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Also known as: video swiper, card swiper, social videos

Description

A multi-purpose block that displays multiple cards/panels in a swiper. Can showcase videos, text, and/or images.

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Example 1 - Data table with navigation badges

Source: BBA Careers

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Example 2 - Social videos (IG Reels or YT Shorts)

Source: BBA Majors

Source: PMBA Webinars and Podcasts 

Example 4 - Overflow videos

Source: Companies & Recruiters

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Follow our general Web Copy General Guidelines in addition to the following:

For text/image cards

  • Badges (optional)
    • Small navigational buttons displayed above the cards that feature a word or two to indicate the topic of each card in the swiper
    • Character limit: 1-2 words, 30 characters for each badge
    • Image Added
  • Cards must have similar amounts of copy
  • Images are optional, but if one card has a photo, they all need to have a photo
  • Card title (recommended)
    • If using badges, the card title should match or contain the badge copy for continuity
  • Card content
    • Ideal length is one or two short phrases or 3-4 bullet points
    • For data tables, limit number of rows to ~10
  • Card button/link (optional)
    • Link text should be specific to each topic/card

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  • Videos must be uploaded to YouTube and captioned accurately. Share the YT link with the web developer when ready.
  • Badges (optional)
    • Small navigational buttons displayed above the videos that feature a word or two to indicate the topic of each video in the swiper
    • Character limit: 30 characters

Traditional Videos (landscape)

  • Video title (required for all videos)
    • Character limit: 30 characters
    • Recommend matching (or shortening) the title of the video on Youtube
  • When you want the video to appear next to some copy
    • Card title (required)
      • If using badges, the card title should match or contain the badge copy for continuity
    • Card content (optional)
      • Ideal length is one or two short phrases or 3-4 bullet points
      • Give users a few highlights from the video
    • Card button/link (optional)

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  • These are typically Instagram Reels uploaded as Shorts to our YouTube channel.
  • Need 3 or more videos for this layout. 
  • Note that we cannot show a mix of content (e.g. we can't show a YT Short next to a photo with some copy)
  • Video title (required for all videos)
    • Character limit: 30 characters
    • Recommend matching (or shortening) the title of the video on Youtube. Can move subjects name subject's name to the bottom text for length 
  • Bottom text (optional)
    • Character limit: 30 characters
    • Used to display name, grad. year, major, or other details about the video's subject(s)

Design Assets Needed

Images

Card image (optional)

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  • We can use the cover image from YT or upload a different one to override it
  • Cover image override - jpeg
    • Face should not be perfectly centered, as it will be covered by the play button. We recommend cropping so the face is in the top third of the image.
    • For traditional, landscape videos
      • Dimensions: 1176x662px
      • Aspect ratio: 16:9
    • For vertical, social videos
      • Dimensions: 1170x1807px or 585x904px
      • Aspect ratio: 9:16

Variations

Columns

  • Choose to display 1, 2, 3, or 4 columns for desktop

Badges

  • Available for single column layout only
  • For mobile, badges can be listed out or collapsed into a dropdown

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Text/image

  • Display or hide card shadow

*Add screenshot

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Video options

Video player type

  • Embed video on the page or have it open in a modal (popup window)
    • Embedded video - use when a video is displayed large or for social videos
    • Video modal - use when overflow layout is selected, when you want the video watching experience to have more impact, or when the video is better viewed full screen
Video layout options

*Add screenshots

Large video in a single column

Source: WSB 125th Anniversary

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50/50 layout with video next to copy

Source: BBA Study Abroad

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3 or more vertical videos in 3 columns

Source: BBA Majors

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3 or more landscape videos in overflow layout

Source: Companies & Recruiters

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Implementation

Dev Notes

  • The block displays swiper arrows and creates swiping functionality when the content requires it. 
  • Click and drag swiping is disabled for video content on desktop.

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titleCard details
Card image
  • Image field
  • Select the photo or icon you would like to display
  • Be sure to choose an appropriate image aspect ratio under the block configuration tab.
Title (required)
  • Text field
  • Text that displays inside badges (if shown) and title for the card
  • For badges layout: this content will go inside the badge, so keep this as short as possible; recommend no more than 30 characters.
  • For show overflow: the title is toward the bottom of the card
Hide title in card?
    • Yes or no
    • This field is only visible if Display badges? is checked
    • Allows the title field to show in the badge only, so you can have a different title or no title in the card.
Content
  • WYSIWYG
  • Add text and/or HTML code for content displayed in the card
  • Add URL and link text
CTA Style
  • Select your preferred button style
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titleVideo Details
Youtube Embed Code
  • Insert embed code from YouTube. Example: CqZeezv9xqw.
Video length
  • Displays in the lower right corner of the video thumbnail/placeholder image. Disappears when video is played
Video title
  • For modal videos - Used for aria labels, but does not display on the page
  • For lazyload videos - The title displays on video, near the top
Image Override
  • Tooltip: Image will override YouTube thumbnail. Make sure video image dimensions are the same for all cards in the block. Youtube thumbnails are 1176x662px
    • TIP: Recommend using an image with 4:3 aspect ratio if there is a lot of text content next to the video. Dimensions of 1024px by 768px have worked well before.
  • Image (Array)
  • If Show Overflow is toggled yes, make sure all the images are the same size.
    • The images can be vertical or horizontal
Image Alt text
  • Describe what’s in the youtube thumbnail image. Not necessary if you use the Image Override.
Play Button Color
  • Select: dark, light, or red
  • Red Button is only used for low contrast, grayscale images where light and dark buttons won't work.
  • Play button colors won't apply when Show Overflow is toggled to yes
    • Instead, the play button says "Watch the video" with an arrow
Play Button Alt Text
  • Aria-label for the play button. Defaults to “play video”. Example: “Watch Sennai’s video”

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  • Includes standard block footer fields
    • Footer content
    • Footer CTAs


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titleConfiguration
Columns
  • Select the number of columns to display for XL screens. Other column breakpoints will be set for you.

    • Default = 1 column
    • Options: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • For social videos, recommend 2-3 columns
Enable card shadows
  • Yes or no
  • Default is Yes
  • Only available for text/image layout (not for videos)
Adaptive autoheight
  • Yes or no
  • Default is Yes
  • Toggle to no if Show Overflow is toggled yes
Card image ratio
  • If adding an image to any cards, select an appropriate aspect ratio 
  • Default - 16x9
  • Options:
    • icon
    • 16x9 
    • 21x9
    • 4x3
    • 1x1
Center icons
  • Yes or No
  • When image ratio is set to "icon", this field will appear
  • Default - No (icon will be left aligned)
  • If Yes, icon will be centered and a small gray horizontal rule will appear between the icon and the other card content
Anchor ID
Block Wrapper Classes

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