Streaming Media Guide

Films on Demand

Creating an account

Navigate to Films on Demand. Once logged in with ICC username and password (if off campus), students, faculty and staff have the option of creating a personal user account. What are the benefits of doing this?

• Allows tagging and saving favorites for easy recall
• Allows curation of lists of films and segments that can be shared with other users
• Gives control of user settings including playback rate and automatic startup of closed captioning

1. To create an account, click on Your Profile in the upper right corner of the screen. 

2. You'll need to log in with your ICC credentials if you're off campus. Once you've done that (or if you're on campus), click New user? Sign up.

3. Fill out the form with the appropriate information. If you'd like, you can specify which subjects are of interest to you and opt in to receive emails to inform you of new titles based on your interests.

4. When you're finished, click the red Create Account button.

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Setting your profile preferences in Films on Demand

Once you've created an account, you can set some preferences in Films on Demand. 

1. Click on Hi, [Your name] in the upper right corner.

2. Click on Account Settings. 

3. Fill out the form with the information you want saved, and then click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

Here are the preferences you can set: 

• Default Google Translate language
• Default citation type (MLA, Chicago, APA, Harvard)
• Default embed code size
• Video Playback (Default HD, Enable Autoplay, Enable Continuous Play)
• Playlists (Enable Continuous Play, Enable Loop)
• Caption font size
• Caption font family
• Caption font color
• Caption font background color
• An option to always start videos with closed captions enabled
• Choose which page tools are active and inactive (Share, Add to, Citation, Custom Segment, Embed/Link, and Resources)

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Sharing videos from Films on Demand

• Share by email
• Share a direct link 

Share to: Sending via email

You can share by sending to someone's (or your own) email either from the list of titles or from a specific title's page.

To send from the list of titles, follow these steps.

1. Browse or search for a title you want.

2. When you see the title on the list, click on the icon under the video's description to share. It looks like this: 

3. Fill out the form with the recipient's name and email, your name and email, and a message (optional).

4. Click send email when finished.

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To send via email from the specific video's page, follow these steps.

1. Go to the page of the video you want to send, and click on the share icon (see previous step 2) under the title.

2. Fill out the form with the recipient's name and email, your name an email, and a message (optional). (See previous set of directions for a visual demonstration of what the form entails.)

3. Click Send Email when finished.

Sharing a direct link to the video

This can be done from the list of titles or from the title's specific page.

To get the direct link or embed code from the list of titles, follow these steps.

1. Browse or search for a title.

2. When you see a title you want, click on the Share icon below the video, then click Link. 

3. For the direct link, click the red button that says copy to the left of the textbox labeled Record URL and hit Ctrl + C or right click and copy. 

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