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Microsoft Live@edu

1. What is Live@edu?

Microsoft Live@edu is an exciting new service that Florida State College at Jacksonville is proud to offer to its students. With Live@edu, students will have access to a variety of powerful organizational tools and a robust new method of communicating with their professors, family and friends. Here's a brief overview of what’s available:

Microsoft Outlook Live:

  • Get a robust e-mail account
  • 10 GB inbox, 20 MB attachments
  • Optimized Outlook experience
  • Integrated Directory with faculty/staff on Exchange

Windows Live SkyDrive:

  • Store documents online that can be accessed from any computer and share with
  • others
  • 25 GB password-protected online storage
  • Create private, shared and public folders
  • Store your documents online and access from other computers

Windows Live Spaces:

  • Set up a space for group projects, campus clubs, or personal pages
  • Link to documents stored on your SkyDrive
  • Share your space with the world or with those you select from your contact list
  • Create blogs
  • Group discussions
  • Variety of themes to choose from

Windows Live Alerts:

  • Receive SMS alerts on your mobile phone
  • E-mail, IM, and mobile alerts for ­students
  • Campus announcement alerts
  • General info alerts, ­breaking news, weather information, sports scores and more
  • Custom alerts to select members of the campus community

Groups on Windows Live:

  • Connect and collaborate online
  • Start a group conversation
  • Keep track of important dates

Windows Live Messenger:

  • Chat using the world's #1 IM client
  • Group chat with up to 15 others
  • Look at photos together, right in the conversation window
  • Show off your personal style with custom scenes, animated display, pictures, and signature sounds
  • Search Encarta Online
  • Using Sharing Folders, share documents too large to send as attachments
  • Send SMS message from Messenger interface Mobile

Mobile:

  • Live@edu services are accessible via mobile phones
  • Windows Live Spaces, Hotmail, Messenger are WAP-enabled
  • Receive e-mail on mobile phone through POP3
  • Windows Live for Mobile allows push e-mail to Nokia and Windows Mobile phones.

2. Why are we using Live@edu?

Live@edu enhances productivity by granting students a wide variety of tools to enhance their time at Florida State College at Jacksonville. A few of the features of Live@edu are a 25GB online storage space for students called “Windows Live SkyDrive”, support for all popular browsers on both Windows and Mac and stronger security for online communication. By partnering with Live@edu, the College can offer its students a safe, reliable and feature-rich Web experience while they continue along their path of higher education.

3. How do I get started?

Visit Connections and check your unread e-mail messages. Once you agree to the Terms of Service, you’re ready to go!