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Patrick Arsenault
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Rise Vision makes it easy for you to get your digital signage set up and running in three simple steps: 

  1. Pick and customize your presentation
  2. Activate your display
  3. Schedule and share your content

In detail:

Step 1. Pick and customize your presentation

The fastest way to create your first presentation is to start with one of our pre-designed templates and customize it with your own message, logo, and colors.

To select a presentation:

  1. Log in to your Rise Vision account. Click Presentations from the menu along the top. Click the green “Add Presentation” button.
  2. In the Add Presentation pop-up window that appears, scroll (or search, or filter) through the collection of templates to find the one you like.
  3. Click on the image of your preferred template to see it larger and to read a description.
  4. Click on the Add button or Start with this Template button to select it for your display. This closes the Add Presentation pop-up window, and takes you directly to the Edit Presentation page for the template that you just selected.

To customize your selected template:

  1. The Edit Presentation page for your selected template has Edit links to control both global settings (“Settings for All Presentations”) and specific settings (“Settings for this Presentation”). 
  2. Click the Edit links to reveal further controls for changing your logo, your colors, and (depending on the template chosen) other parts of the template. The Edit links are on the left side of the screen.
  3. For further details, see Learn how to customize Templates.
  4. Once you’ve personalized the template, select the Publish button (in the top right corner of the Edit Presentation page) to save your changes as a presentation.

Step 2. Activate your display

Once you’ve created your presentation from a template, you're ready to activate your display and show your presentation.

Rise Vision Player is the application that installs and runs on a media player in order to show your presentation. A media player is a small computer that is connected to the display that you want your presentation to appear on. 

Option 1: I have a media player

Follow the applicable instructions below to download and install the Rise Vision Player application on your media player:

Option 2: I need a media player

If you want to avoid spending your time configuring a media player, we recommend purchasing a Rise Vision media player using the link below. They’re inexpensive, reliable, low maintenance, and come pre-configured with Rise Vision Player so you can be up in running in just a few minutes.

Purchase a Rise Vision Media Player

If your organization doesn’t have a Windows or Chrome standard or preference, we recommend purchasing the Rise Vision Intel NUC Celeron Media Player (Linux).

Here is an overview of media players that meet minimum requirements.

To activate your media player with the Activation code:

The first time Rise Vision Player opens, it will present instructions for activating the display. These instruction include a 5-character Activation Code.

  1. Log in to your Rise Vision account. Click Displays from the menu along the top. Click the green “Add Display” button.
  2. Enter a Display Name that for the display. Choose a name that will indicate where this display is located or its purpose. 
  3. Enter the Activation Code.

Alternate method to activate your media player using Display ID:

Each media player comes with a Display ID. The Display ID is used to connect your media player to your Rise Vision account. The first time Rise Vision Player runs, it will show the activation code. At the bottom of that screen, a "Display ID" button can be pressed, where the Display ID can instead be entered to activate the display.

Note: this option is not available for Fire Sticks.

 

Step 3. Schedule and share your content

Once you’ve created your presentation from a template and shared it successfully to your displays, you need to share it to your other channels and keep your audience engaged by regularly updating them with new and relevant content.

To share your presentation with your employees, students, customers, and community, wherever they are. You can show your presentation on:

Once you’ve shared your first presentation, pick another template, and add it to your schedule. Picking new templates each week is key to keeping your audience engaged.

Learn how to add a presentation to your schedule

Keep your content interesting! Sign up for our Weekly Playbook to receive new template ideas each week that will help keep your displays fresh.

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Free Weekly Training

Need more help? We hold weekly training sessions that show you how to: 

  • create amazing, personalized, presentations from our pre-designed templates
  • keep your content fresh and engaging by using our weekly playbook
  • delegate the responsibility of regularly updating the displays to keep your audience engaged
  • save up to 16 hours a week 

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