Common Craft Videos: Money

Affiliate marketing can help individuals earn a living by promoting products and services they love online.The video teaches why affiliate marketing is like word-of-mouth marketing only it takes place online.

This video introduces the risks and benefits of using a bank to borrow money.  It tells the story of Rachel who reaches her goal of publishing an album by making smart decisions based on interest rates and timeframes.

This video tells the stories of Lucia and Marlon, who demonstrate valuable lessons in using credit cards. One learns to save money by paying off their balance every month while the other encounters the hard lessons of being delinquent on payments. It teaches why credit cards exist and how interest works in credit card accounts.

Insurance is an important part of being financially responsible.  This video highlights the risks of not having insurance and how it works to aid in recovery after something bad happens.

This video introduces the potential benefits of investing money in the context of taking risks. It describes multiple types of investing and what they all have in common, including comparing saving and investing in the context of risk. Also, it includes being prepared to lose money with examples of investing in business, stock market and antiques.

This video teaches the basic ideas behind retirement accounts such as why saving now matters in the future and how 401ks and IRAs grow over time as well as tax benefits of using a retirement account.

This video is an introduction to the basic ideas behind stock markets including why companies offer stock to the public and why people buy and sell stock. It teaches why stock prices change and how we measure the stock markets using indices.

Viewing of Common Craft videos for Tulsa Community College students, staff and faculty is provided by Tulsa Community College Libraries.

All the videos are closed captioned (cc). Click play and move mouse outside of video to view captions.

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Video Use and Licensing

Individual Common Craft videos can be embedded into your course page or website.  If you are a student, staff, or faculty member at Tulsa Community College, contact a librarian for assistance in getting the code for embedding a video.