Subject/Course Guides: SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology: Streaming Videos

Streaming Video Resources

Choose a video collection below:

Academic Video Online (from Alexander Street)
Academic Video Online delivers more than 67,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Academic Video Online includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Patrons will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners, along with the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material.
Digital Campus by Swank Motion Pictures
Please use the latest version of Firefox or Google Chrome for Digital Campus access.

Digital Campus, provided by Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.® was created for professors and administrators to enhance curriculum by providing students with access to course-related films. Through Digital Campus, students can conveniently view assigned films, freeing up valuable class time and eliminating the time constraints of sharing copies.
Kanopy Streaming Video
Kanopy provides streaming video access to award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases on every topic imaginable. The Library is unable to grant additional licenses until further notice. Please go to the Kanopy information page to view currently licensed titles at: https://libguides.wilmu.edu/videos/kanopy
Films on Demand
Films on Demand is a digital video database for streaming educational video content. This collection contains videos in the criminal justice and law category. Faculty may contact the Library to request specific titles.
Education in Video
Education in Video is the first online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. It consists of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. It will give education faculty, students, and in-service teachers a single source for the best research-based professional development video resources available.
Ambrose Video
Video titles include History of Western Art, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth and the Complete History of U.S. Wars.

Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series
Provides access to videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. Topics include organizational learning, leadership, business strategies, marketing, and management. **Follow the instructions from this link to locate videos from this collection.**
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Video Collection
Provides news and television clips in a variety of controversial and popular subject areas.
**Use the "Search Within" box on the right to locate videos on your subject.**
Global Issues in Context - Video Collection
Browse news and television clips, from around the world, in a variety of popular subject areas.
**Use the "Search Within" box on the right to locate videos on your subject.**

Link/Embed Videos Directly Within Canvas

CREATE A DIRECT LINK OR EMBED VIDEOS WITHIN CANVAS:

Academic Video Online

To embed an Academic Video Online video in Canvas, choose one of the methods below:

In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'More External Tools' button.
Select the 'Alexander Street Video' button.
Search for a video using keywords or a video title. Click either after choosing a video.

In Academic Video Online, select a video and then click the 'Share' tab at the top of the screen. Next, click the 'Copy Embed Code' button.
In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Insert/edit Media' button.
Under the 'Embed' tab, paste in the embed code. Click Ok.

Digital Campus

To link to Digital Campus film in Canvas, click the 'Copy Direct Link' button after selecting a film.

In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Link to URL' button.
Paste the web address into the URL field and click 'Insert Link'.
Rename the Link to the title of the film.

Kanopy Streaming Video

To embed a Kanopy film in Canvas, select a film and click the Share button.

Select the 'Embed' tab and copy the embed code from the box.

In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Insert/edit Media' button.
Under the 'Embed' tab, paste in the embed code. Click Ok.

Films on Demand

To embed videos from Films On Demand in Canvas, choose one of the methods below:

In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'More External Tools' button.
Select the 'Films On Demand' button.
Search for a video using keywords or a video title. Click 'Embed' and then choose an embed option.

In Films on Demand, select a video and then click 'Share'.
Next, select the Embed/Link tab and click the 'Copy' button under 'Record URL'.
In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Link to URL' button.
Paste the web address into the URL field and click 'Insert Link'.
Rename the Link to the title of the film/video clip.

Education in Video

To embed an Education in Video in Canvas, choose one of the methods below:

In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'More External Tools' button.
Select the 'Alexander Street Video' button.
Search for a video using keywords or a video title. Click either after choosing a video.

In Education in Video, select a video and then click the 'Share' tab at the top of the screen. Next, click the 'Copy Embed Code' button.
In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Insert/edit Media' button.
Under the 'Embed' tab, paste in the embed code. Click Ok.

Ambrose Video Collection

To link to videos from Ambrose Video in Canvas:

In Ambrose Video, choose a video by clicking on the title.
On the next screen, click on the 'Links & Embedding' tab.
Copy the full web address in the 'Direct Link' field.
In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Link to URL' button.
Paste the web address into the URL field and click 'Insert Link'.
Rename the Link to the title of the film.

Harvard Business School - Faculty Seminar Series

To link to videos from the Harvard Business Faculty Seminar Series:

In Business Source Ultimate, choose a video by clicking on the title.
On the next screen, click on from the right menu.
Copy the full web address from the Permalink field.
In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Link to URL' button.
Paste the web address into the URL field and click 'Insert Link'.
Rename the Link to the title of the video.
Need additional help? View instructions here.

To link to videos from Opposing Viewpoints or Global Issues in Context:

Choose a video by clicking on the title.
On the top right of the screen, click the 'Get Link' button.
Click the 'Select' button and copy the full web address provided.
In Canvas, locate a text editor box. Click the 'Link to URL' button.
Paste the web address into the URL field and click 'Insert Link'.
Rename the Link to the title of the video.

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