We use Swank, too and it's been great.  Another alternative is Infobase Classroom Video on Demand.

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 1:31 PM Jen <jlarkin24@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Jen - I think this is a good alternative.  We DO use a streaming service - Swank streaming - and it's been great.  Every teacher has their own login and password and access to hundreds of movies available from Swank and participating movie studios under their licensing.  We also have the ability to add titles to our stream (so many per year, extra cost for adding more).  Our teachers like that they can put this up on our Canvas pages, provide the generic student access codes, and kids can watch/finish/complete enrichment on their own.

Jen Larkin
School Librarian
EO Smith High School

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 1:25 PM Rocca, Jen <Roccaj@brookfieldps.org> wrote:
I have not found any legal/ethical way to purchase movies for teachers other than DVDs. No streaming options seem viable. But here's an option I hadn't considered before.

We just bought a DVD for our teachers. The DVD came with a digital movie code. The code would allow us to stream the movie through Movies Anywhere. An overview of what Movies Anywhere is can be found HERE.

If I made a Movies Anywhere account then teachers would need to use a username and password to access that service. It should allow them to stream the video and limit how many people are watching it at once (we only bought one copy of the movie so only one teacher should be able to view the movie at a time).

Is there a flaw here I'm not thinking of. I'm reading through the TOS but I feel like I'm meeting copyright guidelines. Face-to-face instruction. We purchased the movie. One viewer at a time.

Any thoughts on this? Am I missing something?

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