Microsoft Office Trainings Resource Guide
The following self-guided resources cover common applications in the Office 365 suite and can be accessed at any time by members of the Northeastern community.
Outlook:
Use business-class email through a rich and familiar Outlook experience you can access from your desktop or web browser.
Calendar:
Schedule and share meeting and event times, and automatically get reminders.
People:
Organize your contact info for all your friends, family, colleagues, and acquaintances in once place. It’s faster than ever to keep in touch.
OneDrive:
Store your files in one place, share them with others, and get to them from any device connected to the internet.
Word:
Bring out your best writing. Going from a blank page to a beautiful document is easier than ever.
Excel:
Do more with the tool you already know. Discover and connect to data, model and analyze it, and visualize insights.
PPT:
Take your presentation to the next level. Design like a professional.
OneNote:
Capture notes by typing, drawing, or writing. OneNote lets you organize and reuse your notes across all of your devices.
SharePoint:
Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and seamlessly collaborate across the organization.
Teams:
The customizable chat-based team workspace in Office 365.
Sway:
Create and share engaging interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more. Sways does the design for you.
Forms:
Create Surveys, quizzes, and polls in minutes. Send them to anyone and easily see results in real time.
Power BI:
Create actionable, dynamic, and engaging data dashboards to share with the rest of the University.
Stream:
Share videos of classes, meetings, presentations, training sessions, or other videos with other members of the Northeastern Community.
Planner:
Create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get progress updates with Planner.
PowerApps:
Build Mobile and web apps with the data your organization already uses.
PowerAutomate (Flow):
Create Workflows between your apps, files, and data to automate time-consuming tasks so you can focus on what’s next.
Tasks:
Create and manage tasks in Outlook.
To-Do:
Manage, prioritize, and complete the most important things you need to achieve every day.
Bookings:
Online appointment scheduling for your small business. Your customers schedule appointments through bookings and automatically get confirmations, reminders, updates, and cancellation notices.
Dynamics 365:
Breakdown the silos between your business process and applications with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Kaizala:
A secure messaging and work management application that lets you collaborate with others in and outside of your organization.
Whiteboard:
Ideate and collaborate on a freeform canvas designed for pen, touch, and keyboard.
MyAnalytics:
Create better work habits. MyAnalytics shows you how you spend your time at work with insights into your meetings, email, and focus hours.
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Yammer:
Post on group discussion boards, discover conversations, and send private messages.
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Class Notebook:
Organize your lesson plans and course content in your own digital notebook. Create a workspace where you can give each student personalized feedback.
Staff Notebook:
Collaborate with faculty and staff to share notes, policies, procedures, deadlines, and calendars.
Project:
Develop project plans, assign tasks, track progress, and manage budgets while staying on schedule.