Contact Sarah Hill, Director of Library Services, at shill@lakelandcollege.edu or 217-234-5440.
Swank Feature Films offers a flexible collection of 25 movie "slots," from which individual movies can be swapped in/out as needed for instruction.
Faculty: Set up an Instructor login on the Swank Portal. If anyone else has selected films already, you'll see them first. To add a title, search the Swank Catalog to see other titles that are available. Email shill@lakelandcollege.edu to request films for our collection.
Students will also need to create a login in the Swank Portal. Once logged in, they can watch any of the 25 films available.
Suggested browsers: Chrome and Firefox, as Safari is not compatible with Swank Digital Campus.
How to Embed Swank Video into Canvas
1. Select a video in Swank.
2. Select the “Copy LMS Link” button under the video.
3. In the Canvas page editor, select the Embed button on the toolbar. In the pop-up box, paste the embed code into the box and click Submit.
A link to the video will show on the published page. This is the result in Canvas:
Note: Swank does not support playlists or clips.
Films on Demand from Infobase is a comprehensive, curriculum-focused video subscription providing unlimited access to thousands of videos in 30+ subjects, including the humanities, science, business, literature, health, and more. New content is added regularly. Instructors can easily add videos using Page Editor feature in Canvas. See the image below.
Academic Video Online from ProQuest makes video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, and more. Search for award-winning films including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners and access content from PBS, BBC, 60 MINUTES, National Geographic, Annenberg Learner, Broadway, A+E Networks’ HISTORY® and more. Included in ProQuest.