Features | Video Databases | E-book Databases | YouTube |
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Explicitly licensed for education use | |||
Provide (quality) closed captioning and transcripts | n/a | ||
Link to or embed in D2L (or upload portions) | |||
Available 24/7 | |||
Simultaneous users |
*E-book licenses vary title-to-title and are set by the publisher.
PDA (Patron-Driven Acquisition) |
Applies to:
Movies can be watched but don't trigger a purchase for any one film until there's been a certain number of views lasting at least a certain amount of time. Funding works like a debit card, or maybe a season pass to a theme park: new budget year = full account. So long as there are funds on the gift card, all films are available! When the money runs out, the only films available are those that were purchased (either directly or were triggered by viewership). Pros:
Cons:
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Purchase/License |
Applies to:
You never truly "buy" digital content, and this is more apparent with these databases. If we purchase a film, what we've actually done is pay for a license to have access to that film for a certain amount of time (typically either 1 year or 3 years). When the license expires after the designated period, the film will have to be re-purchased. Pros:
Cons:
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Subscription Package |
Applies to:
Titles are part of a big subscription bundle, with the possibility of individual purchase/license of titles. Generally, we haven't specifically selected what's included. Pros:
Cons:
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