Office 365 Overview

Office 365 is Microsoft Cloud Base SAS (Software As a Service) model.

Office 365. "Office 365" refers to subscription plans that include access to Office applications plus other productivity services that are enabled over the Internet (cloud services). Office 365 includes plans for use at home and for business. Learn about Office 365 for use at home. Office 365 plans for business include services such as Skype for Business web conferencing and Exchange Online hosted email for business, and additional online storage with OneDrive for Business.

Many Office 365 plans also include the desktop version of the latest Office applications, which users can install across multiple computers and devices. The fully installed applications include: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access. (Publisher and Access are available on PC only.) And you can install them across multiple devices, including PCs, Macs, Android tablets, Android phones, iPad, and iPhone. When you have an active Office 365 subscription that includes the desktop version of Office, you always have the most up-to-date version of the applications.

The Office 365 plans that are online-only are a great choice for certain business needs, and they are designed to work with the latest version of Office, Office 2013, and Office 2011 for Mac. Previous versions of Office, such as Office 2010 and Office 2007, may work with Office 365 with reduced functionality. Get more details about which Office versions are supported. NOTE: This compatibility with Office does not include the Exchange Online Kiosk or Office 365 Enterprise K1 plans.

All Office 365 plans are paid for on a subscription basis, monthly or annually.

Microsoft Office. "Microsoft Office” is the name we still use for our familiar productivity software. Office suites are available as a one-time purchase and include applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, which can be installed on only one PC or Mac. The applications are not automatically updated; to get the latest version, you can purchase the product again when the new version becomes available. The latest versions currently available for one-time purchase are Office 2016 for Windows and Office 2016 for Mac. These suites do not come with any of the cloud-based services included in Office 365.

Ref: https://products.office.com/en-us/business/microsoft-office-365-frequently-asked-questions

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is a computer program for multi-user collaboration and free form information gathering. It gathers users notes, drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. OneNote is available as a part of Microsoft Office and Windows 10. It is also available as a free standalone application for Windows, mac OS, Windows RT, Windows Phone, iOS and Android. A web-based version of OneNote is provided as part of OneDrive or Office Online and enables users to edit notes via a web browser.

OneNote for the students to organize your lesson plans, course contents and make important notes in your own digital notebook. Keep everything in a OneNote Class Notebook, and use its powerful search tool to find what you're looking for, even text in pictures or handwriting. School work includes a lot of information, and OneNote helps you, students capture it all, on all devices. With it, everyone can stay organized, share lessons, work together, and even spark their creativity. While inspiration can come from anywhere, it should all end up in OneNote. Your notebooks are saved automatically and can be viewed from any devices, online or offline.

It Make teachers’ jobs easier by giving them the tools they need to stay organized. In OneNote, they can organize their lesson plans and course content in searchable digital notebooks. Each has a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts, and a collaboration space for lessons and creative activities. And they can be viewed from any device, online or offline. Creating interesting lessons is easier than ever in OneNote Class Notebooks. Starting from their existing lesson plans, your teachers can add web content, videos, and audio recordings, for custom lessons that get their students’ attention. Your class notebook makes it easier to collect homework, quizzes, exams and handouts. Students go to the content library to get their assignments. They simply share the digital notebook, no more class handouts, to assign work. And students can highlight, annotate, sketch, take notes, and turn in their homework, all in the same notebook. In OneNote Class Notebook, students can ask for help, and teachers can give their support, directly in the student's private notebook. And the notebook’s collaboration space encourages students to work together as the teacher provides real-time coaching.

OneNote Provide a central place for administration with OneNote Staff Notebooks. Like OneNote Class Notebooks, they offer a personal workspace for every teacher and staff member, a content library for shared information, and a space where everyone can work together, all in one digital notebook. There your team can share lesson plans, capture meeting and classroom observation notes, find professional development opportunities, and more.