Microsoft office 365 training is coming up very soon. This training will involve both teaching and the non-teaching staff of the College.

A quick overview of the Office 365 for Education Apps.

Office 365 for Education provides powerful apps and tools that help students and teachers set up a central location for all class materials, reach students of all learning styles with individualised learning, provide students with individual help using private notebooks, create interesting and interactive lessons, and collaborate on projects in real-time without losing document formatting.

The apps and capabilities include:

  • Complete Office applications that are fully installed . This includes Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote, and Publisher which can be installed on up to 5 devices per user.
  • Fully installed Office applications for mobile devices . This covers installation on up to five phones and five tablets for each user.
  • Online versions of Office are available for both plans. This includes word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
  • SharePoint Online provides seamless sharing for a smooth transition from home to school and collaboration between teacher and student.
  • Unlimited online collaboration. This includes web conferencing, high definition video, Instant Messaging, and audio.
  • File sharing and storage with 1TB (terabyte) of storage for each user (at the time of writing).
  • A social network to facilitate collaboration among students and across educational departments.
  • Work management tools and an Intranet site allow students and teachers to communicate, perform teamwork, access files and tasks, and view conversations. The Intranet offers security settings that can be customised to meet specific privacy requirements.
  • A video portal allows you to upload and share videos across the school.
  • Enterprise class email applications improve organisation and communication across the board. This app includes a 50GB inbox for each user in addition to access to calendars and contacts. Information is also protected via data loss prevention and rights management tools to preserve email messages.
  • Compliance solution help you to meet security standards for preserving archives, mailbox information, and other data.
  • Access to Skype for Business allows teachers and students to join meetings and discussion using a smartphone or landline phone. Additionally, you have access to cloud PBX which allows calls to be made and received across a wide variety of devices (Office 365 Education E5 only).
  • Access to Office Graph provides a way to customise search and discovery across the entire Office 365 platform.