
- View Texts
- Create Texts
- Edit Texts
- Add Features to Texts
- Group Texts
- Texts Glossary
- Texts FAQ
Images in Mandala
Sources in Mandala
- Start in Sources
- Find Entries
- Sources Glossary
- Add a Source
- Sources FAQ
- Use Sources as Citations in Mandala Tools
- Import Citations
- Importation Warnings & Errors
Visuals in Mandala
- Start with Visuals
- Use Spreadsheet Data
- Create a Visualization
- View Visualizations
- Share Visualizations
- Advanced Features
- Visuals Walkthroughs
- Visuals FAQ
Mandala Glossary
- Sources (definition)
- Knowledge Maps
- Mandala Project Framework
- Audio-Video (definition)
- Visuals (definition)
- Texts (definition)
Project Walkthroughs
Subjects, Places, and Terms in Mandala
- Knowledge Maps: Editors
- Knowledge Maps: General Use