The MyMurdoch student portal is the primary tool to access all your learning tools and activities, including:
- Get easy access to online help and advice options
- Discover and join social media groups
- Access your free Microsoft Office 365 programs
- Join online events.
Murdoch apps and tools
myMurdoch Learning (LMS)
The LMS (Moodle) has discussion forums and other tools and is available via myMurdoch portal and app.
You can also submit assignments via LMS
Lecture Capture System (LCS) - Echo360
Live webcasting of lectures to allow real-time participation, in addition to recordings.
How do I view lecture recordings?
How do I download lecture recordings?
PebblePad
You can use the range of tools in the PebblePad personal learning / ePortfolio system to plan, record, reflect and provide evidence of learning or competencies.
Studiosity
You can live connect with a subject specialist or get writing feedback on this online, on-demand study help platform available to all Murdoch students through any unit LMS site. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so you can get help whenever you need it. You can access up to 20 submissions/sessions free each year.
Turnitin
Turnitin is a text-matching system that compares the text in student submissions with a database of academic sources, web pages, and previous student submissions. It produces a Similarity Report, identifying unoriginal, incorrectly referenced, or uncited text, and indicating the original source.
Find out more about Turnitin Similarity Report
Grammarly
You can use this tool to help you with your writing. Grammarly analyses your written text and offers suggestions for grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and style.
Microsoft Office 365 tools
Office 365 is a bundle of productivity software and services that you can access as a Murdoch student. Office 365 contains the traditional versions of Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Teams, Yammer and Planner.
As Office 365 is cloud-based, all your work can be stored for easy remote access by Windows, Mac and mobile devices.
If you’re unfamiliar with these programs, watch the introductory videos:
- Microsoft Office 365 introductory video
- Microsoft Teams introductory video.
- Microsoft OneDrive introductory video.
Please contact the Information Technology Services team if you need further assistance.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a hub for teamwork that you can access through your preferred web browser. It’s an app that can help you work with others as a team by using chat instead of emails and channels instead of file folders.
You can securely edit files at the same time as other group members, start team discussions and collaborate.
You can download Microsoft Teams on your personal device by visiting the Download Microsoft Teams page and following the prompts.
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote is an excellent online digital note-maker that you can use to organise your studies and it’s free to all Murdoch students. This video shows you how you can store your study notes using .