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Faculty Guide: Embedding Library Resources

Database

Unlike the other streaming video collections, Swank is only available to LSC-Online faculty and students. LSC-Online has purchased a set of amount of credits for Swank videos. If you are interested in using a Swank video in your class, please contact your Librarian, Katie McGittigan, for more information and to get set up to search the Swank catalog.

Linking to Videos from Swank in D2L

In Swank:

  1. Log in to Swank and locate the video that you requested and want to use in your class.
  2. Click on the title. A window will appear with the title information.
  3. Click the Share button, and then select Copy Direct Link

screenshot of Swank with title information for The Amazing Race open. Arrows point to the Share button and the "Copy Direct Link" button

 

In D2L:

Swank uses a direct link rather than an embed code for its videos. You can use this link either as a regular link within an assignment or text on D2L, or you can add it as a standalone link in D2L.

To create a link in D2L:

  1. Choose New
  2. From the dropdown, select Create a Link

screenshot of D2L with the New menu and drop down options, with an arrow pointing to "Create a Link"

  1. Enter the title of the video and paste in the direct link from Swank. Then, click Create.

screenshot of D2L pop up box for Create a Link

  1. The link will appear as an item in D2L.