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Users' Guide to Digital Theatre+: How to Link to Digital Theatre+ Videos

How to search Digital Theatre+ and link to a video.

 

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LINKING TO A DIGITAL THEATRE+ VIDEO

Do not use the built-in share feature!

Video of The Comedy of Errors showing the share arrow with a green arrow that says no pointing to it..

Due to certain technical requirements, to have a viable link to a video in this database, you will need to build one.  Here's how:

1.  Copy the link below and paste it into a blank Word document or equivalent.

https://digitaltheatre.proxy.cirrusidentity.com/saml2/idp/SSOService.php?spentityid=https://auth.digitaltheatreplus.com&RelayState=FROM YOUR BROWSER&IDPList=https://idp.csusb.edu/idp/shibboleth

2.  While looking at the window in which the video will play, copy the URL in your browser (example below).

The URL found in the top toolbar of a browser.

3.  Replace FROM YOUR BROWSER with the URL you copied.  Your link is now complete.

4.  Copy the completed link and paste it wherever it needs to go.

A WAY TO LINK TO ANY VIDEO IN ONESEARCH

STEP 1: Run a search for a video in OneSearch (see instructions on the first tab of this guide).

STEP 2: After clicking the title of a video, click Permalink in the top tool bar.

Permalink tool.

Next, click Copy the Permalink to Clipboard.

Copy the permalink to clipboard.

Now you can paste the link wherever it needs to be.

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HINT: Searching for and linking to a video via OneSearch works for all our streaming video databases.

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