Office 365 in Dufferin-Peel
Last Update: May 13, 2016
Using Office 365 allows:
- Students to access documents created at school
- Students to store files in the cloud
- Students to collaborate with classmates on the same project
- Students to exchange files with their teacher
Login to Office 365 at School:
Or go to: https://fs.dpcdsb.org
Log in to Office 365 from home.
Students sign in with their 9 digit student IDs in the user name field.
- Elementary student passwords in Dufferin-Peel normally match their student ID
- Secondary students normally change their passwords
- Staff in both panels can reset student passwords using the Student Management tool
Students can then access the following online tools:
Word
Power Point
Excel
Calendar
Cloud Storage
One Note
More....
Students have a Dufferin-Peel email: They use their 9 digit student ID # -
Teachers can collaborate with students and manage student learning.
Create a new group for your class.
Name the group & select privacy features.
Input student names to create a class group.
Sending attachments to a group:
People icon
My Groups
Home "Waffle" Icon
Create a Class Notebook
OneNote's Class Notebook allows true collaboration between teachers and students
More information here:
- Create a class
- Add students
- Upload resources to your Collaboration Space, or Content Library
Students can create presentations in Sway
- Students access Sway through Office 365 or at https://sway.com/
- Another kind of presentation tool
- Adding media content is easy
- https://sway.com/x1ATqaNOpMbom7fm
- http://emastersl.blogspot.ca/2015/04/5-ways-teachers-and-students-can-use.html
- Visit below, and open in a new tab to see the Sway
Use of Yammer in Education
Yammer is a private social network for staff or student use.
Office 365 Training Videos
Logging into One Drive on school iPads
- On school iPads, the One Drive app can be installed through DP Apps.
- Logging in to One Drive normally uses the following protocol:
- 9digitStudentID@educ.dpcdsb.org
- Then log in normally to the DPCloud site
Problems?
If a student profile seems corrupted or if you cannot add a student to a group, an ICT HEAT ticket explaining the issue is appropriate.
Joseph Marquis
I-SERT
Dufferin-Peel CDSB
Email: joseph.marquis@dpcdsb.org
Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada
Twitter: @jmarquisdpcdsb