UFV students have access to Microsoft 365 (M365) including familiar productivity and collaboration tools such as Exchange Online, OneDrive, MS Teams, and Online Productivity Suite applications shown below.
ONLY eligible students will be provided with an M365 account for Email, MS Teams, and the MS Productivity Suite. To be eligible, you must have been registered for a course in the last 3 semesters.
M365 for Students provides students with a more robust set of tools, enhancing their remote learning experiences and creating more collaborative opportunities. The article is divided into the following sections:
M365 applications download and login
Email on M365 - Outlook
Training resources for M365 applications
Download M365 applications
Students can access M365 Online Productivity suite application on the office web portal and also download M365 applications - Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access (available for PC only) and Publisher (available for PC only). For information on how to download applications on your PC check this Knowledge Base article - How to download and sign in to Microsoft 365 applications.
The list of M365 applications available for students:
Login to M365 applications
UFV provides email services to students through Exchange Online (a cloud-based service that is part of M365). Exchange Online has replaced the previous student email platform, Zimbra. Exchange Online is a more modern platform that is mobile-friendly and provides enhanced cybersecurity and information protection.
- Accessing UFV email (Students)
Students can access their UFV email (e.g. john.doe@student.ufv.ca) via two methods listed below
The table below provides a list of useful information and training resources on M365 apps available for UFV Students. Note that many of these links in the table reference content on the Microsoft Office Support site.
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Microsoft 365 General
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M365 for Students provides a more robust set of tools, enhancing their experiences and creating more collaborative opportunities.
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Outlook
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SharePoint
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Microsoft SharePoint is used to create websites. You can use it as a secure place to store, organize, share, and access information from any device.
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MS Planner
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MS Planner provides a collective space for team members to create plans, organize and assign tasks to different users, and to check updates on progress through dashboards
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MS Teams
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MS Teams is a collaboration tool that supports collaboration spaces, online meetings, audio, video, and file sharing.
All UFV Students can also create teams in the MS Teams application. Information on how to create and manage teams is linked below:
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OneDrive
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OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud-based file storage service. You can use it to store your files and share them with others; all files stored in OneDrive are private unless you decide to share them. When you use the applications in Microsoft’s Online Productivity Suite (see below), you can save your files in OneDrive, making your work accessible from anywhere and on all your devices.
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MS Project |
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MS Excel |
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MS Word |
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MS PowerPoint |
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OneNote |
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Microsoft Bookings |
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Microsoft Forms |
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Microsoft Kaizala Pro |
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Microsoft Stream for O365 |
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Sway |
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To-Do |
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Whiteboard |
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Yammer for Academic |
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Insights by MyAnalytics |
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Power Apps for Office 365 |
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Power Automate for Office 365 |
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Minecraft Education Edition |
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