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Introduction to Moodle student guide

Find out how to access and use Moodle to support your learning.

About account expiry

As soon as your course has been completed, you will automatically become an alumni. You will no longer have access to Moodle and all files and resources that it contains. You will be emailed before this happens.

As per Terms & Conditions of studying at City, you must download or export any data, coursework or material which you wish to retain for your future and sole use before your Student IT Account expires. City will not be able to retrieve or make any data, course work or material available to you after your Student IT Account expires

Download module content as zip file

On some modules in Moodle 4, you may have the ability to download module content as a zip file. This download will not include coursework that you have submitted.

  1. Open the relevant module.
  2. Select More on the secondary navigation menu.
  3. Select Download module content.

More menu opened, option to Download module content displaying

  1. A confirmation box will display. Select Download button. A zip file will download to your computer. 
  2. Unzip the file and confirm that you have access to files required.
    • Files over 50MB will not be included in the download.
    • Academic staff can exclude files from this download option.
  3. Repeat this process for each module you want to download content from.

Alumni benefits

Please see Alumni benefits for many other things you are entitled to as an Alumni.

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