Product Updates for Explore: June 2026

Throughout 2026, Informit Explore has expanded its curriculum coverage, multimedia capabilities and professional learning support for Australian schools and public libraries. Key milestones include the launch of new subject areas, the introduction of Explore Media, and a targeted program of professional learning webinars and activities.

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.

Explore Media has been developed to:

• Support media literacy and critical thinking
• Provide access to high-quality Australian and international screen content
• Integrate film and television resources into curriculum delivery
• Enable teachers to use multimedia alongside traditional research materials
  

• Over a million ad-free educational videos from some of the world’s most respected sources, including Al Jazeera, BBC Knowledge, The History Channel, and Discovery, including films, television series, documentaries and news segments.
• 20 years of Australian news and current affairs content from ABC, SBS, Nine, Ten, and Sky. This includes full-length programs and individual news stories, helping learners engage with events from a diverse range of voices and perspectives.
• A dedicated Media Hub that highlights the most curriculum-aligned and educator-recommended video resources, making lesson planning easier than ever, and includes easy access to all of Informit’s screen education resources, including curated Spotlight collections and Informit Screen Guides.
• Interactive screen guides for key films that support deeper classroom discussion and analysis, including background information on the film, discussion questions, activities, curated clips, curated articles and videos related to the film, and interactive comprehension questions, all aligned to the Australian curriculum.
• Curated, curriculum-aligned collections of films and television programs for the classroom, known as ‘Spotlight’ collections.
• New videos added weekly and curated across Explore’s subject and topic categories, facilitating both searching and serendipitous discovery.
• Easy integration with your school’s learning management system (LMS), enabling teachers to incorporate multimedia into lessons, assignments, and flipped classroom models with ease.
• Age-appropriate filters for safe access, allowing schools to manage content access based on maturity levels and educational need.
• Personalised learning features, including the ability to create custom clips, favourite videos, and share restricted programs with students using temporary access links.
• Request video content at any time, giving you more control over the resources that support your teaching.

• Platform demonstrations

• Curriculum integration examples
• Teaching and learning use cases
• Opportunities to evaluate the product
• Trial access

Learn more here and reach out to our Sales Executive, Kat Coleman, to join a discovery session: kat.coleman@rmit.edu.au

New subjects

Science and Religion and Beliefs have been added to Explore as new subject entry points, with more in development for this year. New subjects add original topic overviews to support understanding, curated articles and videos, classroom-ready questions and activities, and direct links to the Australian Curriculum, enabling teachers and students to easily connect resources with syllabus requirements.

Science supports scientific inquiry, investigation skills and curriculum-aligned classroom research. It provides structured and reliable entry points for student learning across key areas of the science curriculum.

Religion and Beliefs supports the study of world religions, belief systems, ethics and contemporary social issues. It provides structured and reliable resources for exploring religious diversity, cultural practices and contemporary debates.

Professional Learning

Earlier this year, Informit delivered a ‘Back to School’ session focused on practical strategies for teachers and librarians using Explore. Guest speakers from two schools shared real world examples of how Explore has been embedded successfully within their schools.

Our guest speakers included:

• Jo Ridgers (All Saints Anglican School)
• Simone Gillies (St Stephen's Catholic College)

Watch the full recording here.

We also ran a session on using media in the classroom in collaboration with Australian Teachers of Media, focusing on Explore Media and Screen Guides, with practical examples for English and Media Studies classrooms.

Watch the full recording here.

Coming soon

• 21 new topics addressing the Geography curriculum, alongside gaps across HASS, Media and Legal Studies curriculum areas. These new topics will sit within existing subject areas.
• A topic dedicated to Media Literacy, with a focus on unpacking and applying the Australian Media Literacy Alliance (AMLA) framework.
• Education subject area supporting teacher professional learning and research.
• 15 new screen guides and 5 new Spotlight collections for Explore Media users.
• A professional learning webinar for National Science Week with a guest speaker.
• A series of 3 practical professional learning sessions run by Explore’s Product Manager for librarians and teachers co-hosted with ASLA.