My Apps & Digital Tools

Technology provides great opportunities for making learning more effective for everyone with different needs, and during your course you will be expected to use a range of online Tools and Apps.

Creating and sharing your work online, improving motivation and productivity, collaborating with your tutors and fellow students, maintaining proper online etiquette, all of these are important skills you will develop which will enhance your employability.

This page covers the Apps you will be expected to use, and you will receive further direction from your tutor.

NB All of these are available via your college account and you do NOT have to pay for any of them.

TIP We would suggest downloading the Apps to your devices in preparation for when you receive details of your unique Username and password.

Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-based service that you can access from any device with an internet connection. Using your college email account allows you free access to all of these Microsoft tools:

• Microsoft Office 365

• Microsoft Outlook (your student email)

• Microsoft OneDrive (your free online storage drive)

• Microsoft Teams

• Word

• Powerpoint

• Excel

• Forms

TIP Remember, you will need to sign in using your college email account, for example

dc00123467@student.don.ac.uk (Doncaster College)

00148743@student.northlindsey.ac.uk (North Lindsey College)

From your college email account you have free online access to all of these Google tools, and you can also download the App versions to your mobile devices:

• Google Drive (unlimited online cloud storage - save files, images, videos)

• Google Docs

• Google Slides

• Google Sheets

• Google Forms

• Google Sites (available online but not available as an App)

You may already have a personal Google account especially if you have an Android phone. However you also have access to a college Google account which includes free unlimited cloud storage with Google Drive , Docs and other Google Apps.

TIP Use your Student Email details to login to your Google account, for example dc40012345@student.don.ac.uk together with your password.