LibGuides: Using film in teaching: Including films in your module reading lists

Including films in your module reading lists

Please send your list to readinglists@exeter.ac.uk and we will check for digital access via one of our streaming services.

If a streamed version of the film is available from one of our collections, the Reading List team will link it to your ELE Module Reading List.
If a streamed version is not available, the library will purchase DVD copies and link the catalogue records to your Module Reading List so that students can check availability, and find the films in the library to either borrow or view in the library.

UoE streamed film services

Other film streaming services

Increasingly, many films are being produced in streamed format only and are exclusive to specific streaming services such as Netflix or Amazon Prime.

Often these and other film streaming services do not offer institutional licences for educational use. This means that we will not be able to link them to your reading list or provide them for film screening.

However, if the film you want is available to purchase as a DVD, then the library can purchase copies of these. The library catalogue record will be added to your ELE module Reading List and students can borrow the DVD from the library.

If you have a personal subscription to a streaming service, such as Amazon Prime, Netflix or others, you are not able to legally stream or download content to show in class, or to upload copies onto ELE.

We do not have an institutional educational licence that allows us to stream video and audio from this platform. However, you can access some BBC TV and radio recordings from Box Of Broadcasts (BoB).

Content that has been produced exclusively for BBC iPlayer will not be available on BoB and therefore cannot be streamed.

We are able to link out to You Tube videos from your reading lists however it is important to consider the following things when asking us to do so:

Is the film added to You Tube legally?
Content on You Tube is not policed in any way - the company put the responsibility for copyright onto the people who upload content. stating that "Creators should only upload videos that they have made or that they're authorised to use. That means that they should not upload videos that they didn't make, or use content in their videos that someone else owns the copyright to, such as music tracks, snippets of copyrighted programmes or videos made by other users, without necessary authorisations."

Will the film remain for the length of your course or module?
As it is not a subscribed service films can be removed without notice by the creators/uploaders or the adminstration if asked to do so.

Vimeo is an American video hosting, sharing, and services platform similar to You Tube.

Is the film added to Vimeo legally?
Content on Vimeo is not policed in any way - the company put the responsibility for copyright onto the people who upload content. stating that "Vimeo respects the intellectual property of others and expects its users to do the same. Each user must ensure that the materials they upload do not infringe any third-party copyright. Vimeo will promptly remove materials in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) when properly notified that the materials infringe a third party's copyright. Vimeo will also, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of repeat copyright infringers."

Will the film remain for the length of your course or module?
As it is not a subscribed service films can be removed without notice by the creators/uploaders or the adminstration if asked to do so as above.

We do not subscribe to the following film streaming platforms and are therefore unable to add films from these platforms to your module reading list. Content cannot be streamed to classes or shown in film screenings either.

Film streaming platform

Can I link to a reading list?

Can I stream to classes
or use in a film screening