MediaSpace: Publishing and Sharing Media

Task:

This article describes how to publish and share media in MediaSpace. MediaSpace is accessed at media.unh.edu, mediaspace.plymouth.edu, or mediaspace.keene.edu,

MediaSpace allows users to upload, manage, and share media.  Media may be shared in a variety of ways with others at our institutions and with the public.

Instructions:

By default, uploaded media is not published and is set as Private. All Private videos will have that label shown over them when you are viewing your My Media collection.  If you wish to share media you have uploaded, you have two options to choose from:

Private - Media page will be visible to the content owner only and no one else even if they have a direct link.

Unlisted - The media is not shown in any channel or category within the MediaSpace website, and it cannot be found by searching by title, description, or tags, but it is accessible to anyone who has the direct link to that media item.  This is useful when you wish to share an item with people outside of your institution but don’t want the item broadly viewed.  NOTE: Sharing an item as Unlisted does not protect the confidentiality of that item.  If people with whom you share the link share it with others, then those people can also access the item.

Published - The media is visible to other users and can be seen or found by searching, based on which channels or categories it is associated with. Items published to Private channels can only be seen by other channel members. Items in Open channels can be seen by all your institution's account holders, but not by the general public.  Items in a Public channel can be seen by anyone in the world. Learn to create a public channel here.

  1. On your My Media page, locate the item you wish to share and click on its title to view that item.
  2. From the Actions menu, select 


Publish Button in MediaSpace

 

  1. Choose Unlisted from the set of choices.
  2. Click Save.
  3. Click the Share button below the media item to be taken to a screen that will provide the direct URL to this item's page.
  4. Copy the Link to Media Page and share that with your intended audience via email, posting on a web page, linking to on social media, etc.  

  1. On your My Media page, locate the item you wish to share and click on its title to view that item.
  2. From the Actions menu, select Publish.
     
  3. Choose Published from the set of choices.
  4. You will be presented with a display of the categories and channels to which you have the rights to post media items.  Click the check boxes next to one or more channels.
  5. Click Save.

To stop sharing an item

  1. On your My Media page, locate the item you wish to share and click on its title to view that item.
  2. From the Actions menu, select Publish.
     
  3. Choose Private from the set of choices.
  4. Click Save.
  5. You may be prompted to confirm that you want to stop sharing this item.  If so, confirm that by clicking OK.

Need additional help?

Please contact the Service Desk as 603-862-4242, fill out the Streaming Media Hosting web form with as much information as possible, or contact the Technology Help Desk on your local campus.

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