The move to home learning can be a tough one but one bonus is that parents can forget about the battle to get their children off the PS4 or X-Box as they can both be used to access Office 365 and their schoolwork.

Both these games machines can be used to access all those school time favourites: school emails, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.

Just follow the simple steps below:

To access Office 365 on your X-Box One:

  1. Plug in a keyboard via the USB slot. (this can be wireless or wired, wired keyboards can be found for as little as £8.20 on Amazon).
  2. Go to My Games and Apps.
  3. Find Microsoft Edge and select it.
  4. Type in Office 365 and log in as you would in school.
  5. You can access your work as well as use key packages such as:
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Teams
  • Your email
  1. To move the cursor you can use the gamepad or plug in a USB mouse.

To access Office 365 on PS4 you:

  1. Go to the PlayStation browser icon (it is WWW with dots around it)
  2. Press the PlayStation logo on your controller
  3. Go to library and find options for games and applications
  4. Go into applications and you will find the internet browser
  5. Type in Office 365 and log in like you would at school
  6. You can access:
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Teams
  • Your email

 

Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “With home learning we need to be as creative as possible and these routes provide a solution. There is also a great Dad joke here about telling your child to get on their Playstation for the school day… and then steer them to their Teams link on their email.”