2025 Faculty & Staff Services

We encourage faculty members to use the "copy" or "permalink" feature of the database as instructed for pasting into the eLearn Content section. This not only ensures that the needed proxy will be included in the link but also allows for proper usage counts of the article for library statistics.

Follow these steps to integrate an article from a database into eLearn.

1. Select the "Content" tab of your course and select the appropriate module from the menu on the left side of the screen.
2. From the dropdown "Upload/Create" menu select. "Create a Link."
3. Enter how you want to identify the article in the "Title" area.
4. From the database select "Copy URL." feature. Do not copy the URL from the menu bar. This will not include the needed proxy URL.
5. Paste the copied URL in the "URL" area and select the "Create" button.
6. The link to the article can now be found in the appropriate module.

Follow these steps to integrate an article from Pioneer Search into eLearn.

1. Select the "Content" tab of your course and select the appropriate module from the menu on the left side of the screen.
2. From the dropdown "Upload/Create" menu select. "Create a Link."
3. Enter how you want to identify the article in the "Title" area.
4. From the Pioneer Search record  select "permalink" feature. Do not copy the URL from the menu bar. This will not include the needed proxy URL.
5. Paste the copied URL in the "URL" area and select the "Create" button.
6. The link to the article can now be found in the appropriate module.

Follow these steps to integrate a video from a library video streaming database (Films on Demand, AVON, etc.) into eLearn.

1. Select the "Content" tab of your course and select the appropriate module from the menu on the left side of the screen.
2. From the dropdown "Upload/Create" menu select. "Create a Link." Do not use the "Video or Audio" option.
3. Enter how you want to identify the article in the "Title" area.
4. From the streaming video database record  select "Share" feature/icon for the selected video. Do not copy the URL from the menu bar. This will not include the needed proxy URL.
   • For AVON (Academic Videos Online) you will need to start to play the video to locate the "Share" feature/icon.
5. Locate the URL link and copy it
   • For Films on Demand select the "Embed/Link" and copy it.
   • For AVON (Academic Videos Online) copy the "Via Permalink" option
6. Paste the copied URL in the "URL" area and select the "Create" button.
7. The link to the video can now be found in the appropriate module.

The Copyright guide from the Vol State Teaching and Learning Center is intended to assist faculty by serving as a point of reference for copyright related issues.