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Canvas and Library Integration

How to integrate library resources and services into Canvas using persistent links

Link to Streaming Video in Films on Demand

Method One

  1. Find your video in Films on Demand (find this in the Database list linked from the library homepage).
  2. Look for the 'Link' icon and copy and paste the link. Screenshot showing highlighted link.
  3. Add the EZProxy prefix in front of the video link. (https://ezproxy.montclair.edu/login?url=)
  4. Your link should look something like this:
    https://ezproxy.montclair.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=257078&xtid=40874

Method Two

  1. If you already know the name of the Films on Demand video you want to share, you can find it in the library catalog.
  2. You can use the permalink from the catalog record of your video directly in Canvas. 

Screenshot highlighting the link button in a catalog record.

Screenshot highlighting permalink of catalog record.

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