Films on Demand
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowEducational videos on a variety of topics including humanities, social sciences, business, economics, science, mathematics, health, medicine, technical education, family and consumer sciences, careers and job search, guidance and counseling and archival films and newsreels. (NVCC, VCCS)
Films on Demand is a comprehensive collection of more than 8,000 videos covering a wide range of academic subjects such as anthropology, communication, environmental science, world languages, and much more.
Currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff can access these videos both on and off campus. If you are off campus, you will need to login with your MyNOVA username and password. Professors may show videos from this collection during class sessions.
Anyone can create a user account in Films on Demand to take advantage of all the features offered by this database. Some features include the ability to:
- Create and share playlists,
- Save your favorite videos for quick access, and
- Set your default preferences.
Closed-Captioning
A fair assortment of videos in Films on Demand include closed-captioning. This feature can be toggled on or off by rolling the mouse pointer over the upper right corner of the video player window. The easiest way to locate videos with close-captions is by using the Advanced Search function to limit search results to titles with closed-captioning.
Film databases for documentaries
The following databases offer a great selection of documentary and educational videos.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowEducational videos on a variety of topics including humanities, social sciences, business, economics, science, mathematics, health, medicine, technical education, family and consumer sciences, careers and job search, guidance and counseling and archival films and newsreels. (NVCC, VCCS)
- Kanopy Videos This link opens in a new windowKanopy is a large collections of films from leading producers. These films are all genres - from documentaries to movies and training videos. (NVCC)
Create Clips or Segments
Many film databases allow you to create custom clips or segments, which you can then embed into your class presentation.
- Custom segments in Films on DemandLook for the scissors icon below the film to start creating your segment. You'll be prompted to create an account in Films on Demand to store your clips.
- Create clips & playlists on KanopyWritten instructions with screenshots.