Office 365

All students at Manchester Met have access to the Office 365 suite of applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and more.

What's included with Office 365?

  • Click here to see the Office 365 apps available
      WindowsMacMobile device
    Wordfor word processing✓✓✓
    Excelfor spreadsheets✓✓✓
    PowerPointfor presentations✓✓✓
    Outlookfor email✓✓✓
    OneDrive

    for storing and sharing
    files

    		✓✓✓
    OneNotefor notetaking✓✓✓
    Teams

    for chat and video calls,
    collaboration and online learning

    		✓✓✓
    Publisher

    for producing brochures
    and leaflets

    		✓  
    Accessfor database management✓  

    In addition to these, you will also have access to other Office applications online. Please note that those additional apps:

    • are not currently supported by ISDS and the IT Helpline
    • may incur costs to the user for either licences or further functionality.

Ways to access Office 365

As a student you can use Office 365 apps in a web browser, or download them on up to 5 personal devices (including mobile devices).

Web browser: use Office 365 web apps

Use online versions of the Office 365 apps in a web browser:

  1. Go to office365.mmu.ac.uk.
  2. When prompted to log in, enter your username in the following format, and your university password:
Personal computer: install Office 365 apps

Download Office 365 apps on your own PC or Mac:

  1. Go to office365.mmu.ac.uk.
  2. When prompted to log in, enter your username in the following format, and your university password:
  3. Select the cog icon at the top right of the page
  4. Select Office 365 Settings > Software
  5. Choose the Download button
  6. Run the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions
  7. Stay connected to the internet and leave Office to install in the background. The time taken for the installation will depend on your internet connection. Please be patient and don’t log off or shutdown your computer before this process is complete
  8. When prompted to log in enter your MMU ID number and your network password in the same format as above.
Mobile device: download Office 365 mobile apps
  1. Go to your device’s app store
  2. Search for and download the apps. You can download the apps together under ‘Microsoft Office’, or individually.
  3. During installation, you’ll be prompted to enter an email address and password. Enter your username in the following format, and your university password:

Collaborating on projects: Office 365 groups

An Office 365 Group lets you choose a set of people to collaborate with on a project, and create a set of resources for you to share such as a document library, shared email inbox, and calendar.

Groups are only intended to exist for the lifecycle of a piece of work or project.

The sections below contain information on creating, managing, and accessing a group.

Create or access a Group
  1. Log into office365.mmu.ac.uk using your University ID in the format [email protected] and your University password
  2. Once you have logged in, there will be a side menu called ‘Groups’ with links to ‘Discover’ or ‘Create’ Groups.
Name your group
  • Choose a sensible name that is related to and summarises the function and purpose of the group. Certain words are blocked from being used in group names.
  • All groups created from 7th March 2019 will be prefixed with ‘grp-‘.
  • All groups created by students will automatically be suffixed with -STUDENT.
Group access and privacy
  • Office 365 Groups can be public or private and users outside the University can be invited to join a group.
  • Staff and Students can see who is a member of both public and private groups.
  • All groups are set to private by default. This means only approved members can see what’s inside the group.
Group ownership

An Office 365 group must have at least one owner. We would advise having two owners.

Responsibilities of an Office 365 Group Owner:

  • Adding and removing group members
  • Setting up the group and associated settings including sharing
  • Choosing a suitable name for the group
  • Deleting the group when it is no longer required
  • Respond to the group expiry emails.
Expiration of Office 365 Groups
  • The lifespan of an Office 365 Group is set to 6 months from the creation date. Group owners are notified 30 days, 15 days and 1 day before expiration and have the option to extend the lifespan of the group.