Ithaca College

Is your digital life a mess? Are you losing sleep over your disorganized email with group projects? Learn more about Office 365 applications and how they can help you stay organized this semester!

As an Ithaca College student you have access to more than 15 Microsoft applications and can download Office 365 ProPlus applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneDrive, on up to 5 devices for free! Visit apps.ithaca.edu and click on the Office 365 Portal to check out the variety of applications available to you.

Here are some featured applications to help you stay organized with your digital content!

• OneDrive – manage your personal files, with automatic backup, version history, and the ability to access and share files anywhere, anytime
• OneNote – organize your class notes in one central application and use search to easily find content
• Planner – create plans for a project or event, set deadlines and assign tasks to members of a group
• Teams – chat and collaborate with peers on a group project; share documents, collaborate on files in real-time, have threaded conversations, host remote meetings and more (learn more about Microsoft Teams below)
• To-Do – create personal to-do lists, track deadlines, and manage your flagged email

Explore additional Office applications:

• Excel – create spreadsheets, model and analyze data, and explore pivot tables
• Forms – create quick surveys, quizzes, and polls
• PowerPoint – enhance your presentations with PowerPoint Designer
• Sway – create engaging, interactive presentations to share your story
• Word – edit and collaborate on shared documents

Microsoft Teams

Teams is a communication and collaboration platform that brings together Office 365 applications and third-party tools into one space, making it easy for a group of people to work together in real-time around a topic or project. Teams includes chat, audio and video conversation and collaboration, file sharing, the ability to host virtual meetings, and more.

Please visit our IT Service Catalog to request a team.

Office 365 Accessibility

There are a variety of accessibility features and resources available through Microsoft Office 365. Here are some featured resources and items to explore.

• Microsoft Accessibility Overview
• Microsoft Learning Tools Availability
• Accessible templates for Office
• Helpful links for Microsoft's inclusive classroom experiences
• Download the Microsoft Translator app and translate real-time conversations, menus and street signs, documents and more!

Create a document in Word Online and experiment with a few of these tools today!

• Home tab – use Dictate to convert speech into text
• Review tab – use Translate to translate your text into a different language
• View tab – use Learning Tools to hear your document read aloud, translate your text into another language, improve focus using line focus, and much more

More Information

Contact the Business Productivity team to learn more about Office 365 applications and how it can enhance your team, unit or department.

Please contact the IT Service Desk at 607-274-1000 or servicedesk@ithaca.edu with any questions or concerns, or to request additional information.