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How do I unpublish a Media Gallery file from several courses at once?

You may use the Publish option in your Home site's My Media to unpublish a video, audio, or image file you own from Media Gallery in any UVACanvas site(s) where it appears.

Go to My Media.

Select My Media from your Global Navigation Menu.

Tip: For details about global navigation, see How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an instructor? (opens new window) or How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as a student? (opens new window).

Select the item to unpublish.

Screenshot example of a video file in My Media with the video title outlined.

Select the title of the published video, audio, or image file to unpublish.

Select Actions, then Publish.

Screenshot of the steps described below.

Scroll down on the page under the media player.
Select the Actions menu.
Select Publish.

Unpublish your file.

You may either unpublish the file from the Media Gallery in all sites where it appears, or from specific sites.

Unpublish the file from all sites.

Scroll down under the media player to the Publishing Status section of the page.
Select Private - Media page will be visible to the content owner only.
Select Save.

Confirm unpublishing.

Screenshot of the warning message described below.

A warning will display indicating that you are about to un-publish the media from all categories/channels where it appears. Select OK to confirm.

Unpublish the file from selected sites.

Scroll down under the media player to the Publish in Gallery section of the page.
Uncheck the box(es) for the site(s) where the file should be removed.
Select Save.

View confirmation message.

After saving, one of the following confirmation messages should display on the page, directly above the Publishing Status section:

Media successfully set to Private - The file was unpublished from all sites.
Media successfully unpublished - The file was unpublished from specific site(s).