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As part of your learning journey with us you'll be using Office 365. This is a Microsoft product that includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You can use it on any device, such as a laptop, phone, tablet etc (online version only for Chromebooks). This short course will support you to set up, access and verify Office 365, and give you an awareness of being safe online. It will also give you a brief overview of cloud storage, setting up a shared folder and saving your work.

You'll have completed a BKSB assessment on your own prior to enrolling on this course. The tutor may also check your current Office skills, depending on your planned course of study. These sessions are delivered face to face in a classroom.

If you've not been in a learning environment, or unsure which learning pathway is for you, then the Setting up Office 365 course will help you. You'll have chance to ask questions, meet our tutors and leave the course with dates for your next steps. 

This course will enable you to:

Use your digital skills to complete tasks related to work:

• Understand cloud-based storage and how it differs to local storage
• Navigate online learning environment and create a shared document/folder
• Access shared documents via an online platform (Teams for Education)
• Access and prepare your learning journal

Use your digital skills safely and responsibly 

• Understand an internet user policy and what could happen if this wasn’t followed
• Access a web-based learning platform (Teams) using a password and log out
• Change a pre-set password for an online platform to a more secure one
• Increase awareness of common scams and how to avoid

Agree a programme of study to improve your digital skills

• Discuss your BKSB outcome and focus on key areas as highlighted in the assessment. You can agree a learning plan for either Essential Digital Skills at entry 3 or level 1, or expanding your Digital Skills

Expand your essential digital skills so you access video communications

• Understand how to access the internet by connecting a device to a wifi connection
• Be able to navigate an online video platform (Teams for Education)
• Discuss compatible devices and internet access for online learning

You'll also develop the following skills for work:

• Work as part of a team, sharing ideas and motivating peers to complete a task
• Have a positive attitude to plan your own work and complete it effectively within a timeframe
• Be a good listener and follow instructions accurately
• Be able to adapt the way you work when conditions change or you need to switch to a different task quickly
• Be resilient and have the ability to stick with a task, even if things don’t go to plan, and learn from setbacks
• Literacy and numeracy skills will be supported throughout the course