Streaming Film: How to Serve Our Users Cheryl Cross, Christine
Fischer, Cathy Rothermel 14 March 2014
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Public
university, established 1891 14,000 undergraduates 3,000 graduate
students 77 masters programs; 28 doctoral programs Carnegie
Foundation classification Research University with High Research
Activity
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uncg.libguides.com/streamingfilms
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Student Experience with Streaming Online streaming Netflix,
Amazon Prime Easy access 24/7 availability Increased use of
electronic devices for viewing
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Working with Faculty Using streaming resources already in our
collection More online courses More use of flipped classroom
model
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Working Out The Details Information from faculty Timing and
advanced planning Contact Acquisitions Department Order physical
DVD Acquire streaming rights
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Streaming Film Issues Courses offered online Rights to foreign
feature films Low response rate from distributors Prefer to use the
whole film, not just segments Funding Tracking rights
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Some Answers & Decisions Gather the right people Contact
experts Pilot an effort to see outcomes Make policy decisions
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Library Policy The library will help facilitate the acquisition
of streaming film rights ONLY when the purchase is for perpetual
ownership of the streaming film. Any acquisitions of streaming
films will be purchased through the department's material budget.
In light of restricted budgets, if the streaming film isn't
available for permanent ownership then the library will attempt to
direct the faculty member toward resources for pricing and
purchasing options. Posted on the Streaming Films LibGuide
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Distributor streaming details ordering options
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Providing Access to the Video Files
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Considerations Where to host the files How do the students
access the files Must be compliant with the terms of our agreement
with the copyright holder
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Youtube Users can download the video easily and save the file
Even if it is set to unlisted users can still share the link Can be
set to private but have to pre- define users in a list Not secure
enough to comply with usage terms for copyrighted material
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Google Drive Can limit users to just people at UNCG with the
link (even with the link, have to login) Have to login to
Blackboard to access Can set to prevent downloading of the file
Meets the requirements of our streaming agreements
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Students Access in Blackboard Consistency - Video is available
in the same place as other course content Security - Protected
behind the Blackboard login
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Processing the Files Convert the file from the DVD to a file
that can be streamed Deliver the file to the instructor Instructor
embeds the video in Blackboard
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Rip the DVD Handbrake: Open source video transcoder VLC Player
And this file: libdvdcss.dll Creates an MP4 file
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Host on Google Drive Upload MP4 file to Google Drive Share with
setting: People at UNCG who have the link Set to Prevent viewers
from downloading Share file with instructor and transfer
ownership
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Blackboard Instructor obtains embed code from Google Drive
Embeds the file in the Blackboard course as an Item under Web
Links
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Videos from External Providers We use an in house proxy server
to access streaming videos from outside distributers Add as a Web
Link in Blackboard with the proxy URL
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Links Handbrake: http://sourceforge.net/projects/handbra
ke/files/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/handbra ke/files/ VLC
Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html has link to this
file: libdvdcss.dll
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A related issuePPR Not required Watching film in own home
(dorm) Showing a film face-to-face in classroom Public Performance
Rights For groups other than a class Where public could attend
Educational rights On campus Offered with many instructional
films