TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Why Is My Media Being Deleted?
• I Want to Keep my Media in Kaltura
• I Want to Download a Copy of My Media
• I Don't Need My Media Anymore

Why Is My Media Being Deleted?

Any Kaltura Media content that has not been played within 5 years will be deleted from the system. 

If your media has not been played within five years, you will receive an email from [email protected] titled Your Kaltura Media is Scheduled for Deletion. Emails will be sent 30 days prior to deletion and again 5 days prior to deletion. The email will list the titles of all media scheduled for deletion. 

If you do not want to keep the media, ignore the message and take no action. If you would like to keep your media, you may play it from your Kaltura to remove it from the deletion queue or download it to store elsewhere.

I Want to Keep my Media in Kaltura

If you want to keep your media in Kaltura, simply play the media. This will remove your media from the deletion queue and reset the five year media retention deadline.

To access and play your media, log in to myLesley (https://my.lesley.edu) and click on the Tools link in the Global Navigation menu. This will bring you to the Tools area. Select Kaltura My Media.

If prompted, click Allow to allow Kaltura authorization. You should only need to do this once.

Locate your media in your My Media. You may scroll through your content or use the filters and search options to easily locate your content. 

Once you have located your media, click on the title or thumbnail to open it. Next, click the Play icon to play your media and reset the five year media retention deadline.

I Want to Download a Copy of My Media

If you no longer need a copy of your media to share in myLesley you may choose to download it and move it to another storage system such as OneDrive, Google, or your local machine.

To access your media, log in to myLesley (https://my.lesley.edu) and click on the Tools link in the Global Navigation menu. This will bring you to the Tools area. Select Kaltura My Media.

If prompted, click Allow to allow Kaltura authorization. You should only need to do this once.

Locate your media in your My Media. You may scroll through your content or use the filters and search options to easily locate your content. Then click the Edit button (pencil icon) to open the editor.

This will bring you into the editing area. Click Play to play your media then click the Download button on the top right corner of your media.

You may choose the quality of the media you wish to download and then click the Download button to download your media.

Once downloaded, you may store it on your local machine or upload it to cloud storage.

I Don't Need My Media Anymore

If you no longer wish to keep your media, simply ignore the message and take no action. Your media will automatically be deleted.