Office 365 Education for Students is included with tuition and fees and is available to current MACC students, faculty, and staff as part of MACC’s Microsoft Office campus agreement. This account is associated with the school and is available for student and employee personal or academic use.
You can use the plan until you are no longer employed or enrolled at MACC. User eligibility may be re-verified by Microsoft at any time. At expiration, the Office applications enter a reduced-functionality mode, which means documents may be viewed but it is not possible to edit or create new document. In addition to online services associated with the school email address, for example Office, Online and OneDrive, will no longer work. Office 365 Education for Students is licensed for use only by the eligible student or employee at a qualifying school.
Important Notes: This account is associated with your MACC Student email account and is fully activated one you are enrolled in your first semester.
What Does it Include?
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive (latest versions)
- 1TB of OneDrive storage
- Installation on up to five PCs or Macs, and Office apps on other mobile devices including Windows tablets and iPad
- Users can edit and collaborate using Office Online, Teams, Yammer, and SharePoint sites
Getting Started
Expand the tabs below or download the Office 365 Guide for Students for directions to help you get started with your new account. If you do not know your login credentials or have questions about your account, then contact MACC’s Help Desk (HelpDesk@macc.edu or (660) 263- 4100 ext. 11555)
How to access MACC Email (Outlook)
- Click the appropriate MACC Email link in myMACC
- Enter your MACC email address. Students’ email addresses are their student ID@mail.macc.edu (e.g. 123456@mail.macc.edu)
- Enter your MACC password (same as Canvas or myMACC)
- Click the Outlook icon
How to get MACC Email (Outlook) on a mobile device
Microsoft offers a robust, mobile friendly app available for Android and IOS devices.
- Go to your App Store and download Microsoft Outlook.
- Follow the prompts to set up the app
- Login with your MACC email address and MACC password (same as Canvas or myMACC)
How to download the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
Warning: If you already have Microsoft Office installed, do not download the Office 365 version until after you uninstall the other versions (including trial versions).
- Log into our MACC email or Office.com with your MACC credentials on the computer where you want to download Microsoft Office.
- Open the “Install Office” menu (top right) on your dashboard, select the appropriate option and follow the prompts to complete the download process.
Mac Users: If you are troubleshooting Office, you may also need to remove previous Office License files from your MAC.
Use Office 365 in Canvas
Below are students frequently asked questions (FAQs) about using Office 365 in Canvas.
- How do I upload a file from Microsoft Office 365 as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a cloud assignment with Microsoft Office 365?
- How do I view my Microsoft Office 365 files in Canvas as a student?
- How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
Faculty and Staff can find tutorials and self-help resources in the Office 365 training course in Canvas.
Need Help with Office 365 and Canvas? Email or call MACC’s Instructional Technology department.
Use Turnitin in Office 365
Turnitin’s Draft Coach is integrated into MACC’s Office 365 Education account. It gives students and faculty access to Turnitin Tools while drafting assignments in Microsoft Word online. Full Reports can also be downloaded and shared in Canvas.
- Sign into your MACC Office 365 account
- Navigate to Microsoft Word (online)
- Create or open a Word document
- In the Word menu bar, select Insert, then Add-ins
- In the Add-ins screen, select Admin Managed, then Turnitin Draft Coach
- The Turnitin Draft Coach panel will appear on the right-side of your document
- Sign into your MACC Office 365 account
- Navigate to Microsoft Word (online)
- Create or open a Word document
- Make sure Home is selected on the menu bar
- Then select Turnitin. Draft Coach is listed as an option beneath the menu bar.
- Select Draft Coach. The Turnitin Draft Coach panel will appear on the right-side of your document
- What Turnitin tools are in Draft Coach? Similarity Check, Citation Check, Grammar Guide
- How can I run a Similarity Check? Up to 3 similarity reports can be run on a draft
- How can I run a Citation Check?
- How can I use the Grammar Guide?
- How to view the full report?