While you can link and embed Films on Demand and Alexander Street videos in Canvas, embedding has some advantages over linking.
An important note about embedding:
Embeds will only work when they are initiated through the Canvas external tool feature. This page includes print and video instructions for this process. Copying the embed code directly from the databases and pasting it into Canvas will not work.
Many Films on Demand videos are broken down into segments. Because the Films on Demand search in Canvas does not show the segments, you can search first in the Films on Demand database. The segments are listed in the right panel next to the video. Copy the title from the panel and paste into your search within Canvas.
Next, go back to Canvas bring up the Films on Demand search screen. Then paste the title in the search screen. In this example, the title is "Elliott Hundley". Searching by this title brings up that segment. Then, click the Embed button.