Through testing, we have determined the best manner for sharing the following streaming resources is through direct linking in Canvas, or send to students via email. Use Chrome browser for best results.
Access the library's Feature Films for Education page to find the video you need. You will be asked to login to the college's Single Sign on (SSO) system. To access the West Valley databases you must use your school email address. Instructions can be found here.
At the video's information page, click on the (#1) Embed/Link and a pop-up window will appear with the (#2) Record URL. Copy the Record URL to either place it in Canvas or send to students via email.
Questions? Contact Rachel Sandoval at email: rachel.sandoval@westvalley.edu
Through testing, we have determined the best manner for sharing the following streaming resources is through direct linking in Canvas, or send to students via email. Use Chrome browser for best results.
Access the library's National Theater page to find the video you need. You will be asked to login to the college's Single Sign on (SSO) system. To access the West Valley databases you must use your school email address. Instructions can be found here.
At the video's information page, copy and page the URL from the browser's address bar for the film to either place it in Canvas or send to students via email.
Questions? Contact Rachel Sandoval at email: rachel.sandoval@westvalley.edu
Through testing, we have determined the best manner for sharing the following streaming resources is through direct linking in Canvas, or sent to students via email. Use Chrome browser for best results.
Access the library's Kanopy page to find the video you need. Click on the Watch Now button.
Next, you will be asked to click on the Log In To Westvalley button.
Then, you will be asked to login to the college's Single Sign on (SSO) system. To access the West Valley databases you must use your school email address. Instructions can be found here.
You will then be at taken to video's information page, click on (#1) the Share button, then an accordion will open, click on (#2) Share and the (#3) Share link will appear. Copy the link to either place it in Canvas or send to students via email.
Questions? Contact Rachel Sandoval at email: rachel.sandoval@westvalley.edu
Films on Demand and FMG Archival Films & Newsreels Collection can be embedded in to your Canvas class. Use Chrome browser for best results.
Access the library's Films on Demand or FMG Archival Films & Newsreels Collection pages to find the video you need. You will be asked to login to the college's Single Sign on (SSO) system. To access the West Valley databases you must use your school email address. Instructions can be found here.
At the video's information page, click on the Share link and a pop-up window will appear with the (#2) Record URL. Copy the Record URL to either place it in Canvas or send to students via email.
A pop-up window will appear, click on the Embed/Link tab.
You will then have the Record URL option, use this to copy the direct link to the video which you can include in a Canvas page or send in an email to student. The next options are the Embed Video Size, keep the size at least Medium so that the video controls and Closed Caption options are visible when embedded in a Canvas page. Copy the Embed Code to use in Canvas.
You can embed videos in any Canvas page that has a Rich Text Editor available. The example below is for a page in Canvas. Click on the Insert/Edit media icon.
A pop-up window will appear with the three options, click on Embed.
Next, paste in the code you copied from the Films on Demand page in to the input box and click ok.
You will then see the embedded video in the page. Note the video controls at the bottom of the video, this is why it's recommended to use the Medium size embed code. Remember to click Save on the Canvas page.
Questions? Contact Rachel Sandoval at email: rachel.sandoval@westvalley.edu
You can stream a DVD during your class online with a few conditions.
Access to the film, either: ability to stream it directly online (this would be through a personal account you have or through the library's video streaming database, for example Feature Films for Education), or the DVD (can be a library copy or a personal copy).
If you have a DVD, you will also need video software to play the disc on your computer. Contact Alfred Yee in Instructional Technology & Services on obtaining software and what they recommend (there are free software options, such as VLC player!).
A Zoom account and to set up a Zoom meeting for the film showing.
Open your video-playing software and pull up the DVD menu or get the online video ready to play. Set any settings as you want them during the film showing (captions, mute your participants, etc.).
With your video-playing software open on your computer, start your zoom meeting. Use the “Share Screen” button on the bottom of your Zoom screen to share your screen with all of your participants. Select your video playing software to share.
In Zoom, go to the top of the zoom screen so that the below button menu pops up (it will have a mute button, start video, manage participants, etc.). Use the far right button labeled “More” that has three dots on it. Click this, which will open a sub-menu. Scroll down to “Share computer sound"
Play your DVD or online video. We recommend you turn your sound up all the way in your playing software. You may want to pause the video a few seconds in to ask your participants if they can hear the sound okay, before resuming.
Modified content with permission from Carroll College.
Library subscribed videos include public performance rights, and may be watched by authorized viewers (West Valley faculty, students, and staff). The Mozilla Firefox browser is recommended for streaming films using Zoom. To use Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers for streaming, you will need to disable hardware graphics acceleration to ensure the film will play.
-Chrome Instructions: Under "Advanced Settings" deselect "use hardware acceleration when available"
-Edge Instructions: Under "System Settings" deselect "use hardware acceleration when available.
Questions? Contact Rachel Sandoval at email: rachel.sandoval@westvalley.edu
Modified content with permission from Xavier University.
The short answer is no. Netflix does grant permission for a few Netflix Original documentaries for classroom use, see the section "Netflix Educational Screening Policy and Terms" below. Netflix does not offer institutional accounts, so you will need a personal account to access documentaries.
Netflix has created a YouTube playlist of its educational documentaries for instructors to stream in their online classes.
The Netflix End User License Agreement, which you agreed to when you created an account, specifies that the account is "only for your personal, non-commercial use." Netflix is not alone here; Amazon Prime, Hulu, and other personal streaming vendors do not grant rights for institutional or educational use.
This is important because licenses overrule copyright exemptions. Showing your personal DVD during class is covered by a specific copyright exemption (Section 110), and showing clips can be covered by fair use (Section 107). However, streaming videos from personal subscription vendors in your classroom when the license prohibits such viewings? There is no copyright exemption for that and the situation is problematic.
This is why the library obtains streaming videos through institutional subscription vendors like Kanopy, Films on Demand, Feature Films for Education, and National Theater.
Netflix and Educational Screening (taken from their website):
Some Original educational documentaries are available for one-time educational screenings. To find out which titles are available for educational screenings, go to the "Only On Netflix" section of media.netflix.com. From here, navigate to "All Alphabetical." Titles that are available for educational screenings will display the following grant of permission on their details page:
GRANT OF PERMISSION FOR EDUCATIONAL SCREENINGS
Netflix is proud to present original documentaries that speak to our users in a meaningful way. We know that many of you are as excited about these films as we are; and because of their informational aspects, you'd like to show them in an educational setting -- e.g., in the classroom, at the next meeting of your community group, with your book club, etc. Consequently, we will permit one-time educational screenings of any of the documentaries noted with this information, on the following terms:
We trust our users to respect these guidelines, which are intended to help you share and discuss our documentary content in your community.
Modified content with permission from Chambers Library Streaming Media Guide by Jennifer Flygare, Online Studies Librarian