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From My Media, you can manage individual media items or perform actions on multiple items at once.

This article explains how to use the media card menu, the Explore panel, and bulk actions.

Watch the video tutorial or read the article below for an overview of the My Media page and its features.

Access My Media

Select My Media from the user drop-down menu or navigate to [yourbaseurl]/my-media.

The My Media page displays.

Manage media

Folders

Depending on your site configuration, you may see a Folders option in My Media. When available, you can use folders to organize your content.

For more information, see Create and manage folders in Content Hubs.

Media cards

Media items are displayed as cards. Each card features the following:

• Thumbnail image
• Checkbox (clickable)
• Duration (for video only)
• Red LIVE indicator for scheduled sessions (during scheduled time only)
• Media title – click to open the media page
• Description - up to two lines of text display
• Three-dot menu (learn more below)
• 'Explore' link (learn more below)
• Status line - this displays the following:
  • Type of media (video, live, image, audio, meeting, and so on) 
  • Ownership (owner, co-publisher, and so on)
  • Number of plays 
  • Number of likes (this will only display if enabled in the Application module)
  • Publishing indicator - clicking will display information about the media's publishing status.

Three-dot menu 

Click the three dots at the far right of a media to open the menu.

The three-dot menu gives you the following options:

• Publish - Click to view the Publish status menu, and publish the item. See our article Publish media -Theming for more information.
• Edit - Clicking will redirect you to the edit media page.
• Analytics - Click to access the VOD analytics dashboard and get an overview of the media. See our article VOD Analytics for more information.
• Delete - Click to delete the media or move it to the Recycle Bin if this feature has been enabled. Check out our article Restore deleted items from the Recycle Bin for more information.

Explore

Click Explore to open a side panel that displays additional information about the media.

The side panel displays the following information:

• Media thumbnail
• Video preview, mute / unmute, and play / pause functions (for VOD entries)
• "Go to media" button - this will navigate the user to the media page
• Media title
• Name of publisher
• Creation date
• Media type
• Number of plays (or 'views' for images)
• Media description
• Tags - clicking a tag redirects you to the relevant category / channel
• Scheduled sessions - schedule is shown

The information in the Explore section will look different if you entered a search term beforehand.

The Explore section will highlight related results, for example, if you searched for 'customers,' the term will appear in captions, tags, and more.

See the image below for an example.

Click X Close to dismiss the panel.

Search in My Media

To search for content, enter your keyword(s) in the search field. To learn more, read our article Search and filter in My Media.

Bulk actions

When you click the checkbox of one or more entries, the bulk actions header appears at the top of the page with the following options:

• Add to playlist
• Publish
• Delete
• More actions

These actions are hidden until at least one media item is selected.

Add to playlist 

Select multiple media items and click Add to playlist in the bulk actions menu to add selected media to a playlist. For more information, see our article Add media to a playlist.

Publish

Select multiple media items and click Publish in the bulk actions menu to publish your media. For more information, see our article Publish media.

Delete  

Select multiple media items and click Delete. A confirmation message will appear which will vary based on whether the recycle bin feature is enabled.

To learn more, read our article Recycle bin.

More actions menu

The More actions menu has options that can be applied as bulk actions.

• Add / Remove collaborators - Add or remove users or groups as co-editors, co-publishers, or co-viewers. Additional roles may be available for supported media types. 
• Transfer ownership - Transfer the selected media to another user or group. You can also choose to remain a collaborator on the transferred media.