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Creating playlists and clips

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While your watchlist tracks all the films you'd like to watch, you may want to create more specific playlists to organize films and create clips.

Creating playlists

To create custom playlists:

  1. Go to www.kanopy.com and log in to your Kanopy account.
  2. Click My Lists at the top of any Kanopy page.
  3. Click the Custom Playlists tab, then Create New Playlist.
  4. Give your playlist a name and click Create New Playlist.

create new playlist button

To add films to a custom playlist:

  1. Open a film's details page.
  2. Scroll down and select the Playlists tab.
  3. Click the add to playlist icon next to your custom playlist.

Editing playlists

To edit custom playlists:

  1. Go to www.kanopy.com and log in to your Kanopy account.
  2. Click My Lists at the top of any Kanopy page.
  3. Click the Custom Playlists tab.
  4. Next to your custom playlist, select ... and choose Edit.
    edit custom playlist option
  5. From here, you can:
    • Select the trash can icon next to a film or clip to delete it from your playlist.
    • Select the pencil icon to create or edit a clip from a film, then select Save Changes.

Creating clips

To create a film clip:

  1. Go to www.kanopy.com and log in to your Kanopy account.
  2. Go to the "Edit Clip" page for a film in a custom playlist (My Lists > Custom Playlists > Edit > Edit Clip).
  3. Optionally, edit your clip title and add notes for your clip.
  4. Use one of these methods to create your clip:
    • Press Play on the film at the bottom of the page. Drag the scrubbers (two gray rectangles on the film's timeline) to the start (left scrubber) and end (right scrubber) points for the clip.
    • Type timestamps for your clip in the "Start time" and "End time" fields.
  5. Click Save Changes to save your clip.

Playing and sharing playlists

To play or share a custom playlist:

  1. Go to www.kanopy.com and log in to your Kanopy account.
  2. Click My Lists at the top of any Kanopy page.
  3. Click the Custom Playlists tab and select your playlist.
  4. To play a film or clip from the playlist: Scroll down to the Clips tab and select a film or clip, then click Play Clip [#].
  5. To share your playlist: Scroll down and click the Share tab, then click Copy Link for the "Share" or "Embed This Video" option. Or, click an icon under "Email & Social Media" to share directly.