Streaming Video Request Form
For help thinking about how to stream video for instructional purposes, contact the Streaming Video team at instrm@lehigh.edu or use the Streaming Video Request Form. In order to ensure timely fulfillment of any requests, please allow for a minimum of three weeks to guarantee access to films. We will evaluate any title request, regardless of whether or not that film is in any existing collection or subscription.
Suggested Academic Video Distributors
To better assist you in locating streaming media resources not owned by the Lehigh Libraries, here is a list of some of the major academic video vendors and their catalogs.
To request a film from one of these vendors, please contact instrm@lehigh.edu to set up access or fill out the Streaming Video Request Form.
How to Embed in Course Site
1. Find the video you want to use in Kanopy, Swank, or other platform.
2. Copy the Embed link from the streaming video. For example, here are the locations of the Embed links on Swank and Kanopy:
Kanopy
Swank
3. In another tab (or browser window), log into Course Site and enter the course to which you want to add an activity.
4. Click on the Turn editing on button
5. In the topic area where you want to place the content, click on the Add an activity or resource link
6. Scroll to bottom to the heading RESOURCES and select URL from the menu displayed
7. Enter the name of the film (and a description if required) and the video URL
8. Scroll down through the various settings associated with the selected activity.
9. Click on the Save and return to course button at the bottom of the page.
Streaming Videos in ASA
To search all of the following collections simultaneously, click here to view them in ASA. There are nearly 20,000 streaming video links in the ASA catalog at all times.
Swank Motion Pictures: A collection of feature films, constantly rotating based on faculty request.
- Click here to search for already licensed titles in ASA.
- Since Swank Motion Pictures offers a large catalog, please refer to the vendor site for the full list of titles available for license: https://www.swank.com/digital-campus/
- Faculty seeking feature films for classroom use should contact instrm@lehigh.edu to set up access or fill out the Streaming Video Request Form.
- Currently licensed films are available on the Swank Portal
Kanopy Streaming: A collection of 18,000+ documentaries and films, selected for educational classroom use.
- Click here to search films and documentaries not currently activated, access can be activated within 1-2 business days.
- Click here to search films and documentaries that are already activated and available. To ensure continuous access for a class, please contact instrm@lehigh.edu to set up access or fill out the Streaming Video Request Form.
Docuseek: A collection of several thousand documentaries, curated with a focus on social justice.
- Click here to search for them in ASA.
- There may be films in Docuseek outside of the ones listed in ASA. Most films are instantly available, if you encounter a film that is unavailable, please contact instrm@lehigh.edu to facilitate access or fill out the Streaming Video Request Form.