Email & calendar (Office 365)

Email & Office 365

Your university email / Office 365 account is accessed via mail.chi.ac.uk or from the link on Moodle / Staff intranet.

The Office 365 suite includes the following services which can be accessed via the 'Apps' icon in the corner

• Outlook email

• OneDrive file storage

• Teams - communication and collaboration app combining persistent chat and video meetings

• OneNote - collaboration app for notes, drawings, screen clippings, and audio commentaries

• Office apps - including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Calendar

Your university calendar can be accessed from Office 365 via the 'Calendar' icon.
The 'People' icon allows you to add someone to your contacts list from the university directory.

Students will likely receive calendar invites to online lectures or webinars via technologies such as Microsoft Teams - in most cases this can be accessed via a browser without needing to install any software.

Timetables for students

Timetabled sessions for students will automatically appear in your Office 365 calendar.
Teaching timetables can also be accessed via links in Moodle or ChiView.

Mobile Outlook app 

Your university email and calendar can also be accessed via the Microsoft Outlook mobile app for iPhone, iPad and Android.
Once installed your mobile device can be setup to receive notifications for emails and calendar events via options within the app.
Note: don't use the built-in mobile apps to access your university email account e.g. iOS mail or Gmail app.

Microsoft Office for personal devices

You can install Microsoft Office on up to 5 personal devices.
If installing on Windows or Mac - this will be the full desktop version of Microsoft Office.