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New Films

Films on Demand is an online database of almost 20,000 streaming educational videos on a wide-range of subjects.

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Locating Films on Demand on the Library web site

Go to http://library.kutztown.edu
Click on the Databases Tab > Most Popular Databases > Films > Click on Films on Demand

Creating an Account

Where to Find the Permalink to share with students via email or D2L

To share a film via email or D2L you will need to use an authenicated permalink (a link that will work both on and off campus)
Locate the film you want in Films on Demand
Look for the Share option underneath the film, click on Share then click on Embed/Link (view short video demo)

How to Create a Custom Segment

Locate the film you need in Films on Demand
Look the Segments option underneath the film (see screenshot )
Click on Segments then login to your account
You can then easily create a segment by clicking on Set Start Time and Set End Time then give your segment a name and save it (view short video demo)
Your custom segments are available clicking on your account then My Content (see screenshot)

How to Create Custom Playlists

Creating custom playlists from multiple films is challenging but definitely doable
Login to your account
Go to a video, click on the Add To option under the video, click on Playlist then Create New Playlist - give your new playlist a name
Choose a segment from the preselected choices or create a custom segment (see above), add that Segment to your new playlist
Go to the next film that you want to create a segment, create your segment and save to your new playlist
Repeat until you've created your custom playlist. Unfortunately Films on Demand does not allow you to access all your custom clips in your account
View short video on how to create custom playlists

How to Embed Videos in D2L

Learn how to embed Films on Demand Videos in D2L: Instructions
Please contact Bob Flatley at flatley@kutztown.edu or 610-683-4168 if you need help with embedding videos

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