Access Video on Demand

Think free Netflix for nonfiction - thousands of streaming videos all with public performance rights
That's our subscription to Access Video on Demand.

How are our customers already using it? Here are the top 10 titles from the past year (April 2012 - May 2013)

What topics are they looking for? Here's the latest analysis of what our library card holders are watching.

Top tips:

• Pay attention to whether you are searching by title or by segment in the quick search.
• The search feature is not great so be prepared to try different things and be patient. The company is working on improving it.
• Become familiar with the special collections.
• Use Advanced Search Copyright Date search and choose recent years to eliminate most of the archival collections.  They can be wonderful for some searches but clutter in others.
• Try different sorting options.
• Sign up for an account so you can create playlists.
• Learn how to email links to videos to customers and how they work.
• Learn where the citation information is for each title.       
• Go to the AVOD help center http://avod.films.com/ONDHelp.aspx for short training videos under Quick Guides, How to Tips and much more.
• The AVOD help center is searchable. Look for the search box on the upper left.




Here is some information on playlists from the How to Tips 

Creating a customer playlist

Playlists are associated with personal user accounts. To create a custom playlist, you must be signed in to your user account. If you do not have a user account, you will be prompted to create one.

To create a custom playlist:

Users can add a full title or segments of a title to a playlist.

1. Click on the + icon below the thumbnail image of the video on any browse or search results page. Then choose whether to add the specific title or segment to an existing playlist or to create a new one.
2. Or, from the View Video page, use the Add to Playlist icon to add videos to a playlist or to create a new one.
3. Access all existing playlists from the Playlists tab at the top of the screen.

Tip: It's easy to add more than one video segment to a playlist at once using Add to Playlist below the video player. Press Ctrl or Command while selecting multiple segments to easily add them to your playlist. You can also add segments from different video titles to a single playlist.

To email a playlist:

1. Make sure you're logged into your user account.
2. Click on the Playlists tab.
3. Locate the playlist that you would like to email.
4. Click on the Email icon (pictured below).

This will bring up a pop-up that will allow you to enter the necessary email information.

Note: The email will be sent to the desired recipient from the following email address: email-manager@films.com.

Here's a  Content Widget so you can preview some clips without having to log in with your library card number.