What is Microsoft Office 365?
Microsoft Office 365 is a collection of digital collaboration tools and students and teachers are eligible for a FREE version - all that is needed is a valid school email address.
There are some additional education paid plans, but the FREE 'Office 365 A1' plan comes with the following features:
You can compare the plans for education by visiting the following website:
https://products.office.com/en-us/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans
Here is what the main dashboard of the platform looks like:
Summary
Office 365 for Education is amazing - and I highly recommend it!
There is a wealth of support available to enable both staff and students to harness the awesome power of this platform within any educational institution.
Try it out today, head over to the following website and give it a whirl:
https://products.office.com/en-us/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans
Useful Resources
Teacher Resources
The Microsoft Educator Community has a wealth of free resources that will help you get the most out of Office 365
Student Resources
This site will help your students gain access to tutorials and reference material that will help them use the applications associated with Office 365. I would also point them to the Microsoft Educator Community as the resources on this site are excellent
Office 365 Training Centre
As the name suggests, this site has tutorials on the following applications: Outlook; OneDrive; Word; Excel; PowerPoint; OneNote; SharePoint; Microsoft Teams; Yammer; Access; Planner and Visio