Need some help from PBS Tripos students at Cambridge!

umershahid1903

A BS Psychology student from Asia here. I'm looking for students from PBS Tripos. My request is gonna sound very stupid but I will try to explain my situation hoping it will make sense to you.

I recently got enrolled in a virtual university in my country because I'm physically disabled and having online lectures help me out a lot. But the problem that arose is that all the lectures are pre-recorded (which is fine but) they are all 15-16 years old. I've no choice but to go through with it because I've been assured by many people that the degree will have its value and it'll be enough to help me move forward.

I've been a self-learner all my life and find it fun to do and while my disability has always got in my way to study at reputable in-person institutions, I've successfully made my way through school and college by making up for some missing things.

I recently got my hands on PBS 1: Introduction to Psychology 2023/2024 Course Guide while searching for some material to self study from and found out that the lectures are recorded for students for later reference on Moodle.

If you are a PBS Tripos student......please help me out.

I'll be very grateful if a student can gimme access to those pre-recorded sessions even if they are from a few years ago. My intention is only to have those with me as I self study and by no means will I be making or intending any wrong use.

I don't want any supervision or assignment grading.
I Just need these recordings which I'll then supplement with reference books and study structurally.

I have tried MOOCs, and Open Courseware so please don't suggest those.

Something that may cost you nothing.....will change a lot for me.

Thanks : )

Reply 1

melancollege

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by umershahid1903

A BS Psychology student from Asia here. I'm looking for students from PBS Tripos. My request is gonna sound very stupid but I will try to explain my situation hoping it will make sense to you.
I recently got enrolled in a virtual university in my country because I'm physically disabled and having online lectures help me out a lot. But the problem that arose is that all the lectures are pre-recorded (which is fine but) they are all 15-16 years old. I've no choice but to go through with it because I've been assured by many people that the degree will have its value and it'll be enough to help me move forward.
I've been a self-learner all my life and find it fun to do and while my disability has always got in my way to study at reputable in-person institutions, I've successfully made my way through school and college by making up for some missing things.
I recently got my hands on PBS 1: Introduction to Psychology 2023/2024 Course Guide while searching for some material to self study from and found out that the lectures are recorded for students for later reference on Moodle.
If you are a PBS Tripos student......please help me out.
I'll be very grateful if a student can gimme access to those pre-recorded sessions even if they are from a few years ago. My intention is only to have those with me as I self study and by no means will I be making or intending any wrong use.
I don't want any supervision or assignment grading.
I Just need these recordings which I'll then supplement with reference books and study structurally.
I have tried MOOCs, and Open Courseware so please don't suggest those.
Something that may cost you nothing.....will change a lot for me.
Thanks : )

I'm not a PBS student but Maths but, if they are recorded on Panopto (and I'd assume they would be), then there isn't really a way to access recorded lectures without giving away the entire login with full access and requiring two-factor authentication. This would be a huge security breach with likely disciplinary action taken against any student who does this.

Furthermore, Panopto makes it deliberately difficult to download lecture content and has gone to the extent of updating specifically to remove extensions that previously allowed students to do so.

I think, unfortunately, that this isn't going to be a fruitful avenue and I would recommend looking elsewhere. Best of luck, though.

Reply 2

simon007

That sounds borderline illegal.

Reply 3

ameliawarwicker

Original post by umershahid1903

A BS Psychology student from Asia here. I'm looking for students from PBS Tripos. My request is gonna sound very stupid but I will try to explain my situation hoping it will make sense to you.
I recently got enrolled in a virtual university in my country because I'm physically disabled and having online lectures help me out a lot. But the problem that arose is that all the lectures are pre-recorded (which is fine but) they are all 15-16 years old. I've no choice but to go through with it because I've been assured by many people that the degree will have its value and it'll be enough to help me move forward.
I've been a self-learner all my life and find it fun to do and while my disability has always got in my way to study at reputable in-person institutions, I've successfully made my way through school and college by making up for some missing things.
I recently got my hands on PBS 1: Introduction to Psychology 2023/2024 Course Guide while searching for some material to self study from and found out that the lectures are recorded for students for later reference on Moodle.
If you are a PBS Tripos student......please help me out.
I'll be very grateful if a student can gimme access to those pre-recorded sessions even if they are from a few years ago. My intention is only to have those with me as I self study and by no means will I be making or intending any wrong use.
I don't want any supervision or assignment grading.
I Just need these recordings which I'll then supplement with reference books and study structurally.
I have tried MOOCs, and Open Courseware so please don't suggest those.
Something that may cost you nothing.....will change a lot for me.
Thanks : )

What sort of physical disability do you have?