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Kanopy

Kanopy is an pay-per-use streaming video service for libraries and educational institutions that provides faculty and students access to a large collection of films.

Kanopy provides:

  • access to various films by subject or title
  • online access to over 50.000 titles from many of the leading producers, including the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber, New Day Films, The Great Courses, California Newsreel, The Video Project, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Education Resources and hundreds more
  • interface which makes it easy to watch, share, discuss and engage with films across campus
  • an easy way for you to embed Kanopy in curriculum through Blackboard
  • the opportunity to share films, create clips, or make playlists

How to Use Kanopy

Jacobs Library is excited to announce that we now have access to the streaming film database, Kanopy! We invite all faculty to try out this new service, but please make note of the following:

  • The IVCC account is structured within a Pay-Per-Use model, which means that each time a user affiliated with our account initiates a “play credit” for a film, we (that is, Jacobs Library) are charged $2.00.
  • Once a play credit is logged with Kanopy, the user has 3 full days (72 hours) to watch the film for unlimited uses. A user can track their existing and past play credits from their user dashboard.
  • We recommend on-campus instructors show films during class time to reduce expenses and streamline student viewing experience.
  • To view a film, you need to set-up a Kanopy account, using your IVCC email address.
  • After you submit your account information, Kanopy will email you a verification link. Click on the link in your email and your account will then be linked to the IVCC account. Please note that if you are off campus, you may also need to enter your IVCC login credentials when accessing Kanopy

Information to Give Your Students When Assigning Kanopy Films

Kanopy is for educational use only.

To view an assigned film, you must first create a Kanopy account, using your IVCC student email address.

After you submit your account information, Kanopy will email you a verification link. Click on the link in your email and your account will then be linked to the IVCC account.

Please note that if you are off campus, you may also need to enter your IVCC login credentials when accessing Kanopy.

Once you begin viewing the assigned video, you will have 3 full days (72 hours) to watch the film for unlimited uses.

If you have questions about Kanopy or any other library resource, please contact the Library, https://libguides.ivcc.edu/contactus