Microsoft Office 365

Office 365 is a collection of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools developed by Microsoft. All ECC faculty, staff, and students have access to an Office 365 account.

Office 365 provides services to ECC that can help you to:

Store and share files in the cloud
Search and find content quickly
Collaborate in real-time with other Office 365 users

What Office 365 features are included in this offering?

Access to online editors for Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Access to Teams collaboration platform
OneDrive storage up to 1TB
Download desktop versions of Office on up to 5 personal devices

Training Materials for Office 365

Office 365 Training Center

Microsoft Office 365 Instructions

instructions on how to access office 365 — In your web browser of choice, navigate to http://office365.elgin.edu. Then enter your student email address. (jdoe1234@student.elgin.edu) and click next. If prompted, select Work or school account on the next screen. Next, enter your password and press sign in. Then click next on the help us protect your account page. Click I want to use a different authenticator app. At this time, you will need to install Duo Mobile on your phone via the App store.

instructions on how to access office 365 — Once installed, launch the Duo Mobile application on your phone and click + or + add in the upper right-hand corner. Click "Use QR code" on the next page within the Duo Mobile application. Scan the QR code on your computer screen using the camera on your phone.

instructions on how to access office 365 — Your phone should now show the added Microsoft account with a six-digit passcode. On the computer enter the passcode from the Duo Mobile app and click next. On the next page click Done. On the Stay signed in page click either Yes. If on a personal device or No if on a shared device. Then on the Microsoft sign-in page log in again using your student email address. Type in your student email password.

instructions on how to access office 365 — All available Microsoft Office 365 applications will be on the left sidebar and can be used within your browser. You can also choose to install the applications on your local computer. Click install office in the upper right-hand corner. Click Office 365 apps and then launch the OfficeSetup.exe from your downloads folder. Follow the prompts.