{"id":220,"date":"2023-01-02T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/how-to-get-microsoft-office-365\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:31:27","slug":"how-to-get-microsoft-office-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2023\/01\/02\/how-to-get-microsoft-office-365\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get Microsoft Office 365"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"220\" class=\"elementor elementor-220\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771d0642 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"771d0642\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208b8b53 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"208b8b53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728dcd49 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"728dcd49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For Austin Community College Students, Faculty, and Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f3b576 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53f3b576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3em;font-weight: bold;padding-bottom: 20\">Get Microsoft Office 365<\/h3><p>If you are a current student or employee of ACC, you can get free access to Microsoft Office 365 <em>(online\/web version)<\/em>.<\/p><h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3em;font-weight: bold;padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 20\">To set up an Office 365 account, follow these steps:<\/h3><ol><li>Get a Microsoft Office 365 account by clicking on the &#8220;Get Office 365 account&#8221; button below.<\/li><li>Follow the instructions in the link though step 9. (<em>Note: in step 3 of the instructions,<strong> select &#8220;I am a Teacher&#8221;, if you are Faculty or Staff)<\/strong><\/em><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3d5e30 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5d3d5e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/article\/office-365-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get Office 365 account<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b26eef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b26eef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3em;font-weight: bold;padding-bottom: 20\">If you need the desktop version of Office 365<\/h3>\n<span style=\"background-color: yellow;font-style: italic\">This option is only available for ACC employees who need it for their jobs, or for students who need it for a course.<\/span>\n\n<strong>AFTER setting up an Office 365 account, open a Help Desk ticket<\/strong> by clicking on either button below <em>(Student Affairs Help Desk or Faculty\/Staff Tech Support).<\/em>\n<ul>\n \t<li>In the ticket you will need to explain why the downloaded version is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd85e00 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cd85e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">If you are having technical issues, go here:<\/span><\/p><p><em>(Includes resetting passwords and sign-up difficulties)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5f9103 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f5f9103\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473ee699 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"473ee699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Student Affairs Help Desk<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2072304e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2072304e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Faculty\/Staff Technical Support<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21165188 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21165188\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe2663b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3fe2663b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-intro-img-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-intro-img-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-intro-img-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-intro-img-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-intro-img.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fb6409d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4fb6409d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d2af73 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"54d2af73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3381ffe4 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3381ffe4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15280a64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15280a64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1561e9e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1561e9e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step-by-step instructions:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3964f6de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3964f6de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">1. <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-0e9c595 );font-size: 1.666667rem;text-align: var(--text-align);background-color: var( --e-global-color-b4a3776 )\">Enter your ACC email address on <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-0e9c595 );font-size: 1.666667rem;font-style: inherit;text-align: var(--text-align);background-color: var( --e-global-color-b4a3776 )\">Microsoft&#8217;s Office 365 Education page<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-789b6d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"789b6d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Navigate in your browser to this link:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.microsoft.com\/signup?sku=Education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/signup.microsoft.com\/signup?sku=Education<\/a><\/p><p>Type in your ACC email address, then click on the &#8220;Sign up&#8221; button.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-570f6d4b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"570f6d4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2774d6e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2774d6e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step1-1024x555.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step1-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step1-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6903041c elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6903041c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ceb649 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28ceb649\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c72f2fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c72f2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">2.<\/span> Identify as a student<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-260ae733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"260ae733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Choose &#8220;I am a student&#8221; (even if you are ACC staff).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-533eae2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"533eae2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124e332 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"124e332\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step2-1-1024x555.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step2-1-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step2-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step2-1-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step2-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5a1233 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f5a1233\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26fc8f2c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26fc8f2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-535dfe89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"535dfe89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">3.<\/span> Create your MS Office 365 account<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc0e5a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bc0e5a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To create your account, enter your information in the form. You will be asked to go to your ACC email account to get your Verification code. Paste the code in this form, then click &#8220;Start.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b4456 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34b4456\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28bdd1f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28bdd1f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"865\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step3-1024x865.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step3-1024x865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step3-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step3-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-407f3122 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"407f3122\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ebe37b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43ebe37b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b257f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b257f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">4.<\/span> Confirmation of account setup<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bbb3d13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bbb3d13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After clicking &#8220;Start&#8221;, a popup will appear confirming your account setup and giving you the option to read several orientation slides. Click off the popup to close it and view your dashboard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19447e44 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19447e44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dbe0dfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6dbe0dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step4-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step4-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step4-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step4-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step4-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step4-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537bce39 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"537bce39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549bf699 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"549bf699\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4129d742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4129d742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">5.<\/span> Microsoft Office 365 dashboard\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722e5d00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"722e5d00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the Office 365 online dashboard, you can access apps (such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), and create and save files (such as documents, spreadsheets, and presentations).\u00a0<\/p><p>Any files you create will autosave in this online environment. You can also &#8220;save as&#8221; and download a copy to your computer. To access your files later, come back to the dashboard and click on the app you used to create your file. (<em>Stop here if you only want to use the online version of Office 365<\/em>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd7f0a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3bd7f0a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63bf4e52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63bf4e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-1024x699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4646595f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4646595f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-137ec637 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"137ec637\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c07afd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18c07afd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">6.<\/span>\u00a0Install Office 365 on your computer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbb6948 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbb6948\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>From the Office 365 dashboard, click on the &#8220;Install apps&#8221; button in the upper right corner.<\/li><li>Choose &#8220;Microsoft 365 apps&#8221; from the dropdown menu.<\/li><li>A popup will appear. Follow the prompts to install Microsoft Office 365 on your computer.<\/li><\/ol><p><em>Note: Downloading Microsoft 365 allows you to work anytime without an internet connection. However, you are only give the choice of downloading ALL the apps &#8211; make sure you have room on your computer to do this, as well as a stable internet connection while downloading. The downloading process can take 5 to 20 minutes, depending on the speed of your internet connection and your computer.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c204e35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c204e35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c8cf407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c8cf407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step6c-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-227\" alt=\"\" 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data-id=\"36520f8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2df317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f2df317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3em;font-weight: bold;padding-bottom: 20\"><strong>Take DFI Microcredentials to level up your digital fluency fast:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Bite-size<\/strong> (5 weeks or less)<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Online<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Competency-based<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Supported<\/strong> by a Digital Navigator and a dedicated DFI Student Support Specialist<\/li>\n\n \t<li><strong>Free<\/strong> to current ACC Students, Faculty, and Staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d9550b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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