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Films on Demand Help - Faculty

Are you a student who needs help watching Films on Demand? Go to our Films on Demand help page for students.

Films on Demand works best in the most recent version of the Firefox or Google Chrome browsers. If you're experiencing general problems and are using Internet Explorer, try switching browsers. If you're having problems watching films, you may find our Films on Demand troubleshooting page helpful.

Faculty - Provide Links to Films on Demand in Blackboard & Creating a Personal Account

When students are on-campus, they do not need to log in to watch a Films on Demand. Students off-campus still have access to Films on Demand, but they need to log in via the Library using their student ID # and last name, even if you're putting the link in Blackboard. For students to get the correct login screen, the link needs to be formatted a certain way.

  1. Find the film or film segment to which you want to link.

  2. Beneath the video and its description, you’ll see a box labeled “Title URL.” (red-outlined area in image below)

  3. Copy and paste that URL into Blackboard to link to the video or video segment you want your students to watch.


    4. Films on Demand Linking

  4. The "http://library.cocc.edu:2048/login?url=" in the URL above is necessary for your students to be able to log-in from off-campus. If you just copy the URL from your browser’s address bar or use the “embed this video” code, the log-in part of the URL isn’t automatically included and off-campus students won’t be able to access the film.

  5. As long as the log-in code is in the URL, off-campus students will have access to the Films on Demand film from anywhere. They will just see a COCC-branded screen that asks them for their last name and ID number. (see image below)

    • If the students - or you - see any other login screen, there is an error, and students will not be able to access the links off-campus. Contact the library for help.


    Proxy Log-in screen

Creating a Personal Account

First, neither faculty nor students need a personal account to use Films on Demand. If you are seeing a Films on Demand login screen instead of the Library login screen or are having other troubles logging in or watching videos, contact the Library for help. As long as you see "Central Oregon Community College" across the top of the Films on Demand screen (highlighted yellow in image below), you are logged into our institutional account.

Why create a personal account, then?

A personal account allows you - within our institutional account - to access the following features:

  • Playlists: create custom playlists
  • Favorites: save favorite videos to be available whenever and wherever you log in
  • Organize videos: create folders to organize playlists and favorites
  • Set your own preferences for searching and closed captioning

To create a personal account, click on the "Create Account" link at the top right of the screen (outlined in red in the image below). After creating an account, click on the "Sign In" link in the same location to access your account.

Films on Demand account

If you need help linking to Films on Demand (or any of our library resources!) or want to use the embed code in Films on Demand, contact Emerging Technologies Librarian Michele DeSilva @ mdesilva@cocc.edu or 541-383-7565.