Historical film and audio

Access

Log in with your University username and password. Due to the Coronavirus situation BoB will be available in EU member states until 31 July 2020. The first time you log in to BoB and follow a link, you will be asked to set up a BoB account. There are legal restrictions on the use of BoB content; please read the terms and conditions.

Description

Staff and students at subscribing institutions can record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels, and search an archive of over 2 million broadcasts. Can also create clips from programmes to use in lectures or send to students, save playlists of broadcasts and series, and share resources via Moodle and reading lists.

Platform

Learning on Screen - The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC)

Access

Log in with your University username and password.

Description

News, film, image and music content including:

• ITN news archive content
• Getty images
• Wellcome Library images and sound
• Logic Lane, a six-part series of films documenting philosophy at Oxford between 1930 and the 1970s
• Teachers' TV

Full text availability

We have access to the MediaPlus content on the Alexander Street website. This does not include World Newsreels Online or World History in Video.

Platform

Alexander Street

Access

Free, no login required.

Description

71 sound recordings and over 600 short audio clips.
From two collections of the British Library Sound Archive: the Survey of English Dialects and the Millennium Memory Bank.
Interpretation and learning packages relating to language variation and language change within spoken English.
Your Accents function allows you to analyse your local accent and compare it with other recordings on the Your Voices map.

Platform

British Library

Access

To log in:

• Go to LinkedIn Learning
• Click on Sign in
In the first log in box to appear, enter mmu.ac.uk (you don't need to type your email address)
• In the next login box, login using your email in the format: idnumber@stu.mmu.ac.uk for students and idnumber@ad.mmu.ac.uk for staff
• Then enter your Manchester Metropolitan University network password

Description

Videos are bite-sized tutorials that cover a single subtopic within a course.
Courses cover topics and include videos on specific subtopics.
Playlists are collections of courses curated by LinkedIn Learning experts.
You can share links to LinkedIn Learning courses, videos and playlists with other Manchester Metropolitan staff or students.
You can curate playlists of LinkedIn Learning courses or videos to watch later or share with other Manchester Metropolitan staff or students.
You can watch videos on your iPad or tablet by logging in to the LinkedIn Learning site and watching them online. If you want to download LinkedIn Learning content to watch offline you'll need to use their mobile app.