We all remember classes that “put on a movie” in order to fill a class period, but is that the most effective way to incorporate media into your classroom? This session will outline best practices, best tools and helpful tips and tricks to create, store, show and teach with media. Just as you might use active learning methods to engage students in a lecture or reading, media can be used to engage your students and help to draw connections between course material in new and fresh ways. If you’ve ever wondered about fair use copyright restrictions, how to make clips from files you already own, how to store them so that they incorporate easily into PowerPoints and Google Slides – we’re here to help!