Policy on the Recording of Lectures and other Teaching and Learning Activities
The following Policy relates to audio, video and/or multi-modal recordings of taught sessions used for teaching purposes across the University, and was updated in July 2021.
Work is currently taking place to produce student guidance to accompany this updated Policy.
Further guidance for staff relating to online teaching (including creating accessible recorded online lectures) is available on the Institute of Teaching and Learning teaching toolkit webpages at:
A Glossary of Teaching Activities and related concepts has been developed to build a shared vocabulary to describe different elements of and common activities relating to teaching and learning.
Technical information about the procedures for recording of lectures (including the use of microphones and avoiding the recording of private conversations) is available on the following website:
Support information, including details of how to opt out of recording, how to download podcasts, and a list of podcast enabled locations is available from:
In case of any technical queries about the podcasting/recording process, please contact: mediatechnologies@manchester.ac.uk