Benefits & Expectations

Microsoft Teams
For Students
- Access stored & shared team files for collaborative group projects
- Communicate with student peers & faculty through group chats or private messaging
- Create Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents in Teams files to share with individuals within the Teams channel
For Faculty/Staff
- Schedule office hours and meetings with students
- Communicate with students or colleagues through private or group messaging

Outlook
For Students
- Send meeting requests and view schedule with a shared Outlook calendar presence across M365 platforms
- Collaborate with peers by sending shared & linked documents from other M365 platforms
- Access to UCF student & faculty email directory
For Faculty/Staff
- Access to UCF student & faculty email directory
- Send meeting requests, create appointments/office hours and view schedule with Outlook calendar

OneDrive
For Students
- Upload files directly from OneDrive to Canvas
- Changes within OneDrive are automatically saved once an internet connection is detected
- Access to shared content across Microsoft365
For Faculty/Staff
- Users can share content at a file or folder level to students and colleagues

Sharepoint
For Students
- All shared users can update documents that will be automatically saved for all shared users
- Collaborative content management tool to facilitate group learning
For Faculty/Staff
- Group collaboration capabilities for shared classroom learning

Webcourses/Canvas
For Students
- Students can collaborate on Canvas by scheduling & joining Teams meetings and sharing content through OneDrive, SharePoint, Outlook and Teams
- Student Canvas calendar will be integrated with Teams/Outlook calendar
For Faculty/Staff
- Faculty can create a shared notebook in OneNote that links to canvas course for collaborative shared learning
- Schedule Teams meetings and share content through OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams

Zoom
For Students
- Logging into Zoom will only require your NID and NID Password in Fall 2023
- Simplified user experience with the opportunity to operate with multiple accounts at once (coming Fall 2023)
For Faculty/Staff
- Simplified user experience with the opportunity to operate with multiple accounts at once (coming Fall 2023)
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