Online Courses for Teachers

Introduction to Microsoft Office 365 Education

(Grades K-12) / Flex Course

PDI Course Number: 109T02 / UCSD Course Number: EDUC40406

Course Description

Does your school use Microsoft Office 365 Education? Are you looking for ways to integrate Office 365 apps in the classroom to improve teaching and learning? This online course for teachers is designed to help educators master the Microsoft apps that are part of Office 365 Education. Teachers will be introduced to the basics of each app, as well as specific ways each app can be used to enhance teaching, learning, and student collaboration. The course begins with an introduction to the general interface of the Office 365 apps. From there, teachers take a deep dive into how the apps can be used within an educational context to enhance teaching and learning of content curriculum. In addition to the most common Microsoft apps such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, additional apps covered in detail within the course include Office Online, OneDrive, OneNote, OneNote Class Notebook, Forms, Whiteboard, Sway for digital storytelling, Stream, Teams, SharePoint, and Lens for digitizing documents. Teachers will also learn how to use Microsoft Learning Tools to help students achieve greater success in the classroom. By the end of this continuing education course, teachers will feel more confident in their quest to integrate Microsoft Office 365 Education apps into their own teaching practices. This online professional development course is worth 3 ⅓ semester units/5 quarter units (50 hours of training) from University of California San Diego (UCSD) Division of Extended Studies. For detailed information on receiving university credit for your PDI professional development course, visit our credit page.

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I enjoyed this class and learned several things on Microsoft 365 and how to use it better during my classes throughout the day. - Kim Dever