Films On Demand for November 2020

U.S. Elections, Government, and More

Films On Demand, an online video database, contains thousands of online educational videos that are professionally closed-captioned. They range from short clips to full-length documentaries.

Search for and Watch On Demand Videos Online

The On Demand database is accessible through the UNG libraries website.

Click the Find Databases tab, click A-Z Databases, click “F” to locate the Films On Demand link.

NOTE: Click “A” to locate Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Videos). See the link below for details about this educational video source.

Search for and review videos that can be used in face-to-face or online classes.

Add an On Demand Video to D2L

Screenshot of D2L content file page shows Insert Stuff icon and pop-up link to Films On Demand
At the top of the HTML Editor in a module file, click the (1) Insert Stuff icon and scroll down to (2) Films On Demand. Search for a video, Embed a video, and Insert the video player in the module. Save when done.

Videos can be easily embedded into an eLearning@UNG (D2L) class module. Use the Insert Stuff icon, scroll down to Films On Demand and search for videos using the film’s title, topic, or item number.

Featured Videos for November

Films On Demand offers a variety of titles to help explain and add context to elections, the electoral process, and politics:

  • The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (Item #215093)
  • TEDTalks: Tiana Epps-Johnson—What’s Needed to Bring the U.S. Voting System into the 21st Century (Item #209779)
  • TEDTalks: César Hidalgo — A Bold Idea to Replace Politicians (Item #209713)
  • After Bush v. Gore (Item #142520)
  • Goodbye, Congress: A Vice News Tonight Special (Item #169057)
  • The Final Year (Item #154653)
  • America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump series (Item #213566)
  • Trump: Path to the White House (Item #160917)
  • U.S. Presidential Election Debates series (Item #94908)
  • TEDTalks: Chuck Plunkett — When Local News Dies, So Does Democracy (Item #209790)

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