The library provides access to streamed videos through: AVON, Kanopy, and Swank. Original documentaries in Netflix may also be streamed in the classroom.
AVON delivers over 87,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 18,000 titles are exclusive.
Kanopy provides movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos that inspire, enrich and entertain. Link will show you all films currently available, both licensed and unlicensed.
Films here are leased--yearly costs run from $$$$ to $$$. Requests for these films must be made to Lori Nyce, nyce@lvc.edu at the beginning of Fall/Spring semesters.
Creating an account is not needed, but will offer features like continue watching, watchlist, custom playlists, as well as the ability to watch a film on a mobile device.
Swank streams over 25,000 films, documentaries and TV shows.
Films seen on the Swank site are ones we currently have licensed. Faculty should go to https://www.swank.com/digital-campus to search the entire catalog.
Prior to the beginning of the semester, send requests for film purchases to Lori Nyce, nyce@lvc.edu
Unfortunately, Netflix does not offer institutional accounts. If you, the instructor, have a personal Netflix account, can you login and show a Netflix film in your classroom? No. Unless the film falls within Netflix's Original documentaries category.
Even though Federal Copyright Act does not require one to purchase public performance rights (17 U.S. Code § 110) for films used in face-to-face classroom or teaching activities, this copyright law is superseded by third-party agreements (i.e. Netflix Terms of Use).
And Netflix's Terms of Use states:
"... any content viewed through our service are for your personal and non-commercial use only and may not be shared with individuals beyond your household ... You agree not to use the service for public performances."
To find a Netflix documentary, search Netflix Original documentaries. Make sure to look at the film's synopsis to ensure that the film contains GRANT OF PERMISSION FOR EDUCATIONAL SCREENINGS.
We cannot purchase from one of the commercial streamers (Disney+, Paramount+, Apple, Prime, etc.), but we can sometimes purchase educational films directly from a company, such as ATOM.
