Office365 is a collection of applications (e.g. Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.), available to both staff and students. For details please check Digital Technology Services page.
Benefits:
- Sharing can be limited to individual, group (module) or institutional access
- A variety of apps and platforms for interactivity
- Inherits login information to keep track of collaborators or users with a link
- Interacts with majority of everyday university recommended software
- Available for PC and Mac
- Accessible anywhere via Office.com (require University of Reading Login)
- OneDrive allow quick sharing of work for collaboration or dissemination
- Teams allows for collaborative working in real-time with video, chat & filesharing
- Accessibility features can be used when creating content to ensure Digital accessibility
Considerations and limitations:
- Blackboard Learn remain the main application for Teaching and Learning
- Huge availability of applications can make it hard to learn functionality or choose the correct tool
Copyright information and liabilities when creating content
Please check
- Copyright – What do I need to know – by Library team
- Copyright FAQs – by Information Management and Policy Services (IMPS) team
Guide last updated on May 13, 2026