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The ability to review lecture recordings is particularly useful for;

• students whose first language is not English, or students with a learning difficulty which makes it difficult for them to take notes. It provides the opportunity to review and make notes in the best way suitable for them.

• revision ahead of exams and other assessments.

• revisiting and reviewing difficult topics or concepts at your own pace.

• giving greater freedom to participate more actively in lectures, e.g. by making notes of the key points and concepts, and spending more time asking questions and thinking more deeply about subject matter, knowing that you can review the content later to fill in any gaps in your knowledge.

Further information on Student Benefits of Lecture Capture

Using Lecture Capture Recordings

Sometimes your lecturer may choose to record you giving a presentation or a performance - they may choose to do this for examination purposes or to provide you with feedback. This requirement should be outlined to you at the start of your course and you will be asked to sign a consent form.

The viewing of lecture capture recordings is NOT a substitute for attendance at lectures. You can’t recreate the unique, spontaneous nature of a lecture but you can use lecture capture to return to your lectures for revision and to fill in gaps in knowledge. Discussions and questions and answers may not be picked up by microphones so the main benefit of recordings is to recap on the content delivered by the lecturer.

Lecture capture provides greater freedom to participate more actively in lectures, e.g. by making notes of the key points and concepts, and spending more time asking questions or thinking more deeply about subject matter, knowing that you can review the content later to fill in any gaps in your knowledge. Attending lectures allows the opportunity for students to;

• gain immediate feedback and support from your lecturer.  

• view copyrighted material shown that cannot be recorded, view in class discussions that are not recorded or audible.

• Immediately know what the lecture was about; some lecturers may choose to make the recordings available at a later date, for example, at the end of term, in time for exams. However it is likely you will be required to know lecture content to prepare for a seminar, tutorial or lab session.

• Experiencing the lecture with your peers allows you to make connections and discuss lecture topics together before, during and after a lecture, further aiding your understanding.

• spread out your learning across the term and avoiding cramming and watching many hours of lecture capture in one go before an assignment or exam.

• view a lecture when the lecture has not been recorded. As with all technology, it is possible that there may be problems with recordings.

You can use lecture capture recordings for note taking, allowing you to expand on your note taking during the live lecture. The recordings allow you to pause, play and rewind the lectures in order to make effective notes for assignments or exam revision. For more information on lecture capture and using the recordings please visit http://tiny.cc/studentleccapture and click on the About Lecture Capture link.

You can find more guidance on note making on the library study skills pages at www.city.ac.uk/library or find out about academics skills workshops via the Learning Success Moodle Module: http://tiny.cc/learningsuccess.

If you have difficulty accessing lecture capture recordings via Moodle, or lecture capture recordings do not work, please use the IT Service Desk self-service centre or call 020 7040 8181.

Contact the IT Service Desk on 020 7040 8181 or log a query on Service Now. 

Contact your course officer or administrator. 

If you are missing modules, first check that your Year and Period filters are set to ALL on the My Moodle page, then click on your school category to find your module/s. If you still cannot find your module/s contact your course administrator and they will be able to enrol you on to the required modules.

They will enrol you on the correct modules and solve administration problems.

Students of the School of Health Sciences can either call 020 7040 5000 or email shshelpdesk@city.ac.uk. 

Moodle works with all modern browsers. Some features require flash (e.g. personal video capture).
Moodle’s published minimum browser spec (for our current version 2.8) is as follows:

Moodle also works well on iPhone and Android devices and has a responsive design so the page layout changes according to your screen size.

If you are experiencing a technical issue with Moodle or another Educational Technology, such as those listed on this page, and your issue is not covered by these FAQs, please contact the IT helpdesk on 020 7040 8181 or log a query on Service Now.

If you need guidance on how to use Moodle please view the guidance within this site for help.

A blog is a website where the content typically displays in reverse chronological order - i.e. newest entry on top. Most blogs encourage interactivity by enabling readers to leave comments and engage in a conversation with the author. Different themes will provide blogs with a different look and feel, but they tend to have a similar layout. 

Please log your request with the IT Service Desk and provide your username, email, the site URL and the site title. By default all blogs are set with the privacy setting Visitors must have a login - anyone that is a registered user of City can gain access. if you want to change these settings click on the Settings menu and select Privacy. From this screen select the appropriate privacy setting and click Save changes. 

1. From your blog Dashboard go to the Appearance menu

2. Select Themes

3. Click on Live Preview to see how your blog will look in a new theme

4. Once you have found one you like, click Save & Activate.

Please note that themes have different functionality so if you change your blog theme you might lose access to widgets in a sidebar. These will move to inactive widgets and can be reused in your new theme. Please note: Not all blog themes will display your name or display multiple authors. 

1. From your blog Dashboard or blog view, click on + New tab to open the drop-down menu

2. Select Post

3. Type a title for the post

4. Type your post into the input field

5. The edit toolbar enables you to spell check, format your text and insert images and files.

6. You can enter keywords known as Tags to help others to search for posts that are relevant to them in the Post Tags input field on the right of the screen. Tags need to be separated by a comma. Click Add to add the tags to your post.

7. Once you have completed writing your post you can preview it to ensure it is correctly formatted. Click on Preview

8. Close your preview window and from your Dashboard click on Publish. This will make the post visible on your blog and to all Users on your blog .

If you are not ready to post to your blog click Save Draft to save your post for further editing

For further guidance and a video follow the link below: http://help.edublogs.org/2009/07/29/writing-your-first-post/