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Films on Demand Feature Films (Infobase)

Collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles for educational instructional purposes, including literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, Academy Award winners, and more.

New titles added quarterly. More that 20 popular film genres. Mouse-over effect displays brief description and page tools to save, share and embed links. Filter by MPAA rating, genre and copyright.

Searching in FOD: Feature Films

The following video shares how to search for a specific title.

"Sandburg Library - Feature Films for Education" (1:28) is by Sandburg Library

Adding FOD: Feature Films Videos in Canvas

Finding the Persistent Link: No Embed Codes

Despite offering embed codes within the database, which look legitimate, Feature Films does not actually support the embed function.
Instead, you will need to use the persistent link and hyperlink it to the title of the video to share with students in Canvas.
Note that the FOD LTI in Canvas does not include content from Feature Films, so the only way to get content from Feature Films is via the link.

Last Updated: Nov 5, 2025 8:38 AM
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