Guides: Canvas and Library Integrations: Video resources

Best bet video resources

Films on Demand
A streaming video platform with thousands of documentaries, educational films and news reels. Content from Films on Demand can be shown in the classroom setting and linked in your Canvas course. Films on Demand also provides downloadable transcripts.
Feature Films for Education
Full-length streaming feature films. Includes public performance rights.
Kanopy
Kanopy includes documentaries and feature films. All videos provided through the Kanopy streaming video platform have public performance rights.
Digital Theatre+
24/7 access to award-winning productions and a wealth of engaging educational materials.
Music Online: Music & Performing Arts
Combines audio and video that spans all time periods, hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an unparalleled learning environment for the teaching of music. Note that this content is provided under the name of Alexander Street.
Psychotherapy.net
270+ streaming videos for teaching, training, self-study, and continuing education in psychotherapy, counseling, and addiction treatment.

Keep in mind, too, that the library has both DVDs and streaming video. The circulating DVD collection contains more than 3,000 items, including non-fiction films, documentaries, and feature films. The videos are shelved on the north side of the main floor in our Fine Arts wing. Non-fiction and feature film videos are also findable in OneSearch. Search by Title to locate the Call number of the video. You can also search by keyword for a topic, director, or series. Filter your results to video for streaming video and DVDs or filter to DVD for physical DVDs.

Linking and Embedding Videos in Canvas

From Feature Films, Films on Demand, and Alexander Street:

You can alternatively search to find a title from the links in the box above, AND you can also search within Canvas.
Within Canvas, navigate to the page or tool in which you wish to place the media. Click Edit.
Find the electric plug icon and select the dropdown menu. Select one of the providers. If it doesn't appear, select "View All" and select your choice from a larger menu.
From the provider's website (link in the box above), for each film there are links to Share. For Feature Films, select Embed/Link. For Films on Demand, click Share and then Embed.
From these sharing options, you can change the size for the screen viewer. Once that choice is made copy the code and paste it into the embed code text box.

From Kanopy:

Choose your film and find the "Share" tab.
You'll find both linking and embedding code. Copy the link or the code.
To embed, open an assignment, discussion or page. Insert > Embed, and then paste the embed code into text box, and save.

From Kaltura:

Within Canvas, navigate to the page or tool in which you wish to place the media. Click Edit.
Find the electric plug icon and select the dropdown menu. Select Kaltura Media. If it doesn't appear, select "View All" and select Embed Kaltura Media.
Under the My Media tab, you'll find content you have generated. Alternatively,you can search in the Media Galleries for additional content.
Save your work.

From YouTube:

Choose your video and find the "Share" button, noting that you can enter a time if you wish to start the video at a particular point.Copy the code.
To embed, open an assignment, discussion or page. Insert > Embed, and then paste the embed code into text box, and save.