How do I allow other users to edit and publish a video in My Media?
Owners of videos in My Media can collaborate with other users allowing them to edit and publish their video. There are 2 types of collaboration; Co-Editor and Co-Publisher
1 - Co-Editors can:
- Edit the video’s details and metadata
- Trim the video
- Create a new clip based on the video
- Replace the video
- Edit captions
- View the video analytics page
- ***Co-Editors cannot download the video, delete the video or publish the video to a Canvas site Media Gallery
Co-Publishers can:
- Publish the video to any Canvas Media Gallery
- ***Co-Publishers have no other permissions. They cannot edit the video details, trim or create a new clip, replace, delete or download the video
NOTE: Owners can assign both Co-Editing and Co-Publishing permissions to the same person
Log into Canvas and click My Media from the left navigation panel
![My Media](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/044/564/original/c83c49c6-3838-48a9-befe-871b8c3ff175.png)
This displays all of the videos you own.
To the right of the video you want to assign collaborators, Click the Edit icon (pencil)
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This displays the editing page for the video
Click Collaboration
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This displays the collaboration panel
Click Add Collaborator
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This displays the Add Collaborator popup panel
Select Co-Editor or Co-Publisher (or both) then type in the first few letters of the collaborators name, then select the full name from the list
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Click Add
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This adds the user as a Co-Editor or Co-Publisher (or both)
Example:
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Co-Editors and Co-Publishers can access the video by going to their My Media page and clicking on "Filter", then selecting "Media I can Publish" or Media I can Edit"
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