## Managing access to podcasts

Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. To view a list of permissions associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and Roles: Overview.

With the Podcasts tool, you can restrict access to your podcasts to site participants only, or you can make them available to the public. You can also edit permissions, and define who is allowed to create, revise, and delete podcasts.

#### Managing access to your podcasts

To manage access to your podcasts, follow these steps:

1. From your site's menubar, click `Podcasts`.
2. Near the top, click `Options`, and use the radio buttons to choose one of the following:
   - To provide public access to your podcast through a podcatcher, choose `Display to non-members (publicly viewable)`.
   - To restrict access to site participants only, and to disable access through a podcatcher, choose `Display to site`.
3. When you're finished, click `Save Changes`.

Note: This will affect access to all of your podcasts.

#### Editing permissions

To edit permissions, follow these steps:

1. From your site's menubar, click `Podcasts`.
2. Near the top, click `Permissions`.
3. On the Permissions screen, you can add permissions based on participant roles. Available permissions are as follows:
   - New: Add new podcasts
   - Read: View or download podcasts
   - Revise: Edit podcast information
   - Delete: Remove podcasts
4. When you're finished, click `Save Changes`.