1.
Overview
What media can you use?
Where can you use it?
How do you get it on your site?
Editing tools
Best practices

2.
Types of Media
Images
Video
Audio Files
Documents

3.
Media Placement
Site header and logo
Background
Favicon
Posts and pages
Icons, buttons, & other elements

4.
Media Sources
Create your own - you hold the copyright
Pay for it - you purchase permission to use
Ask for it - like “borrowing” a cup of sugar
Free sources - pay attention to usage restrictions!

5.
Photo Credits For Upcoming Examples:

6.
Exercise:
Download Images

7.
Adding Media To Your Site

8.
Media Library
Where all the media uploaded
to your site lives.

9.
Exercise:
Upload Images to the Media Library & Edit

10.
Adding Media to Posts & Pages

11.
Exercise:
Add Images To Posts
From URL
Media Upload
From Media Library

12.
Modifying Images Within A Post or Page

13.
Exercise:
Modify An Image In Your Post

14.
Creating Image Galleries

15.
Exercise:
Create An Image Gallery

16.
Adding Captions & Links

17.
Exercise:
Add Image Captions & Links

18.
Embedding Media
Borrowing media from somewhere else to
display on your site.

19.
AutoMagic Embeds
YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, Twitter, WordPress.tv,
Spotify, SoundCloud, Flickr, and many more.
Full list: https://codex.wordpress.org/embeds

20.
Insert From URL

21.
Insert Using Embed Code

22.
Same Result

23.
Exercise:
Embed Media in a Post

24.
Media Settings

25.
Featured Images & Thumbnails

26.
Tools to Edit & Optimize
Photoshop & GIMP
Canva & PicMonkey
WordPress Editor
iMovie / Windows Movie Maker

27.
Basic Edits
Image size / file size
Watermarks, logo, and captions
Saving for the web

28.
Best Practices
Give files descriptive names
Use proper attribution
Fill in Alt Text every time

29.
Questions & Practice Time