Films on Demand

How to recognize: these videos will have https://fod.infobase.com somewhere in the URL string

• Students and faculty can stream videos from Films on Demand directly from the database. To watch the film, GRC students and faculty will need to log in with email and password when prompted.

• Instructors may also easily link or embed videos and video chapters in Canvas. 

  •  Please note that sometimes the videos work best outside of the Canvas environment. If you provide a link, consider telling students to right click on the link and open it in a new tab. 

Step-by-step Instructions on how to embed or link Films on Demand and YouTube videos in Canvas:

Kanopy

How to recognize: these videos will have https://www.kanopy.com/en/greenriver somewhere in the URL string

• Kanopy is a curriculum development tool for faculty to select films for the library to purchase for their classes
• It is not a film database that is meant to be browsable by students and thus we only advertise it to faculty, not students
   

• To show films from the GRC Kanopy collection in class, faculty and students create individual accounts on Kanopy and then use that log in to view assigned films. 

• Links to films in Kanopy can be added to your Canvas classroom.

  • You can find the embed code for Kanopy videos under the “share” link on your Kanopy video. If you do not wish to embed the video, you can simply provide students the link to the Kanopy video that the librarian has given you

DVDs

• Holman Library has a few thousand DVDs and can purchase additional DVDs upon request. 

• Most classroom teacher work stations have DVD player capabilities.

• Faculty may place holds and borrow DVDs for the quarter.

• Course Reserves:

  •  Faculty may show a library DVD in class and/or place it on course reserve for students to watch in the library or overnight checkout (depending on what you ask for).  The library's lab computers have DVD player capabilities

  • Faculty may also place a personal copy of a film on course reserve.  

Digitized DVDs for Course Material

IMPORTANT: Faculty need to email Media Services (mediacenter@greernriver.edu) these two pieces of information EACH QUARTER they want to show a film:

1. film title 
2. their class course ID number

How to recognize: these videos will have https://egator.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto somewhere in the URL string

WHY AND WHEN CAN DVDs BE DIGITIZED:

• Not all audiovisual works are available in streaming format which would be necessary for fully-online classes.  Therefore the Teach Act allows educational institutions to copy legally-obtained (purchased or borrowed from a library) DVDs into a digital streaming video format for classes that take place completely online in order to give online students the same experience as face-to-face students who would normally watch the DVD in the classroom as part of the course material.
   
• The Teach Act does NOT allow digital streaming copies of DVDs to be created for face-to-face classes.
   
• Access to that digital stream is restricted to students in that particular class and only for the necessary period of time (for example, they would not have access after the course ended)

HOW TO SHOW DIGITIZED DVDs FOR COURSE MATERIAL

STEP 1: If you find a film on this list that you want to use, skip to step #3 below.

STEP 2: If the film you desire cannot be obtained in streaming format, the library may be able to purchase a DVD and digitize it for online classes only. 

• FIRST, please make a purchase request to see if the DVD can be obtained at least 3-4 weeks before your viewing date:

• AFTER THAT, GRC's Media Services will digitize the DVD and send faculty a shared page in Canvas that has the digitized film embedded as a Panopto video.

STEP 3: IMPORTANT: Faculty need to email Media Services these two pieces of information EACH QUARTER they want to show a film:

1. film title 
2. their class course ID number

If you do not do this, students in that course will NOT be able to view the film.

• Access to that digital stream is restricted to students in that particular class and only for the necessary period of time (for example, they would not have access after the course ended or if they dropped the course)
   
• Contact Media Services:

STEP 4: How faculty can access their Digitized DVD streams listed on your Panapto page in Canvas:

LinkedIn Learning

How to recognize: these videos will have https://www.linkedin.com/learning somewhere in the URL string

Faculty can create a custom link to LinkedIn Learning playlists for class use. Students need to set up their LinkedIn Learning account to view. 

FOR INSTRUCTORS:

INTSTRUCTOINS TO GIVE STUDENTS:

JoVE

Links to individual videos or playlists may be added to a Canvas classroom. 

Hoopla

• As a GRC member, you and your students have access to Hoopla through KCLS digital accounts for students (accounts are automatically created) and faculty (need to sign up). 

• *Important: Hoopla films are generally for supplementary viewing for your students

You can give this link to students:

KCLS online resources log in help for GRC staff and students:

Personal Subscription to Streaming Platforms

Instructors

For face-to-face classes:
Instructors can show a film from a streaming service (like Netflix) using their own personal account login during a face-to-face class for educational purposes.  This is generally allowable through this section and interpretation of copyright:

For online classes:

Often vendors license their videos ONLY to popular streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu and HBO.  These popular platforms are generally set up for individual subscribers, not institutional subscribers like libraries.  Therefore, in many cases, it may not be possible for the library to obtain an license to videos from these platforms. 

However, in some cases the library MAY be able to obtain a license from another vendor, so if you see a film you would like to show to your class, so it is always a good idea to make a request to purchase (with the understanding that we will do our best to fulfill your request, by may not be able to).

Students

While not ideal, you can ask students to view videos from a streaming service on their own online if they have a way to access those videos.

As a hypothetical example, one of their "textbooks" students might buy for the class would be an individual subscription for the month the faculty member wants to assign the videos, if the streaming platform offered such an option.