for CCRI Students

About Office 365 In partnership with Microsoft, CCRI now offers Office 365, a suite of online services, to all active CCRI students. The Office 365 suite includes: Email, Calendar, Contacts Office Web Apps

Email, Calendar, Contacts All CCRI students receive an official email address (username@my.ccri.edu) to which all college-based communications will be sent. The feature-rich email system includes: Easily manage your email with 25 GB mailboxes, and send emails up to 25 MB in size. Work from almost anywhere with automatically updated email, calendar, and contacts across the devices you use most, including PCs, Macintosh computers, iPhones, Android phones, BlackBerry Smartphones, Microsoft Windows Mobile, and Windows Phones. Connect with all of the rich functionality of Microsoft Outlook 2013, 2010 or 2007, whether you’re online at home or school or working offline.

Email, Calendar, Contacts Access your email, calendar, and contacts from nearly any web browser while keeping the Outlook experience with Outlook Web App. Use your existing domain name to create customized email addresses powered by Exchange Online. Schedule meetings by sharing calendars and viewing them side by side, seeing availability and suggested meeting times. Protect yourself from spam and viruses with Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange, which includes multiple filters and virus-scanning engines.

A few things will not change… Your email address will not change The webmail login will not change, but will direct you to a new page. Please DO NOT bookmark the page where you log in, only the starting link: https://outlook.com/my.ccri.edu

A few things will change… Access via mobile device or email application will need reconfiguration. Mobile Phone Setup Email Set Up Rules Setup instructions for other mail clients, including mobile devices, can be found at Microsoft’s: Learn About E-Mail on a Mobile Phone page Password changes inside web mail will not work. You must use CCRI’s Self-Service Password Management web page: https://live.ccri.edu/smop/ In May 2013, student email accounts were migrated to Office 365. New students (starting Summer 2013) will use Office 365 only.

A few things will change… Your old Live@EDU email account (ex. username@my.ccri.edu) becomes your personal email account. This account is used to access your SkyDrive files and other Microsoft services like Messenger. If you have documents on your SkyDrive on the Live@EDU system you will still be able to access them by going to https://skydrive.live.com/ The password for this account cannot be reset by the CCRI IT Service Desk should you forget it. If you need help with your account, please go to: http://support.microsoft.com/?ln=en-us .

Browser friendly. They work with Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. Allow you to use web browsers to create, view, and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files online. Convenient, online companions to desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, offering an easy way to access, view, and edit documents directly from your web browser. Simultaneously edit files with other students in real time, and see exactly who is editing and viewing your documents. Access and view files from your mobile device.

Office 365 Accessibility Microsoft Office Web Apps allow you to access and edit files online in your web browser. Office Web Apps include a number of accessibility features. Office Web Apps provide screen reader support, keyboard accessibility, and high contrast modes.

Office 365 Accessibility How does Office 365 conform with Section 508; part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973? Listed below are some great resources that you can reference on this: First of all, there is a section on Microsoft's website dedicated to the many aspects of accessible computing: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/ This site includes: Accessibility in Microsoft Products Demos of Accessibility in Windows 8 Accessibility Tutorials for Microsoft Products Blog: Accessibility in Office 365 for education

Documentation Email and Calendars Mobile Setup FAQs Outlook 2010 Create a Contact Group Search a Folder Enable Email Tracking Set Global Address List as Default Managing Junk Folder Outlook 2011 (MAC) Setup a Mail Rule Microsoft's Help Microsoft's How to... Sky Drive

Frequently Asked Questions General FAQs O365 Email How to get your Office 365 email

HELP From Microsoft From CCRI's IT Service Desk Help for O365 Web App Office 365 Answers Getting Started With Office 365 Basic Tasks in Outlook 2010 All Office 365 Products From CCRI's IT Service Desk Located on Knight Campus, Suite 2113 Website: http://www.ccri.edu/it/helpdesk/ Tel: 401-825-1112 E-mail: itsd@ccri.edu