Beginning April 15, 2024, Android 7.1.1 will be the earliest supported Android OS for Kanopy mobile use. Users will be prompted to update if necessary starting on that date.
Kanopy is an online video streaming service. Videos and/or clips can be embedded into Moodle and you can also create playlists.
Information about Viewing Kanopy Videos on Mobile Devices
The Kanopy films can be viewed on your iPhones, iPads, and Android phones and tablets using Apps.
• Download the app for iPhone or iPad from the Apple App Store, or download the app for Android phones and tablets from the Google Play Store. To use the app, you'll need a Kanopy account associated with Cal State LA.
If you already have a Kanopy account, the account you created on the Kanopy web page via the Library Databases page, you can directly select Log In when you first open the app.
If you don't have a Kanopy account yet, following downloading the app, select “Get Started,” select the Find University link as shown below, and then follow the steps to create your Kanopy account.
• Type in California State University, Los Angeles.
• Select our campus name, and click Next to get to the campus login page.
• Log in using MyCalStateLA ID and password. Please note when you type in your ID, please don’t include @calstatela.edu.
• To create your account, you need to use your Cal State LA email address, but you can use a different password for your Kanopy account.
• Once you have created your Kanopy account, you can then login to Kanopy app on your phone or tablet.
For help creating a Kanopy account on your iPhone or iPad, go to iPhone Help Page.
For help creating a Kanopy account on your Android phone or tablet, go to Android Help Page.
11 million audio tracks*, 2,500 hours of video, 1.4 million pages of scores, and 500,000+ pages of reference, archival primary sources, and periodicals, comprising the largest and most comprehensive online offering of in-copyright audio and video performances and scores available anywhere. Broad-ranging materials include videos of live performances, audio recordings, instructional films, previously unpublished works from acclaimed playwrights, performance posters and playbills, video interviews, and choreography not seen since the time of its original performance.
Please use VPN to access the database remotely.
It includes the following collections:
Music Online: Listening
Music Video Collection
Music Reference Collection
Music Online: Classical Scores Library
Music Online: Music Periodicals of the 19th Century
Dance Online: Dance in Video, Volume I
Dance Online: Dance in Video, Volume II
Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection
Below are just a few of the films on our library streaming services
Below are just a few of the films on DVD available for checkout at the library service desk