Overview

If you're a channel manager in MediaSpace, you can create playlists. This applies to all community members with active directory credentials at UC San Diego (instructors, students, staff, etc.). 

Critical Concepts

• "Playlist" is a loaded term. A playlist refers to a specific thing in Kaltura: a list of media placed in a particular order that uses a different player to play those entries. A playlist is something that has to be explicitly created and exists in a separate area from the channels' media (in a tab called "Playlists").
• Playlists live in channels, not in "My Media." They behave differently than individual pieces of media. You have to create and edit playlists within channels.
• Ensure that playlists are visible in your channel. In your channel settings, in the Advanced Settings section, ensure that Playlists is checked in the "Sections" section. Otherwise the tab won't show up even after you've created a playlist.
• If a channel doesn't have any playlists, it can't have a "Playlists" tab. Even if you have the "Playlists" box checked, it won't be visible unless you have at least one playlist.
• Creating a playlist automatically publishes the media within it to the channel. So if you create a playlist that includes media that's not already in the "media" section of the channel, it will be added there. 

Steps to Take

1. 

   If you're not already logged into MediaSpace:
   1. Go to https://mediaspace.ucsd.edu.
   2. Click the profile icon at the top right of the page and select Login.
   3. Enter your active directory credentials.
2. Click the profile icon again and select My Channels.
3. Locate the channel in which you'd like to add a playlist and click on its thumbnail.
4. Click Actions then select Create Channel Playlist.
5. Edit your playlist's metadata.
   1. Provide a title for your playlist (assuming you don't want to use the default title).
   2. Add a description (optional).
   3. Add tags (optional). Tags will make your playlist easier to find if users try to search for it.
6. Add items to your playlist.
   1. Click the plus icon next to any entry on the left side of the screen to add it to your playlist. It will end up on the right side of the screen (labeled "playlist").

7. When you're done adding media to your playlist, there actually isn't a "save" button. Your changes are saved immediately. So when you're done, you can just click Go to Channel to ensure that everything looks right.