Streaming Film Databases

Kanopy Embedding in Canvas

To embed a Kanopy film in Canvas, follow these steps:

1. Find your selected video through Kanopy (or submit a request) and click on the "Share" tab as noted in image below.

2. Copy the "Embed This Video". The copy button is in the white box in the image below.

3. In another window, open your Canvas course and specific page you want to embed the video on. Click on the "Embed" button (the icon with the cloud and arrows <>).

4. Paste the copied embed code into the text box and click submit. 

5. Click the "Submit" button and your chosen video will populate the screen. Click the "Save" button on the button of the course page.

6. After clicking "Save," it would look like the image below. 

Kanopy

Embedding in My.Wartburg

To embed a Kanopy film in my.wartburg, follow these steps:

1. Add an element to a my.wartburg page that will open the html text box. Several pages give you the option to do this, including the Blog and Free-form pages.
2. Click the "source code" option--it looks like html carrots : < >.
3. In another window, open Kanopy and navigate to your preferred film.
4. Click on the "Share" option, click on the "embed" option, and copy the embed code.
5. Return to the my.wartburg window and paste the embed code into the "source code" box. Save.
6. The film should now display as embedded.
7. We recommend also linking to the permalink (found on the same "Share" menu as the embed code) underneath the embedded video AND listing this navigational path: Library homepage > Databases A-Z > Kanopy > [search the film title]. This gives students 2 additional workarounds in case the embedding does not play.

Do not follow the recommended procedure of choosing "show external remote content" on a free-form page. Kanopy films will not display.