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Video Streaming

Search for streaming video titles you can use in your classroom or projects or presentations.

Classroom viewings - Browser recommendations

Use Firefox or Chrome when sharing videos in the classroom. This will avoid any digital rights issues with the classroom hardware.

Embedding or Linking to a Streamed Video

  • Most platforms have an option to embed or link directly to the streamed video
  • Do not attempt to embed videos using an iFrame or other methods if the embed code is not provided for use - this violates copyright
  • Check permitted uses for collections - if an embed code is not provided, you may be able to link directly to the video for student access

Use the table below for info on how to access embed codes for particular collections

Locating Video Embed codes within library databases

From the list of search results or page of the video you have selected:

  1. Click the share icon
  2. Change the tab to Embed/Link
  3. Use the plus + icon to add HTML into a document in Blackboard, then paste the embed code in
  4. Save
  5. Students may have to select Georgian from the list of colleges
  6. Video should now be playable.

 

As of Sept. 18, 2025 Common Craft has changed the way they provide video access. 

To embed a video in your Blackboard course, please locate the video you'd like via the Common Craft database, and then contact Jen Booth with desired videos. The library team will create the embed code for your use.

From the page of the video you have selected:

  1. Click the share button
  2. Copy & paste the provided iFrame code
  3. Use the plus + icon to add HTML into a document in Blackboard, then paste the embed code in
  4. Save
  5. Students may have to select "Georgian" from the list of colleges
  6. Video should now be playable.

From the page of the video you have selected:

  1. Locate the share icon - may be in top right corner of video when playing
  2. Copy  the provided embed code into
  3. Use the plus + icon to add HTML into a document in Blackboard, then paste the embed code in
  4. Save
  5. Video should now be playable.

From the main screen with videos listed:

  1. Click on "More Info" below the video you'd like to embed
  2. Click </> embed
  3. Select the embed code tab
  4. Copy the embed code provided
  5. Use the plus + icon to add HTML into a document in Blackboard, then paste the embed code in
  6. Save
  7. Video should now be playable.

From the main page of the video you've selected:

  1. Click embed video under the Unique URL (can be used to link to the video directly)
  2. Locate & delete the scrolling="no" toggle within the iFrame (screenshot below)
  3. Copy the provided iFrame code into the code section of a Blackboard item
  4. Use the plus + icon to add HTML into a document in Blackboard, then paste the embed code in
  5. Save
  6. Students may have to select Georgian from the list of Colleges.
  7. Video should now be playable.

McIntyre media iFrame for embedding, with the scrolling=no toggle highlighted within the code

Image source: McIntyre Media Georgian College collection embed code, retrieved March 30, 2023, (c) McIntyreMedia.