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Add Media to a Playlist?
Create a Folder?
Create a List of Links?
Create Playlists?
Move Files Within Folders?
Sort Content in My Folders?
Use a Folder as a Playlist?


Add Media to a Playlist?


Anyone with a 3C Media Solutions (TechConnect Cloud) account can add media to a playlist. If you have a Faculty and Staff account, please click here for additional information.

To add media to a playlist, please follow these steps:

  • Be sure you are logged into your 3C Media Solutions (TechConnect Cloud) account
  • Browse the 3C Media Solutions (TechConnect Cloud) website
  • Find a video (or audio) file you would like to add to a playlist
  • Click "Add to Playlist"
  • Select the playlist you want to add the media to
  • Click "Save"

Create a Folder?


The Folders feature will allow you to organize the media you will be using. To create a Folder, please follow the steps below:

  • From "My Media" within you 3C account, click on "Create Folder"
  • Where prompted, name the folder you will be creating
  • Click "Create"

The checkboxes on the left of video lists allows you to select files to perform batch operations. Current options allow you to:

  • move the selected files to another folder
  • generate lists of links to the selected files
    • paste into other websites or course management systems.

For more information, please see "Create Folders" (video) (pdf).


Create a List of Links?


To "Create Link List”*

  • From within a folder, check the box next to the files you wish to include in the list
  • In the "With Selected” drop down, select "Create List Link"
  • Click “Go”

You will be shown a list of links to the videos you selected. You can copy and paste these links to external websites.

  • Plain List – list of just the links
  • HTML Links – links with html
  • Embeds – a list of iframe embeds for the videos

*(folders are not supported in the list at this time)


Create Playlists?


Playlist can be created by following the steps below:

  • From your account page, click on "My Playlists"
  • Click on "Create New Playlist"
  • Where prompted, type the name of the Playlist you'd like to create
  • From "Share Permissions" drop down list, select "Public", (playlist will be listed on the 3C website), "Protected", (playlist will not be listed on the 3C site and will require a unique link to access), "Private", (playlist will be visible only to you). Note: most often playlists are "Protected".
  • Click "Save"

For more information, please see "Create Playlists" (video) (pdf).


Move Files Within Folders?


To "Move" files:

  • From within a folder, check the box next to the files you wish to move or list
  • In the "With Selected” drop down, select "Move"
  • Click “Go”
  • You will be prompted for a destination folder - choose your folder and click “Move”

Sort Content in My Folders?


For each folder you have, you can customize how you want the contents sorted.

  • Under "Folder "Sorting", choose from the dropdown list:
  • Click the "Folder Settings" button.
  • Click on the folder you wish to make change to.
    • Folder Sorting
      • Title (default and original setting)
      • Create/Date, Ascending
      • Create/Date, Descending
      • Custom/Weight
        • To create a custom sort, click "Sort Order" on a folder page. You can drag and drop items or click "show row weights" to adjust the sorting weight of items. Click "Save Changes" to save your sort order.
    • The sort method you use will be reflected on all the media lists within the folder.

Use a Folder as a Playlist?


Once you have content in a folder you can set it to display as a playlist. To do so:

  • Click on “Folder Options / Link” to modify the folders settings
  • Click the checkbox “Use folder as playlist”
  • Click “Save Settings”