When your course begins you will be sent a web address (url) for the page where you can login to start studying . Two of the most common sites for our students are portal.conted.ox.ac.uk which is used for short online courses, and study.conted.ox.ac.uk which is used for award-bearing courses, among others. You can find out from your course administrator which site you should visit to log in, or refer to your joining instructions email or handbook.
If you are studying one of the very few courses that use neither Portal or Study, please follow the instructions for Portal substituting your course website address.
Follow the instructions below for your particular course site.
How to log in to your short online course via Portal
For most of our short online courses you will log in using Portal. If this is your first time studying with us, you will receive your username and password from the Online Courses Office on the day your course starts. For continuing students your username and password will remain the same.
To log in:
- Go to https://portal.conted.ox.ac.uk
- Enter your username and password (NB passwords are case-sensitive)
- Click Log in
Once you are logged in you can use the Portal to update your profile.
When you are ready to view your course you can find it using one of the following routes.
Either, click on your course title under My courses. Or, click on the appropriately named term link under CURRENT or PREVIOUS terms. Then, find your course by clicking the blue roundel 
at the top right of the page to open the menu drawer and clicking your course name under My courses in the NAVIGATION box.
How to log in to your course via Study
Using your University of Oxford Single Sign-On details
If you log in to your course using Study you will usually use your University of Oxford Single Sign-On details, often referred to as your “SSO” username and password. You will receive details from the university explaining how to activate your SSO username and password. Once you have activated your SSO you can use these details to log into Study.
To log in:
- Go to https://study.conted.ox.ac.uk
- Click on the Log in button
- Enter your username followed by @OX.AC.UK, (i.e. abcd1234@OX.AC.UK, where abcd1234 represents your existing SSO username)
- Enter your SSO password (NB passwords are case-sensitive)
- Click Sign in
- Follow the necessary steps to authenticate your login.
Using a temporary Moodle username and password
If you are issued with a temporary Moodle account, you will use these details to log in until your SSO is available. Once your SSO is available please contact us to switch your account over.
To log in:
- Go to https://study.conted.ox.ac.uk
- From the log in page, click on Moodle account login
- Enter your username
- Enter your password (NB passwords are case-sensitive)
- Click Log in
This should take you to the Study homepage and from here you can make any changes to your details.
When you are ready to view your course click on the blue roundel at the top right of the screen to open the menu drawer. Then click to select your course under My courses in the NAVIGATION block.
I’m still having trouble logging in
If you are still having trouble logging in you may be able to resolve the problem yourself using the advice below.
Logging in to Study
- If you cannot remember your username and/or password, or if you are unsure of either, then go to Webauth to reset your password.
- Go to the log in page and press Control and F5 together (Ctrl +F5) on your PC keyboard to clear any stored passwords.
Logging in to Portal
- Click on the Forgotten your username or password? link on the login page to reset your password.
- Once your password has been changed press Control and F5 together (Ctrl + F5) on your PC keyboard to clear any stored passwords.
If you are still having difficulty, please contact us.