Shifting to Remote Learning with Office 365 Education for Free

Have you ever heard of Office 365 Education? It is a set of useful services offered by Microsoft that allow educators and students to manage their schoolwork collaboratively. By using familiar apps and accessing files updated in real-time, you can access and work at any time, anywhere, from any device. Office 365 Education also brings together knowledge, skills, and communication in a classroom that employers value most.

A. Exploring Office 365 Education Solutions

B. Microsoft Teams

When you get Office 365, which includes Microsoft Teams, a safe and secure remote learning environment is established for educators and students to connect and collaborate to build professional learning communities. Microsoft Teams simplifies class management so that students stay engaged while remote. It is a hub for connecting with peers and lecturers, video chatting, completing assignments, accessing apps, and much more, all in one highly secure location. For educators, it allows you to create classes and groups that are accessible on your favourite devices. You can easily collaborate in real-time without boundaries and without worrying about data loss or formatting issues.

C. Getting Started Solutions

a. Sign Up

The good news is that Office 365 Education is now available for free! Educators and students from an academic institution can install the full Office applications on their Android, iOS or Windows devices with no extra cost. Some useful services are Office Online (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote), OneDrive storage, Yammer, and Teams. You can make use of Office 365 Education as one hub for your complete educational experience as follows:

For UiTM students, you can start your Office 365 Education journey as follows:

1. New Students

1. Please click HERE.

2. Sign in to your account.

   1. Login ID: username@student.uitm.edu.my

      1. Username by default: Student ID

      2. Example: 2017123456@student.uitm.edu.my

   2. Password:

      1. Self-created password

      2. Default password

         1. A combination of the first two letters of the student’s name (the first letter is uppercase) + ‘@’ + the last 6 digits of the student ID

         2. Example: Name: Muhammad Hijaz | Student ID: 2017123456 Password: Mu@123456

2. Current Students

1. Please click HERE.

2. Sign in to your account.

   1. Login ID: username@student.uitm.edu.my

      1. Username by default: Student ID

      2. Example: 2017123456@student.uitm.edu.my

   2. Password:

      1. Self-created password

      2. Default password: Passw0rd

b. E-attendance 2.0

E-attendance 2.0 is the next version, built on Microsoft Forms, with an enhanced design and all-in-one features. Users need to choose "Present" or "Absent (with reason)" and tick the ID with the name ONCE only. The attendance registration is INVALID if more than one entry is detected. E-attendance 2.0 will accept responses before the lesson begins. Due to unexpected circumstances, E-attendance 2.0 is now limited to instructor access.

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