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IT Services for Student Information

Students at QMUL can download the Microsoft Office Suite free. You can install it on up to five personal devices.

Office 365 includes the latest versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, Outlook and One Drive plus others.

MS Word

With Word you can:

  • Create a document from scratch or from a template .
  • Add text, images, art, and videos.
  • Research a topic and find credible sources.
  • Access your documents from a computer, tablet, or phone via OneDrive.
  • Share your documents and collaborate with others.
  • Track and review changes.

Getting Started with MS Word

Link to the MS Word support page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/word

MS Outlook - Emails and Calendar 

With Outlook you can:

  • See everything you need to manage your day in one view.
  • Easily stay on top of emails, calendars, contacts, and to-do lists—at home or on the go.
  • Help keep your sentences concise and polished with suggestions as you write, plus intelligent spelling and grammar checks
  • Quickly send, edit, or read a document on the go. Use Word, Excel, or PowerPoint from your inbox, and securely link to your OneDrive files.

Getting Started with MS Outlook

For more training on MS Outlook: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/outlook 

Advice and Guidance for Using Email at QMUL

Here are some simple rules to help keep you on the right track when sending email:

  • Take care that you address the email correctly
  • Do not use email for the creation or transmission of any material:
    • that is offensive, obscene or indecent
    • with the intent to defraud
    • that is defamatory, harassing, threatening, discriminatory or illegal
    • that infringes the copyright of another person
  • Do not send unsolicited bulk, commercial or advertising material to others (spam)
  • Do not allow anyone else to send email from your account (you will be held liable for any email or activity from your account) and do not send email purporting to come from someone else   
  • Do not tell or email anyone your password - IT Services staff will never ask you for your password
  • Do not open attachments from unknown sources - always virus scan a document received as an attachment in an email before opening it
  • Do not send confidential or restricted information in plain text (unencrypted) email.

 

QMUL Policies can be found here: Policies

MS Excel - Create and Analyse Data

With Excel you can:

  • Organize, analyse, and visualize your data
  • Excel updates calculations and charts with one simple click, making sharing and collaboration easy

Getting Started with MS Excel

For more training on MS Excel: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/excel 

MS Planner - Planning and Time Management

With Planner you can:

  • Manage your tasks, to-do lists, plans, and projects across Microsoft 365 apps in one place online.
  • Stay on top of your daily tasks with a view that helps you focus on what needs to get done today.
  • Get to your work faster with simple navigation, including three main views: My Day, My Tasks, and My Plans.

Getting Started with MS Planner

For more training on MS Planner: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/planner 

MS PowerPoint - Create Presentations

With PowerPoint you can:

  • Generate a presentation outline instantly 
  • Choose from thousands of customizable templates to kickstart your slideshow.
  • Write or draw directly onto your presentation and automatically convert to text or shapes.
  • Present your slides with pre-recorded video using the Cameo feature.
  • Easily share with anyone and work together in real time
  • Invite someone into the conversation with comments and @mentions someone to invite them into the conversation.

Getting Started with MS PowerPoint

For more training on MS PowerPoint: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/powerpoint

MS OneDrive - Cloud Storage

With OneDrive you can:

  • Back up your important files, photos, apps, and settings so they're available no matter what happens to your device.
  • Changes you make to your files are updated across all your devices and are even accessible offline.

Getting Started with MS OneDrive

For more training on MS OneDrive: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/onedrive

MS SharePoint - Share files and collaborate 

With SharePoint you can:

  • Easily build beautiful, engaging sites that enable real-time collaboration, seamless communication.
  • Draft content and build pages directly in SharePoint 
  • Protect against ransomware attacks and accidental deletions with fast recovery, designed for business continuity and scalability.

Getting Started with MS SharePoint

For more training on MS SharePoint: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/powerpoint

MS Teams

With Teams you can:

  • Video call and chat with anyone, anytime
  • Join online learning activities, such as seminars and conferences
  • Share meeting links
  • Share your screen and video/sound
  • Turn on live captions

For more information on how to use Teams the Technology Enhanced Learning Team (TELT) have a number of useful resources: Technology Enhanced Learning Team

Getting Started with MS Teams

For more training on MS Teams: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/teams 

MS OneNote

With OneNote you can:

  • Capture ideas, organize projects, and keep everything in one place—accessible across all your devices.
  • Combine the power of digital ink with the natural feel of a pen to help you sketch out your inspirations.
  • Share and collaborate
  • Voice transcription makes it easier than ever to efficiently capture your notes, focus on what’s important, and review your content later.
  • Use OneNote to take lecture notes and organise your revision

 

Getting Started with MS OneNote

For more training on MS OneNote: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/onenote 

Contact IT Services

For more help and to raise a ticket, please click on the link below

IT Services

Legal and Policy Statement

ACCESS

Access to any data, program or other information on Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) systems must be authorised by QMUL. It is a criminal offence to obtain unauthorised access or make unauthorised modifications to this computer system. QMUL may refer any unauthorised access to appropriate authorities. Unauthorised users may be subject to CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND/OR CIVIL ACTION AND/OR QMUL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.

USE

Users Must NOT process, publish, create, store, download, distribute or transmit material or data that is:

  • Prohibited by UK Law
  • Discriminatory or defamatory
  • Harassing or threatening
  • Derogatory to any individual or group
  • Obscene or pornographic
  • Engaged in any purpose that is illegal or contrary to QMUL policy or business interests
  • Likely to bring QMUL into disrepute

MONITORING and CYBER SECURITY

Queen Mary University of London monitors and protects its IT Systems for the purposes of Operational Integrity, Policy Enforcement and Crime Prevention. Network traffic that poses a risk to any system connected to the network may be blocked.

For more information on useful topics

Technology Enhanced Learning Team

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