Explore Media
Explore Media is a curated educational video platform delivering high-quality documentaries, films, television series, news archives, and screen education resources. Integrated with Informit Explore, it supports seamless learning and research; enabling educators and learners to move effortlessly between video, analysis, and authoritative content that deepens understanding and engagement.
Curriculum-aligned video, connected to trusted research
Engage learners with video
Engage learners with film, television, and documentary content that brings diverse perspectives to life; from Indigenous histories to global science.
Understand the news
Help students think critically about the world around them with over 1.3 million news stories dating back to 2007, supported by activities that teach them to analyse reporting and recognise bias.
Analyse key screen texts
Developed in partnership with ATOM and ACER, Informit’s interactive Screen Guides support deeper analysis of film and television through curated clips, related articles, and scaffolded discussion questions, activities, and extension tasks.
Supporting teaching across a wide range of subjects
Indigenous Studies
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Watch films and documentaries exploring First Nations perspectives, and engage with Screen Guides for key titles, such as Charlie’s Country and Rabbit-Proof Fence.
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Explore curated topics like Deep Time and Treaty, connecting history, culture, and contemporary issues, and access leading journals for top research.
Science and Technology
English and Literature
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Explore film adaptations of classic and contemporary literature, and engage with Screen Guides for key texts like Romulus, My Father and Whale Rider.
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Access Australian literary journals such as Meanjin, Overland, and Griffith Review to support literary study.
Media Studies and Film Analysis
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Explore feature films, television series, and documentaries, and engage with Screen Guides focused on key Australian titles like The Castle and Muriel’s Wedding.
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Access journals such as Metro Magazine and Inside Film for scholarly insights and media analysis.
History and Politics
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Explore documentaries and primary source news archives, and engage with Screen Guides on key figures like Eddie Mabo and Malala Yousafzai.
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Access journals such as Agora and Teaching History, and explore Australia’s history from Deep Time to industrialisation with curated topics.
100,000+ ad-free educational films and documentaries
A growing collection of over 100,000 documentaries, films, and television programs, carefully curated for teaching, learning, and research with age-appropriate content access.
Over 1.3 million individual television news stories
Gain a historical and multi-perspective understanding about the world with the largest archive of Australian television news stories from 2007 to today.
Media literacy support
Teachers can use contextualised television news stories with guiding questions and activities to develop critical thinking, detect bias, and analyse real-world issues, all aligned with the AMLA Media Literacy framework.
Interactive Screen Guides
Supporting guides for selected films and programs provide background information, discussion questions, clips and related articles and videos all aligned with the Australian Curriculum
100K+
Documentaries, films and television programs
1.3M+
News and Current Affairs Stories
18
Years of Australian News Archives
100+
Australian & International Broadcasters
24/7
On Demand Access
Designed for teaching and learning
Aligned with key educational frameworks
Resources are aligned with the Australian Curriculum and the AMLA Media Literacy framework to support learning outcomes and classroom practice.
Flexible classroom use
Teachers can create clips, bookmark favourites, and share controlled-access links with students for restricted video programs.
School-friendly content controls
Flexible controls allow educators to manage access, ensuring content is suitable for students.
Seamless LMS integration
Easily embed videos and resources directly into your LMS for streamlined classroom access.
Curated content, continuously updated
Discover a growing library of high-quality documentaries, films, and educational resources, thoughtfully curated and continuously updated to support teaching, learning, and research.
Time-saving for teachers
Ready-to-use resources, curated collections, and Screen Guides reduce lesson planning time and support fast classroom integration.