This week in class i learned about the usage of Office 365,Office online,yammer,Onedrive and OneNote that is used in the 21st century learning. This session was taught by a teacher ambassador who goes to school and university to give speeches about the tools that can be applied in the teaching and learning process. These are the tools introduced during the session.
Office 365
Office 365 is a subscription plans that include access to various office application an other services over the Internet that enable by the application(Windowscentral.com, 2016) . Moreover,, this application is very beneficial to students and teacher because they can access it at any time and place. Next , students can communicate with their teacher regarding any problem or submit assignment. Furthermore, subscribes do not have to pay additional for the upgrading(Moran, 2015)
More information about office 365:
Office online
Office online is a web-version off few office apps. This application is used in PC,Mac or even computers without paying. Moreover , this application lacks few features. However , it is not a big issue because users are able to use the application for free(prokaza and prokaza,2017)
More information about office online :
Yammer
Yammer enable their users to communicate, share files and work in groups. Next , yammer is mainly used in business platform because it is a type of social network such as the suppliers and customers to communicate with the company. Moreover , it allows the user to create groups that is relevant to specific people only. Next, users can create collaboratively pages and the admin has the rights to set the settings to official or read only.(Chacos, 2017)
More information about yammer:
OneDrive
OneDrive is a service that host files in the ‘’cloud’’ available to users of Microsoft account. It offers the users to store or share any type of files. Next, users can open directly from the browser. OneDrive can be used from many types of computers and devices. For example,computers, tablets and x box consoles.(Digital Citizen, 2017)
More information about OneDrive:
Sway
Sway is a tool created for presentation. This too conveys concepts quickly and clearly. Whereas PowerPoint is mostly used to present data on screen rather than audience. Sway presentation are usually backed up to the cloud storage and can be shared or embedded in websites.(Robarts, 2015)
More information about sway:
Onenote and class notebook
OneNote allows their users such as students to have their own work space, content library,collaboration space and create activities. It is a type of digital notebook at allows student to organise their notes. Moreover ,the content is saved automatically and can be viewed with or without the internet. Next , students can do their homework or exam with OneNote(Onenote.com, 2017).
More information about OneNote:
For students:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkhgr86zx7k
references
Chacos, B. (2017). What the Heck Is Yammer?. PCWorld. Available at:
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Digital Citizen. (2017). Simple questions: What is OneDrive? | Digital
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moran, m. (2015). Available at:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-10-benefits-microsoft-office-365-
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Onenote.com. (2017). OneNote Class Notebook. Available at:
https://www.onenote.com/classnotebook
Prokaza, J. and Prokaza, J. (2017). Microsoft Office: Why are there so
many different versions and do you really need to pay for it?.
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Available at:
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Robarts, S. (2015). What is Microsoft Sway?. Newatlas.com.
Available at:
http://newatlas.com/microsoft-sway-introduction/38833/
Windowscentral.com. (2016). What is Microsoft Office 365? | Windows
Central. Available at:
http://www.windowscentral.com/what-microsoft-office-365
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