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Overview for K-12

Overview for K-12. Barbara Chung bchung@microsoft.com Live@edu Solution Specialist. Live@edu Agenda. Quick look at the Live@edu Apps Scenarios. Free Applications for K-12 Schools: Communication and Collaboration. For students, faculty and staff, and parents!.

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Overview for K-12

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  1. Overview for K-12 Barbara Chung bchung@microsoft.com Live@edu Solution Specialist

  2. Live@edu Agenda • Quick look at the Live@edu Apps • Scenarios

  3. Free Applications for K-12 Schools:Communication and Collaboration For students, faculty and staff, and parents! • Hosted messaging with Microsoft Outlook Live • Online storage and collaboration with Microsoft Office Live Workspace

  4. Microsoft Outlook Live Up to 6 custom links here • You choose the domain: mjones@myschool.edu • 10 GB inbox • 20 MB attachments • School Branding and Links

  5. Anytime, Anywhere Access Access from your choice of client: • Outlook Web Access or OWA Lite • Locally-installed Microsoft Outlook • Mobile devices—from ActiveSync to text forwarding

  6. Office Live Workspaces

  7. Webware 100 winner: Microsoft Office Live Workspace | Webware100 - CNET http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-10237668-29.html?tag=mncol;txt

  8. 21st Century Technology Challenges • Time Management • Team Collaboration • Enterprise skills for the workplace or university

  9. Rich Messaging Made Easy!

  10. Publish Groups in the Global Address Book for easy group communications: • Teachers can own/manage groups • Students can request membership to clubs • Rules can be set to organize class-related messages

  11. Forward SchoolNotifications to phone text Flow incoming messages into the appropriate class folder

  12. Rich Messaging Made Easy! Search, sort and filter messages!

  13. Improved Reading Pane/Threaded Messages

  14. Time Management with Calendars

  15. A Simpler Console is Also Available!

  16. Keep Classwork Organized

  17. Submit Homework Electronically

  18. Integrate with Office* * For Office 2007, Office 2003, Office 2008 for Mac

  19. Collaborate over the Internet • Share with up to 15 users at a time • ANY application running locally • Integrated group chat tool • All users can be given edit rights

  20. Value to Teachers • Use the same tools as students • Easy Communications and Scheduling: after-school meetings, sports practice, parent-teacher meetings • Post class calendars for project due dates and exams • Integration with Microsoft Outlook offersoffline access to data

  21. Share Course Information Shows up under “Shared With Me” when you share it out to student

  22. Collaborate on Student Homework

  23. Value beyond the classroom • Team DLs and Recurring Appointments for Practice

  24. Value to Parents • No more crumpled papers from backpacks • Easy access to child’s study /exam schedule each evening when teachers share class workspaces • No worry about child safety travelling to work on group projects at night/weekends • Feeling of engagement with child's education, better support for school program

  25. Value to The School District • World-class messaging and collaboration – free! • Frees school IT to concentrate on developing the value of technology to education • Integrates with on-premise Exchange for Faculty/Staff

  26. Value to School District Build community with messaging services for parents • Send parental consent forms • “Your child was not in class today” • Snow day notifications • Publish school/class calendars • Publish homework assignments and exam dates

  27. Security • Anti-Spam/Anti-Malware Filtering is built-in • Client connections are encrypted end-to-end

  28. No requirement to put private information in Outlook Live • Individual accounts can be de-listed from Global Address List • NO scanning of email content for user profiling!

  29. Live@edu Support • Free of charge to the organization • Online trouble-ticketing application • 24x7 phone based support

  30. Next Steps: Set up your Test/Pilot Domain It’s easy to get started at http://microsoft.com/liveatedu You will need: • a domain name for your email • the ability to change a DNS record for that domain (to prove ownership) • Get.liveatedu.com

  31. Next Steps: We are here to help! We can help you through: 1. Understanding the setup process 2. Scenarios for testing 3. Accessing online communities 4. Other questions you may have

  32. Great Resources for Information • Live@edu Blog: http://Liveatedu.spaces.live.com • Discussion Groups • http://K12Live.groups.live.com • http://Live@edu.groups.live.com • Follow Live@edu for K-12 on Twitter: http://twitter.com/k12liveatedu • Help.outlook.com (what you can do with Outlook Live)

  33. Extras…

  34. Live@edu brings you DreamSpark • Students download Microsoft Developer Tools for free with their Live@edu credentials • Includes Student Pass for IT Academy Training

  35. Questions?

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