Video Streaming

Creating a personal user account within Alexander Street Press will allow you to create clips and playlists and save them within the platform.  To create a new account, click the “Sign in to save clips and playlists” link at the top of any page on the site and select “Create New Account."  

Be aware that by creating an account, you may open yourself to receiving marketing emails from Alexander Street Press.

Alexander Street Press has a number of how-to videos available on their website.  Functions covered include: creating clips, creating playlists, how to search, using the video player, and using the audio player.  Transcripts and captions available.  

Follow these three steps to link to the video:

1. Search the database for the recording you would like to link to.
2. Click on the film image to access the recording.  
3. Click on the "Share" button at the top of the page, then "Copy Permalink" to copy the link to your clipboard.

Follow these six steps to add the film to your NYU Brightspace Course:

1. Go to NYU Brightspace and select your course.
2. Go to the section of the course page where you would like the video link to appear.
3. Click "Create New"
4. Click "Weblink" 
5. Paste the URL (Permalink) into the "Link" box and select "Open in a new tab."
6. Save.

Another option for access to content via the streaming databases is to have students access the films directly.  A benefit to this method is that students will (most likely) not have issues with broken or not proxied links to content.  Students can access the streaming database directly if you provide them with the NYU library permalink to the database.  To access the library permalink: 

1. go to the library homepage,
2. click on the "articles and databases" tab and under the "Content specific" heading,
3. select "Video Collections."  

You can then access the streaming database you would like to direct students to and on the right hand side of the database title there is a share icon.  Click on the icon to copy and paste the database permalink on your syllabus, email, or NYU Brightspace site.  You can then provide the students with the streaming database permalink and the title of the film you would like them to view.  They will need to authenticate in order to access the database, which will cause fewer issues with access.