By default your OneDrive is set to US English and timezone. These defaults also cause Office Online to use US defaults such as MM/DD/YY date format and spelling.
Use the instructions in the guide to help you set these to your preferred values.
OneDrive for Business is a cloud storage service that allows you to store, edit, share and collaborate on your files and documents. It is a fully integrated part of Office 365, which means you can access, edit, and save your Office files all without having to download them to your computer. OneDrive for Business lets you share and collaborate on work with students and staff, people external to the University, simply and securely.
Download staff and student step by step training guide
For more details and to book a place see the Introduction to OneDrive for Business course page.
I am an academic who often works on documents both at home and at work, and collaboratively with colleagues both within PU and at other institutes. I prefer to have a single up-to-date copy of each file rather than various copies spread around in my email, network drive, pen drives and my laptop hard drive.
With OneDrive for Business, you can manage all your files in one place, access them from almost any internet-enabled device and control who can see and edit them. You can even see previous versions and track changes made by different contributors.
I am a University student who is working on a group assignment with fellow students
I can create a Word document using Office Online and share it with the other students in my group. We can work collaboratively together on the document and see comments and updates. It also allows us to work on the document in real time and see each others edits as they happen. If we need to discuss any updates and changes we can start a Skype for Business instant messaging conversation from within the document.
OneDrive
for Business is a fully supported storage solution which removes the need to
have personal Google Drive or Dropbox accounts for your files. OneDrive
can be integrated with your computer as a sync folder so that files appear
just as with any other folder, and you can open and edit files stored in
OneDrive directly from your Office suite programmes.
OneDrive for Business can be accessed directly from your browser at onedrive.plymouth.ac.uk, and files can be saved to OneDrive for Business from Office 2016 programs.
You can also access it from the University portal portal.plymouth.ac.uk by clicking on the OneDrive tile.
You can also install the OneDrive sync client to help manage your files directly from your computer.
With the free mobile apps, you can access your files through nearly any connected device, such as
smartphones and tablets.
On University staff computers you can install the desktop sync client from Software Centre (PC) or the App Store (Mac).
Your files are available from nearly anywhere. You can manage your files from any computer with the internet, and grant access to colleagues and even associates at other institutes, to view and edit files with you.
OneDrive for Business is an enterprise service from Microsoft, so they protect any data we entrust with them. You use your Plymouth University login to access OneDrive for Business, rather than your own google or dropbox one. All data is stored in European servers and is subject to EU data security laws and regulations, such as EU Safe Harbour and EU Model Clauses.
Read more about Compliance. (The University has an Education E1 licence)
When naming your Files and Folders, we recommend no more than 170 characters from the start of your first Folder to the end of the final Filename. We also recommend not including any spaces in your File or Folder names as these take up unnecessary characters.
There are also a number of special characters that cannot be used in Filenames and Folders.
These videos have been created to support the Introduction to OneDrive for Business guide. Use the guide and videos to help get the most out of your OneDrive. The information covered is the same as in the OneDrive for Business training session.
Creating and uploading files and folders
Help and guidance on naming, organising and storing your filesOnline help and guidance
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