Information for Faculty: Video Resources

We have a large variety of streaming videos for use in your courses that you can view on or off college premises (Seneca login required). Use the links in the Toolbox box on this page to start your search or use the following search box:

Please note that LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is not included in our search but available from the list of databases. Seneca's MyLearning site provides more information about playlists for different schools.

Some of our popular streaming collections include:

There are two types of DVDs in our collection:

 General Collection: If the DVD is part of our Circulating collection you can request it through the Request button. Circulating DVDs have a 14 day loan period and can be screened/viewed outside the College’s premises.

 Media Collection: DVDs that are in high demand and essential for class presentation are only available for screening on the College’s premises. These DVD must be returned to library after class and can only be booked via email request.

For more information on how to book a DVD for the classroom read the FAQ: How can I book a DVD or video to show in class?

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Seneca Libraries has a created many educational videos (hosted on our YouTube channel) that you can use in your courses.

Visit our Tutorials webpage and look under the "Instructional Videos"  

Link to a Streaming Video in Your MySeneca Course

Acquiring a Permalink

To obtain streaming video links that work, always use the links explicitly provided by the streaming service. Do not copy the URL from the browser's URL field. To ensure that the link works within MySeneca, always set the link to open in a new window.

YouTube 

Click on the "Share" button located underneath the video screen. Expand the "Options" link to customize the quality of the video or specify different start point.

Streaming Videos from the Library

If you find a streaming video from our library search, click on the "..." icon and use the "Permalink" from the to copy the persistent link.

Next Steps

Once you have the link of the video, follow the instructions on MySeneca's Help on how to add external links to add the streaming video link into your course. Make sure to set the link to "open in a new window."

Instructions for creating more direct persistent links to specific streaming video resources (Curio, Films on Demand, Kanopy, NFB etc.) offered by Seneca Libraries can be found at http://library.senecacollege.ca/Find_Articles/Purls.

Embed a Streaming Video in Your MySeneca Course

YouTube

YouTube provides BlackBoard Building Blocks that make it easy to embed their streaming videos into the course:

1. Select Build Content > Mashups: YouTube Video.
2. You can search for a YouTube video within MySeneca.
3. Select a video, and the video will be automatically embedded into your content area.

Streaming Videos from the Library (e.g., Films on Demand, Curio, Kanopy)

Many streaming platforms provide embed codes that work in MySeneca. In general, these are the steps to follow for embedding a video from the library:

1. Go to the streaming video page of the title that you want to embed.
2. Look for an "embed" link or section on the page. Sometimes, the embed functionality may be shown within the sharing functionality.
3. Copy the embed code. Make sure you are highlighting the full code when you copy it.
4. Open another browser window with MySeneca and log into your course.
5. Select Build Content > Create Item.
6. On the text editor, click on the down arrow button to see all editing options. Click on the HTML button, then paste the embed code that you copied into the HTML code view window.
7. Important: Do this before you save / submit the item!* Within the embed code that you have pasted into MySeneca, locate the video URL (starts with http://) and add the following prefix: (see the screenshot for details) http://libaccess.senecacollege.ca/login?url=

*if you save the embed code before you add the prefix, you will have to add it twice to the embed code - Blackboard creates a second version of the embed code once you save it, and if the prefix only appears in the second version, the embedding will not work.

Tips:

• If you decide to embed a video, make sure that you do not have the video start to play automatically when the page opens.
• To make the video accessible make sure that it provides closed captioning or add a link to the video transcript underneath the video.