SDCC Library: Videos & Captioning: Videos & Captioning

Videos & Captioning

San Diego City College Library has over 400 DVD titles on-site in its Media Collection, plus a variety of online streaming video products that you can access from outside the Library. See the collections below!

Other libraries have videos also. As a California resident, you are eligible to be a member of two large public library systems (city and county)-- and it's free to join, so check them out!

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Online (Streaming) Media

Notice to faculty and campus events coordinators: Because the collections below are intended for classroom instructional use, click the "More" link under each description to see requirements regarding captioning and public performance rights outside the classroom. See the Legal Stuff box for a discussion about Zoom live streaming.

3C Media Solutions This link opens in a new window
(California Community Colleges) Streaming video collection. Contains videos created by instructors and students of the California Community Colleges.
Captioning
Check titles to ensure they are captioned.
Film Platform Collection This link opens in a new window
(Alexander Street/PQ) Streaming video collection of 400+ titles, curated for academic audiences. Includes selections from prestigious film festivals plus many OSCAR®-nominated and OSCAR®-shortlisted documentaries. Click the red filter button to sort the catalog.
Captioning
All titles should be captioned. Please contact spesce@sdccd.edu if you find one that is not.
Public Performance Rights (to show outside the classroom)
"In the case of content that can potentially be publicly performed, Customer must secure permission from ProQuest’s Licensor and/or the copyright holder for any public performance other than reasonable classroom and educational uses."
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
(Infobase Learning) Streaming video collection of over 45,000 full-length videos and 310,000+ video clips on a variety of subject areas. Includes documentaries and collections from BBC, California Newsreel, History Channel, HBO, Frontline, Ken Burns, Modern Marvels and many, many more.
Captioning
Captioning available *except* for non-English-language videos and videos without dialogue; recently-added videos may take up to 3 weeks to get captioned.
Public Performance Rights (to show outside the classroom)
"Permitted Uses of the Web Platform: The Web Platform is licensed solely to Licensee and Authorized Users for classroom teaching, research, presentations, and educational non-commercial multimedia projects for use in educational institutions, provided no admission or other fees are charged for public viewing. Licensee and Authorized Users may stream, display, publicly perform, or exhibit the Video Titles asynchronously on a single computer or network, course management system, or password-protected Web Platform. Licensee and Authorized Users may electronically save, organize, and share Video Titles or parts thereof with other Authorized Users using tools provided with the Web Platform. Licensee may create and distribute transcripts." Click for Terms of Service
How Do I...? Videos This link opens in a new window
(SDCC) Streaming video collection locally curated for SDCC students to show how to navigate the library and the research process. This page links to the SDCC Library Youtube channel.
Captioning
All of these videos should be captioned. Please contact spesce@sdccd.edu if you find one that is not.
Public Performance Rights (outside the classroom)
Most of these videos are open and have a Creative Commons license, meaning that they are free to use for educational purposes.
Kanopy playlist This link opens in a new window
(Kanopy) This is a curated Kanopy playlist of 18 streaming video documentary films requested by faculty. Follow the red buttons to Log Into SDCity with your school credentials. Then use the search box in Kanopy to find your video by title. (Only 10 of our 18 videos are shown in the gallery). Titles available: bell hooks || The Codes of Gender || Color: Color Theory and Color and Light || Delano Manongs || I Am Not Your Negro || The Illusionists || In Jackson Heights || Life After Life || Marwencol || The Mask You Live In || Mosquita & Mari || No Small Matter || Precious Knowledge || Seven Samurai || Sunú || Swift Feet || Tough Guise 2 || White Like Me
NOTE: New titles are added to this curated collection by faculty request only (contact spesce@sdccd.edu) when funds are available.
Captioning
All titles should be captioned. Please contact spesce@sdccd.edu if you find one that is not.
Public Performance Rights (to show outside the classroom) Public performance rights (PPR) are required for films shown shown outside the classroom environment. Not all Kanopy films have PPR, so please read this Kanopy page for more info: Does Kanopy Support Public Performance Rights?
National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
(Alexander Street/PQ) Streaming video collection of 30 plays by the United Kingdom's National Theatre. Includes digitized archival materials such as photographs, scripts, costume designs, and more to provide behind-the-scenes background and contextual information.
Captioning
All titles should be captioned. Please contact spesce@sdccd.edu if you find one that is not.
Public Performance Rights (to show outside the classroom)
"In the case of content that can potentially be publicly performed, Customer must secure permission from ProQuest’s Licensor and/or the copyright holder for any public performance other than reasonable classroom and educational uses."
Open OnDemand @ SDCCD This link opens in a new window
(SDCCD) Streaming video collection of open instructional videos created by SDCCD faculty and staff, all captioned. Contact SDCCD Online Learning Pathways for more information.
Captioning
All titles should be captioned. Please contact spesce@sdccd.edu if you find one that is not.
Public Performance Rights (to show outside the classroom)
"What do we mean by open? We mean that these educational materials are openly licensed by Creative Commons and free to use for educational purposes. The materials on this site are all covered by the CC BY-NC-ND Creative Commons license. (Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivatives)." About this site
Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
(Swank) Streaming video collection of 300 feature films from major Hollywood studios and other producers. NOTE: The following films have restricted access and will not show up in a search of this database. Faculty must send a request to citylib@sdccd.edu to get a link for student access: Hocus Pocus, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Captioning
All videos in this collection should be captioned. Please contact spesce@sdccd.edu if you find one that is not.
Public Performance Rights (to show outside the classroom)
Per our contract, "The Titles in this license do not include public performance." Campus events not tied to a credit-bearing class are considered public performance and would require purchase of public performance rights. Contact spesce@sdccd.edu to get information on licensing from the vendor (per day, per location, per title basis).

Physical Media

San Diego City College Library has captioned DVDs in its Media Collection, located at the Library Circulation Desk. Use SDCCD Books+ to find media items in that collection.

Performance Rights for Physical Media

When looking in the library catalog for a DVD, check the record for one of these two statements:

Educational public performance rights means that the DVD may be shown in face-to-face classroom settings and in admission-free screenings on campus.
Classroom or individual use only means that the DVD can be used for face-to-face classroom or individual use only.

More information on showing films in the classroom on the American Library Association website.

Legal Stuff: Captioning, Performance Rights & Zooming live

Faculty and campus events coordinators:

It is your responsibility to check for captioning and performance rights before using a video outside the classroom no matter if the video is from a San Diego City College Library collection or not. Certain vendors have specific public performance rights for use outside the classroom. The SDCC Library does not assume responsibility for interpretation of law regarding performance rights.

The librarians have noted the public performance rights for certain vendors/collections listed on this web page. Classroom rights differ.

Can I live stream a video over Zoom?

Best practice is to link to library resources in Canvas instead. As with all copyright questions, the answer about live Zoom streaming depends on evaluation of four factors (Purpose, Nature, Amount, and Market). Librarians cannot give legal advice. Please refer to the SDCCD Copyright Guidelines page, and see the article below for a discussion of Fair Use and the four factors as specifically regards Zoom.

Linking to Library Resources within Canvas
Guide to linking within Canvas to various library databases, by vendor. Examples provided.
SDCCD Copyright Guidelines
Includes the .pdf of the Guidelines document, a brief FAQ, and a set of more resources.
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom: Copyright and Face-to-Face TEACH-ing in a COVID-19 World
Discussion of the four factors involved in evaluating for fair use. See especially the section, "Fair Use and The Zoom Question – Can I Stream a Movie [Live] Over Zoom?"

Guide Author

Sandra V. Pesce, PhD ~ Electronic Resources Librarian ~ spesce@sdccd.edu

Videos & Captioning

Videos & Captioning

Online (Streaming) Media

Physical Media

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Legal Stuff: Captioning, Performance Rights & Zooming live

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