The next level of learning

Mariselle Stofberg
Carlé Potgieter

Its-learning is slowly being phased out, starting with this year’s grade 8s. What is replacing this age-old app? None other than Office 365.

Office 365 is superior to Its-learning in multiple ways. Its-learning does not support any additional apps while Office 365 supports a wide variety of Microsoft apps. Curro not only enables students to access the site but also provides them with an account and personal email. Without Curro’s great support this would not have been possible. The terrific thing about Office 365 is that it is secure and users can use it from anywhere and at any time.

It is very easy to sign into Office 365. After signing into Office 365 with a personal Curro email, the user is redirected to the Curro sign in page. Signing in, sends the user directly to their personal page with their account name. The application offers a wide variety of apps, assisting students in doing projects and the different sections allow files to be shared between students and teachers. While Office 365 is available online, students can gain offline access by downloading the Microsoft apps. Office updates the apps automatically so that the students will not miss out on any changes.

Once again Windhoek Gymnasium rises up with the brilliant technology and the new learning environment. Great things are bound to come from the new instalment of Office 365.

PowerTips 365 – 10 facts about Office 365

In this week’s blog instead of a video I thought I would share 10 facts about Office 365. If you are thinking of moving over or upgrading, here is some information that will help.

FUN FACTS ON OFFICE 365 (source https://theittrainingsurgery.com)

1. You can use it on-line and offline

a. Synchronise your online folder to your desktop and work on your pc

b. Work in the cloud using Office Web Apps

2. Work is always up to date

a. When you save your work to OneDrive or SharePoint, you always have access to the most up to date version of that document/spreadsheet/presentation

3. Private and Shared Areas

Save your documents/spreadsheets/presentations in your personal OneDrive for Business until you are ready to share them with the whole organisation – then save them to SharePoint .

4. Sharing

You can share documents/spreadsheets/presentations that are stored in your OneDrive for Business folder with other members of your organisation

5. Control

5. When sharing documents via OneDrive for Business you control whether the people you share with have permission to view or edit.

6. Outlook on the Web

Outlook on the Web is the streamlined version of the Outlook you know and love. You can do anything online that you can do on the desktop.

7. Work anywhere

So long as you have an internet connection you can work on documents stored on OneDrive for Business or SharePoint

8. Work on any Device

a. Desktop Computer

b. Tablet Computer

c. Surface

d. iPad

e. Mac

f. Phone – any kind of operating system

9. Reduce the number of document versions flying around

When working on a shared document, it is always up to date and everyone has access to the latest version. No more having to hunt through lots of emails to find which version is which is time consuming and may not be accurate.

10. Co-author documents with team members in other locations.

You can work with others on a report, spreadsheet or presentation. Everyone can work on the document on line and see the other participant’s edits.