Click the link below to search for documentaries and feature films hosted on the Kanopy platform.
The database is a streaming video resource with a board collection of over 26,000 films on every subject imaginable and from leading producers such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, HBO California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, PBS, BBC, First Run Features, The Video Project, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Education Resources. Kanopy’s website makes it easy to watch, share and discuss films across campus.
The link to Kanopy will take you to the landing page for Pacific Oak's video portal, where you can access films by subject or by title and can create custom clips and playlists that you can embed in Canvas.
To see a transcript of the video you're watching, click the Transcript button underneath the video player.
Access Kanopy directly on the Pacific Oaks Library Video page. You'll need to log-in to your Kanopy account to create playlists and/or save clips. To log-in or create an account, click "Sign In" in the upper-right corner.
If you haven't yet done so, create an account by clicking "Sign up now" at the bottom of the pop-up box.
Once successfully logged in, you should see your name in the upper-right corner.
Creating playlists in Kanopy is fairly easy. Once you click on a video you'd like to add to a playlist, click "...More" then "Create Clip/Playlist."
For a new playlist, type in a title and click "Create."
To add the video to an existing playlist, simply find the playlist and click "Add video."
NOTE: The entire length of the video will be added to the playlist. Please see the "Creating Clips" box to learn how to show snippets of video.
To create clips, you first need to add videos to a playlist (for instructions, please see the "Creating a Playlist" box.
Once videos are added to your playlist you can edit the start and end times to make clips instead of a full length video.
If you have just added a video to a playlist, you can click "Edit playlist."
If you don't see that, don't worry! You can also click your name in the upper-right corner, select "My playlists," then click "Edit."
Each video will have an edit button. By clicking that, you'll have the option to add a description and change the start and end times.
Want several clips from one video? Click "Duplicate" when editing your playlist.