The Great Courses

With The Great Courses, watch lectures on business, history from the ancient world to modern times, physics and math, creative pursuits or hobbies.

 

Watch The Great Courses (on Kanopy Streaming Films)

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The Great Courses Series is found in our Kanopy Streaming Films collection, so you will need to create or use your Kanopy Account to log in and watch the videos. While you can watch up to 5 Kanopy films per month, videos from The Great Courses Series will not use up your film limit!

Watch Tutorial or follow the steps below to get started.

 

Enjoying Kanopy on a laptop/desktop browser

Signing up for a Kanopy Account

If you have not yet created an account to watch Kanopy Streaming Films, follow the steps below to create one. Have an account already? Log in at https://orlbc.kanopy.com.

Age

To create a Kanopy Account, you must be over 13 years old. You must have parental/guardian consent if you are under 18.

Privacy 

When you are creating an account, you will be agreeing to the Kanopy’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Visit Kanopy Streaming Films to create your account. 

Select ADD LIBRARY CARD

Enter your barcode number and PIN, select Continue.

Next, Enter your name, email address, create a password and select Sign Up. (We recommend using an email address to create your account, rather than a Facebook or Google Account).

Check your email  account for a message from Kanopy (it may appear in your junk mail folder). Click Verify Email, you will be taken back to the Kanopy collection. 

Click on the Play icon on any movie and enjoy.

Remember the email address and password that you use, you will use that to log in to the collection from now on.

Technical requirements

The movies play directly on your browser through the internet on your computer. To enjoy the movies, it is suggested that you use the most up to date versions of one of the following browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari
  • Microsoft Edge

The following computer operating systems are recommended: 

  • Windows 10 
  • MacOS El Capitan and newer

More details on supported desktop browsers and systems from the Kanopy Help site.

 

Enjoying Kanopy on a smartphone or tablet

Download the Kanopy app

The Kanopy is available for free from your App store. Get it for...

Already have a Kanopy Account?

Once the Kanopy app is installed, open it, and swipe through the intro screens to the "Sign up to add your library and start watching" screen.

Tap Already a member? Log in.

Enter the email address and password you are using for your Kanopy Account. 

Tap Log in.

Tap on the Play icon on any movie and enjoy.

 

Creating a Kanopy Account

Haven't yet created your account? Here is how to do it on the app. 

Age

To create a Kanopy Account, you must be over 13 years old. You must have parental/guardian consent if you are under 18.

Privacy 

When you are creating an account, you will be agreeing to the Kanopy’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Once the Kanopy App is installed, open it, and swipe through the intro screens to the "Sign up to add your library and start watching" screen.

Enter your name, email address, create a password and select Sign Up. (We recommend using an email address to create your account, rather than a Facebook or Google Account).

Check your email  account for a message from Kanopy (it may appear in your junk mail folder). Click Verify Email, you will asked to add a library and enter your library card. 

On the Find Your Library screen, type Okanagan Regional Library, and tap on it from the Suggested Results.

On the Add Library screen, enter you library card number and PIN, and tap Verify.

Tap Start Watching and enjoy!

 

Looking for Workbooks or other Supplemental Material?

This material is not available on the app, but you access it from your browser: 

  • Log in to Kanopy on your browser (you will need to enable desktop site in your browser settings if you are on a phone or tablet).
  • Go to the main page for your course.
  • Select on the Supplemental Material button to expand the  supplemental item(s), and select the item to download it.   

 

Technical Requirements

You can watch movies on the Kanopy App on the following smartphone and tablets. Select the links below for more details on your device, from the Kanopy Help site.

A Wi-Fi connection is strongly recommended. 

You can turn off Cellular Data usage in Settings.

  • Tap on the three-line menu icon  in the top left corner of the app screen to slide out the menu.
  • Tap Settings.
  • Under the Cellular Data label, switch the option to 'Allow data usage for video playback" to off.

Need Further Help?

Check out the Help page available on the Kanopy website.

Get in touch with the ORL:

Call us at 1-844-649-8127.

OR

Email help@orl.bc.ca, in your email please include any error message you’ve received, type of operating system you are on (e.g. Windows, Mac) and the type of device you are using (e.g. tablet, smartphone, PC or Mac).

Need to reset your Kanopy account password?

Go to https://www.kanopy.com/en/user/password to reset your password. 

The password reset link on the ORL's Kanopy Streaming Films' Sign In page is not currently functioning.

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