Any public performance of a video from personal video subscription services such as Netflix, Crave, Amazon Prime, Disney+, etc. -- even in an educational institution -- is a violation of those services' Terms of Use. You have access to that content as an individual consumer, but that access does not extend to, nor can it be transferred to, the institution at which you work or attend.
We're unable to acquire access to services like these that are personal-user/username-and-password-based since these resources aren't readily licensed to educational institutions. Instructors should note that we're also unable to acquire e-textbooks with PIN numbers for the same reason.
Netflix does allow a very small number of its titles to be shown in educational settings. Note that they do not allow any and all Netflix titles to be shown in the classroom, only some selected documentaries. The permitted titles are ones that contain the words "GRANT OF PERMISSION FOR EDUCATIONAL SCREENINGS" in their descriptions on https://media.netflix.com/en/. Please see this Netflix post for further information -- https://help.netflix.com/en/node/57695 -- but also note that there is no guarantee that those films are available in the Canadian version of Netflix.
Streamed Video Databases (as of 1 January 2024)
| Database Name | No. of Video Titles | No. of Users | Perpetual Access or Subscription? |
| Films on Demand |
132 569
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription (Master Academic Collection and Technical Education Collection): These are leased collections and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Kanopy | 28 645 |
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
|
9 731
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. | |
| NFB.ca (National Film Board of Canada |
7 291
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Can-Core Academic Video | 6 949 |
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Safari Books Online (also known as OReilly for Higher Education) |
1 897
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Skillsoft Books (formerly known as Books24x7) |
4 810
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription (Leadership Channel Videos): This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Criterion on Demand | 6 543 | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription, both a larger subscription collection and some short-term individually-licensed titles: Titles in the larger subscription collection can appear and disappear without warning. |
| JoVE Science Education |
3 213
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence |
Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Audio Cine Films | 1 067 | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Nursing & Allied Health Premium (videos from Alexander Street Press) | 1 152 | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Engineering Case Studies Online |
293
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Seneca Libraries Streaming on MS Stream |
398
|
Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Perpetual access: Seneca Libraries holds long-term access to these titles. |
| Safetyhub | 150 | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Aesthetic VideoSource: VideoShelf | 93 | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| Destination Development Association Resource Center | 65?** | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| LWW Health Library: Made Incredibly Easy! | 47 | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Perpetual access: Seneca Libraries holds long-term access to these titles. |
| University of Fashion | ?*** | Unlimited simultaneous user site licence | Subscription: This is a leased collection and titles in these collections can appear and disappear without warning. |
| TOTAL |
204 913****
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** Destination Development Association Resource Center: It is not possible to get a count. The category headings used to have distinct titles in each. The vendor now has 11 headings with some titles under more than one heading. The approximate number of total titles is 65. *** University of Fashion: It is not possible to get a count. The videos are divided into 13 Lessons/Disciplines, but there is much overlap with some titles under more than one Lesson heading. ****Also note that there are other databases that are primarily for periodicals and periodical articles that do have some video content in them, but there is no easy way to get accurate counts of these. |
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