How do I create, edit, and delete playlists in Media Gallery?

Instructors and TAs can create playlists of video, audio, and image files to share with students in a course Media Gallery or to embed in a course using the Canvas Rich Content Editor.

Screenshot of link in menu.

Select Media Gallery from the Course Navigation Menu.

Note: To access the Media Gallery tool in a McIntire School of Commerce course site, select McIntire Kaltura from the Course Navigation Menu instead of Media Gallery.

Select Channel Actions, then Create channel playlist.

Screenshot of the Media Gallery with the Channel Actions dropdown menu open.
  1. Select the three bars (Channel Actions) menu.
  2. Select Create channel playlist.

Add playlist details.

Screenshot example of the Create playlist page.
  1. By default, the recording's Title will be "My Playlist" followed by a number. It is recommended that you edit the Title to make your playlist easy to find in in My Media.
  2. Add a Description or Tags for searching (Optional).

Add items to the playlist.

Screenshot example of adding media items to a playlist as decribed below.
  1. Use the drop down menu to display items from your My Media or the course Media Gallery.
  2. Add media to the playlist by selecting the Add (plus icon in a circle) button to the right of each item.
  3. When an item has been added to the playlist, the Add icon will be replaced with a blue check mark.
  4. As you add media to the playlist, the number of items included in the playlist will display in the top right corner, for example, 2 items.

Organize the playlist.

Screnshot example of removing and recordering items in a playlist as described below.
  1. Select the Remove (check mark) button to the right of an item to remove it from the playlist.
  2. To move the order of an item in the playlist, select and hold the Move Position (three horizontal lines) icon to the left of each media file to drag and drop it in the desired position in the playlist.
  3. You may also use the more (three dots) menu to reorder media in the playlist or to remove items from the playlist.

Go to Media Gallery

Screenshot of the Create Playlist page with the Go to Media Gallery button outlined.

When you have finished creating your playlist, scroll to the top of the page and select the Go to Media Gallery button.

Screenshot example of the Playlists

The Playlists tab will now appear in the Media Gallery of the course and display all playlists.

Edit a playlist

You can edit a playlist that you have already created from your Media Gallery.

Screenshot of the Media Gallery with the Channel Actions menu open.
  1. Select the three bars (Channel Actions) menu.
  2. Select Edit.

Select Playlists.

Screenshot of the Media Gallery tabs.

Select the Playlists tab.

Edit Playlist

Screenshot of the Playlists table with the Edit icon outlined.

Select the pencil (Edit) icon to edit the desired playlist.