Shifting to Remote Learning with Office 365 Education for Free
Updated: Jan 30
Have you ever heard of Office 365 Education? It is a bunch of useful services offered by Microsoft that allows educators and students to manage their schoolwork collaboratively. Through the use of those familiar apps and the access of files updated in real-time, it lets you access and work at any time, anywhere, from any device. Office 365 Education also brings knowledge, skills, and communication together for students in a classroom that employers value the most.
Exploring Office 365 Education Solutions
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 for students to stay engaged while remote. It is a hub to connect with peers and lecturers, video chat, complete assignments, access apps, and much more in one highly secure location. For educators, it allows you to create classes and groups accessible from your favourite devices. You can easily collaborate in real-time without boundaries and worries about loss of data and formatting issues.
Getting Started Solutions
1. Sign Up
The good news is: 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. Among the useful services includes Office Online (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and 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:
New Students
Please click HERE.
Sign in to your account.
Login ID: username@student.uitm.edu.my
Username by default: Student ID
Example: 2017123456@student.uitm.edu.my
Password:
Self-created password
Default password
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
Example: Name: Muhammad Hijaz | Student ID: 2017123456 Password: Mu@123456
Current Students
Please click HERE.
Sign in to your account.
Login ID: username@student.uitm.edu.my
Username by default: Student ID
Example: 2017123456@student.uitm.edu.my
Password:
Self-created password
Default password: Passw0rd
2. E-attendance 2.0
E-attendance 2.0 is the next version of E-attendance built on Microsoft Form with 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 beginning of the lesson. Due to unexpected circumstances, E-attendance 2.0 is now limited for instructor access. To access E-attendance 2.0, please click HERE.
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