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Vendor: 
Criterion Pictures [1]
Description: 

With unlimited access to almost 20,000 videos, these complete, multi-subject video solutions are an exceptional value and offer convenient one-stop shopping for your institution. Each full-length video has been divided into annotated clips, making it easy to find specific pieces of content quickly. Outstanding content from Films Media Group and from more than 700 producers are included in these comprehensive subscriptions—more than you’ll find anywhere else. And now you can activate over 50 web channels from vetted sources, tripling the content available.

  • Thousands of exclusive educational videos & documentaries from top producers, segmented into easy-to-use clips
  • Unlimited, simultaneous, 24/7 access, in class or off site
  • New content added monthly
  • Fast-Forward and Slow Motion for Videos makes it easy to skim through videos quickly or slow them down to explain topic more thoroughly
  • Dynamic bit-rate switching for optimum viewing experience
  • Powerful browse & search tools, including new Search Assist
  • Ability to share, save, and organize videos and custom playlists
  • Closed-captioning and interactive transcripts on thousands of titles
  • A robust administrative portal with enhanced reporting features
  • Authenticated search widget and content widget for your library’s home page
  • Authenticated HTML embed code that allows direct access to videos from within Blackboard, Moodle, or other CMS
  • Free MARC records for every video in your collection
  • Dynamic citations in Chicago, MLA, and APA styles
  • Google translates for transcripts is a very helpful feature for students whose first language is other than English.

All streaming videos have captioning and cross-searchable, interactive transcripts, ensuring that the widest audience possible has access to the full range of video content in the subscription. The ability to search not just within the interactive transcripts, but across the full transcripts of all the titles in your account, also provides extremely targeted, specific results.

[From the vendor]

Last updated: November 10, 2021

Subscriber Details: 
  • Capilano University: Master Academic
  • College of the Rockies: Business & Economics; Trades & Technical Education
  • Douglas College: Master Academic, Veterinary Video Collection
  • Emily Carr University: World Cinema Collection 
  • Justice Institute of BC: Business & Economics
  • Kwantlen Polytechnic University: Master Academic, Master Career & Technical Education
  • Northern Lights College: Master Academic
  • Simon Fraser University: Master Academic 
  • University of British Columbia: World Cinema
  • University of the Fraser Valley: Master Academic
  • Vancouver Community College: Master Academic, Master Career & Technical Education
  • Vancouver Island University: Master Academic
Content Types: 
Media [2]

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[1] https://www.bceln.ca/vendors/criterion-pictures [2] https://www.bceln.ca/category/content-types/media