Create a Playlist

This article is for students, faculty, and staff who wish to create a playlist using Stream. Creating playlists allows you to group videos together for the convenience of the viewer.

  1. Log into office.com.

  2. Click on the grid, or “waffle”, icon in the top left-hand corner.

  3. Choose Stream. If needed, click on All apps to see the complete list of apps.  
    You may bookmark this page for easy access in the future.

  4. Click on Playlist in the top banner.

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  5. Enter a name for the playlist.

  6. Enter a description for the playlist in the Description field (optional).

  7. Choose where to save this playlist.
    If you choose to save this playlist in a SharePoint site, you can have the playlist appear in the SharePoint site’s main navigation.
    If you choose My lists, the playlist will be private until you share it.

  8. Select Create.

  9. Once the playlist has been successfully created, you will be redirected to a new webpage in Microsoft Lists. Playlists are handled by Lists.

Add / Remove media from the Playlist

Playlists can hold video and audio files.

  1. Click on Add new item.

  2. Locate the file in your OneDrive or in a SharePoint. Select one or more files.

  3. Click on Select to add the file(s) to your playlist.

To remove items from your playlist.

  1. Click on the media file as if you are going to watch/listen to it.

  2. Click Delete in the top toolbar. Confirm that you would like to remove this file from the playlist.

Customize Playlist

  • Click on the playlist name to change the name, color, or icon.

  • Click on the playlist name to delete the playlist.

  • Click on a media item and then click on Edit to edit that file.

  • Click on Share to share this playlist like you would a regular file in OneDrive/SharePoint.

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