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For Instructors: Streaming Video from the Library

Resources for Lake Land Instuctors

Need Help?

Contact Sarah Hill, Director of Library Services, at shill@lakelandcollege.edu or 217-234-5440. 

SWANK Digital Library

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.

  • Instructional Videos are available to answer your basic questions about
    • accessibility
    • creating links
    • how to request films so that they will be available when required by your classes. 

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.

Swank embed link

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.

Canvas embed directly

A link to the video will show on the published page. This is the result in Canvas:

End result of Swank embedded into Canvas

Note: Swank does not support playlists or clips.

Films on Demand

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. 

Screenshot of how to embed Films on Demand into Canvas

Academic Video Online

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.