Outlook Live
Using Skydrive at LSBU
A guide for new students
New students who are attending courses at LSBU for the first time from September 2010
have access to Outlook Live (web-based email system), Skydrive (web-based file
storage), and Office Live (web-based versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
Skydrive gives you access to 25GB of online disk space to store files (50MB maximum
per file). This is in addition to the 100MB of storage space that you have on your I: Drive.
You can upload files to Skydrive and access them from anywhere with internet access.
You can also use online versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint to create and edit those
types of files.
Warning: Files on SkyDrive are not automatically backed up by ICT or Microsoft. If these files are deleted, they cannot be
recovered. It is the responsibility of the student to keep backups of important files on either their LSBU-supplied file storage (I: Drive)
or their personal USB sticks.
Getting into Skydrive, your LSBU
online storage space.
X
into Blackboard
X Log
Go to blackboard.lsbu.ac.uk, log in
using your LSBU username and
password and look for the Email
Services module. This has links to
Outlook Live, Skydrive and Office Live.
Choose Skydrive
NOTE: If you enrolled at LSBU before September
2010, you do not have access to Skydrive.
Time Use
Y First
If it is the first time that you have used
Y
Skydrive, you have to enter your birth
year, the country where you are, and
also to accept the usage agreement.
Skydrive screen will then appear.
Z The
Click on the ‘My Documents’ folder to
open it.
‘My Documents’ folder looks like
[ The
this.
List of things that
you can do with
Skydrive
[
Click on the ‘My
Documents’ folder
to open it
Z
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Outlook Live
Editing your Windows Live Profile
Your Windows Live profile contains information about you, including your name, your
picture and a list of your friends. You will want to edit some of this information-- especially
your name--because this is what will identify you to others with whom you choose to share
your documents. If you do not input a name in your profile, the information presented will
simply appear as a string of symbols.
Click on ‘More’,
then ‘SkyDrive’
Click on
‘Profile’
Click on ‘Edit details’ or
‘Details,’ on the left
Click on ‘Add
your name’
Type in your name
and then click
‘Save’
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Outlook Live
Things you can do with Skydrive
Creating a folder
This line tells you which
folder you are in. In this
case we are in a folder
called ‘My Notes’ inside of
the ‘My Documents’
folder.
X
Choose
New>Folder
Y
Z
Type a name,
and then click
the ‘Create
folder’ button
Browse to the
file to upload
Uploading Files without Silverlight
Y
X
Choose ‘Add
files’
Click ‘Upload’
Z
The ‘More’ menu
provides additional
options
File uploaded
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Edit the file using
online version
of Word
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Outlook Live
Uploading Files with Silverlight Installed
Choose ‘Add files’
You will be given the
option of dragging and
dropping a file from its
folder or selecting a
document conventionally,
by browsing to its location.
If you choose to ‘drag and
drop’ a file, it will appear
like this, once it has been
dropped onto the drop
box.
Otherwise, you can
browse to your file
in the conventional
method.
Once you click
‘Continue’ a list of
your documents in
this folder, along
with the folder’s
permissions will
appear.
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Outlook Live
Things you can do with Skydrive
Using MS Office online
Choose
New> ‘Word
Document’
Make up a file name
and click ‘Save’
Create your
document,
then click on
File> Save
and then
File> Close
The file is saved in
the Skydrive Folder
in which you started
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Outlook Live
Sharing Your Windows Live Documents with Others
Click on ‘File’ and
choose ‘Share’
X
Y
Z
X
Choose who you would like to
be able to access your
document
Y
Choose the level of access you
would like them to have
Z
If you would like your document
to be accessed only by certain
people, you can specify which
people from your contact list or
add someone new, here
[ [
Don’t forget
to save!
Important notes about sharing with Windows Live:
•
‘Friends’ that you allow access to your
document will be required to log in using a
Windows Live account
•
Only newly enrolled students from September
2010 onward will automatically be registered
for a Windows Live account, which will be
associated with their LSBU email
•
Anyone with an email address can register for a
Windows Live account. If your ‘Friend’ does not
already have a Windows Live account, they will
need to register. They will be offered this
opportunity when they see the login screen.
Specify the level of access for
each individual that will have
access to your document, here
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