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.

Note: If a file was embedded in a course, for example in a page or module, unpublishing it in My Media will not remove the embedded file. To remove an embedded file, delete it in the course where it was embedded.

Go to My Media.

Screenshot of links in menus.

Select My Media from your Global Navigation Menu.

Note: Steps for McIntire School of Commerce instructors to access McIntire My Media can be found in How can I access McIntire My Media? (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.
  1. Scroll down on the page under the media player.
  2. Select the Actions menu.
  3. 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.

Screenshot of the steps described below.
  1. Scroll down under the media player to the Publishing Status section of the page.
  2. Select Private - Media page will be visible to the content owner only.
  3. 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.

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

View confirmation message.

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  • Media successfully set to Private - The file was unpublished from all sites.
  • Media successfully unpublished - The file was unpublished from specific site(s).