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Animations & Interaction

The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
How do I turn off animations?

Chrome

Chrome users will need to use browser extensions. Animation Policy from Google will help you set your own preferences.

Microsoft Edge

There is currently no way to disable animations within Microsoft Edge. Users of Edge (Chromium) browser can install the Chrome extensions above and use them.

Internet Explorer

To stop animations on a single page you can just press the 'Esc' key. This will stop the animation on that page. If you wish to restart the animations you need to refresh the page. To permanently disable the playing of animated GIF images, open Internet Options > Advanced tab. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck the Play animations in webpage check-box, click Apply and Exit and then restart your computer.

Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

Library & Student Services

Studying from home

Whether you are studying on campus or at home you can access most of the resources you need online:

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Library and Student Services

Published on 17 Mar 2020

Discover searches most of the resources the library provides - there are videos on our YouTube Channel to show you how to use it. There are lots of other useful tutorials on there too.

The Resources section of the Library website has quick links to online resources such as eBooks, subject databases and journals and our subject guides direct you to key resources for the your course You can also use our Request It service to let us know about books you think should be added to stock.

You can use video research tools such as Box of Broadcasts and Kanopy, to access high quality TV programmes or video content to support your learning. Or catch up with the news via PressReader which has a huge collection of local and national newspapers.

Our guide to online meetings and collaboration will help you stay connected and when it comes to the time to submit your assignment online have a look at our Submitting your assignment blog post, it's full of useful information to help you successfuly submit your assignment.

If you need help with accessing resources or need student IT support you can contact the Library 24/7 via phone on 0113 812 1000 or Chat.

Originally published March 2020