Video

Legally you cannot stream most video to groups in a school. There are exceptions we have access to below. DVDs are okay if directly related to curriculum. We have DVD players you can plug into your laptops. See the "Additional Details" button below for more information as to what is and is not allowed.

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National Film Board of Canada/NFB Education (used to be called NFB Campus)

Please note, your subscription offers two separate levels of access, one for students and one for educators.

Students can access more than 6,000 films and other media simply by going to NFB.ca while using any school computer for which an IP address has been provided. Additionally, students have access to playlists and chapters, created and shared by an educator, while using any computer at home or school.

Educators can access everything that students do, as well as all the tools and resources that make CAMPUS unique. To get access to these features, you will need to activate your individual TEACHER account here.

To learn more about the features offered by NFB Campus, watch the video tutorials found here.

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BrainPOP

For Students (regular hours):
Username: ibschool | Password: stratford

Students can join a class using a class code given to them by their teacher, BUT they must create an account first.

For Teachers: Create student accounts, after-school access etc.
Sign in to the Stratford Hall Google account and scroll all the way down (click "more") for BrainPop.

Teachers may need the Educator Code to create a dashboard and classes. (Code: KDPC3186)

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Reel Canada DVDs and lesson plans sent to the school for free:
*If you see a DVD from NFB Campus, we can already get that via streaming. as well as the associated lesson plans (see above).
**These these are physical DVDs they lend, NOT streamed (this is because of the public performance restrictions with streaming video)
Tip: when ordering, let them know we are an independent NOT-FOR-PROFIT school, or they will not send you DVDs without a significant charge.

Re: the screening of videos at SH

This is also relevant to non-academic staff (see fundraisers etc. below). Note that though I'm not the copyright police, I do need to inform you as schools and districts have been fined some big bucks for illegal media-usage.

We are an educational institution, and the showing of video at Stratford Hall is therefore considered a public screening. The public screening part limits what we can do, though the educational institution part gives us a little leeway:

1. We can only show video (of any kind, from any source) if we can tie it directly to curriculum. That means NO party videos, fundraiser screenings, etc. Legally we need to pay a per-screening fee (usually around $300+ per showing, depending on the film/producer) if we do use it for non-curriculum related reasons.

2. We cannot use streaming video in most cases, even for educational purposes. There are exceptions, which I will share with you below. We can, however, show DVDs for curriculum purposes. Yes, that seems ridiculous, but it's the law. I kind of equate it to physical vs. digital books - I can pay regular price for a physical book for the library, but I usually pay at least three times as much for an ebook than an individual would (and audio books are even more) because we are an institution.

If you cannot access what you need via our SH streaming services, we have DVD players you can connect to your laptop and can borrow from the IT department. I can purchase DVDs for the library for you. Tricky bit - DVDs are harder and harder to come by.

3. Note that the school has specific IP addresses assigned to it, so unless you're using a VPN to mask your location, if streaming video services were to investigate, they could in fact connect a showing of one of their videos directly to our school (it's the same reason why, when you're on campus, you don't need to login to our databases - I give our vendors our IP addresses).

Exemptions for video streaming:

If you go to the Video tab on the library website, we have a number of services you can use freely for educational purposes.
Youtube videos on the FREE platform are allowed for educational curriculum showings, provided the video was legally uploaded to YouTube. YouTube rentals/subscriptions/purchases services, however, are NOT allowed.
Netflix: some of their videos may be screened in the classroom for curriculum purposes, from your personal account (no, we can't have a school account). Please see this information from Netflix for more information.
DEFINITELY NOT ALLOWED: Shows from services such as AppleTV (we have AppleTV so we can mirror iPads etc.), Amazon, Hulu,and as mentioned, YouTube subscription/on demand, etc.
There are services that provide licensing for blockbusters films, but that would require an additional funding discussion, and would be expensive, as an FYI. You would still only be allowed to stream for curriculum-related reasons, unless, as mentioned above, yet another additional fee was paid.

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