FREE Microsoft Office for Staff/Faculty

 

Microsoft Office ProPlus
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
 is a service that provides all active MSUB students, faculty, and staff a free license of the latest version of Microsoft Office. This license can be used on up to 5 PCs, 5 Macs, and 5 mobile devices simultaneously. Office 365 ProPlus will stay activated as long as you are actively employed at MSUB with an active email account. 


Instructions to download your free copy of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 



Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office 365
 is a cloud based email, calendaring, and collaboration platform that includes Office online apps. Benefits of Office 365 include:

  • Official MSU Billings email address.
  • Large Email Storage Capacity (50 GBs)
  • Outlook Web Access (OWA) accessible from any internet enabled device: 

Note: Log in using your MSUB email address (First.LastID@msubillings.edu) and the password you use when logging into campus computers or D2L.

If you need assistance finding your MSUB email address review the step by step MyInfo login instructions

  • Four Campus MSU Address Book and Calendaring System.
  • Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus (see above for more information).
  • Microsoft Office apps for iPhone and Android. 
  • Office Online Apps including Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint Online, OneNote Online and many more!


More information about Office 365 features

Log into your MSUB Office 365 account  


Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams provides collaboration through instant messaging, online meetings with audio and/or video conferencing, file sharing, whiteboarding and more!  Additional functionality of Microsoft Teams includes Microsoft Outlook calendar integration, screen sharing, breakout sessions, and recording capabilities. Microsoft Teams brings people together in one place whether they're across town or across the country. Microsoft Teams Meetings can run on a PC, Apple computer, iOS and Android. 


More Information about Microsoft Teams.


Box Logo

Box is a cloud based document storage, file-sharing, file/folder streaming, and collaboration platform with unlimited file storage! Box is a great tool for storing your documents, working on them, and sharing them with students, staff and faculty. Working with fellow faculty, staff, students or even external partners has never been simpler. Your data is accessible on and off campus from any internet connected device. PCs, Macs, iOS, and Android all support Box.


Log into your Box account

More information about Box


Webex Meetings

Webex Meetings provides on-demand collaboration through online meetings, phone conferencing and video conferencing.  Additional functionality of Webex Meetings includes Microsoft Outlook calendar integration, screen sharing, online chat, and recording capabilities. Webex Meetings brings people together in one place whether they're across town or across the country. Webex Meetings can run on a PC, Apple computer, iOS and Android. 

Log into your MSUB Webex Meetings account

More information about Webex Meetings


DocuSign

DocuSign is an electronic signature system that can be used to electronically sign and facilitate approvals and agreements from anywhere with an internet connection. Using DocuSign, you can quickly and securely access and sign documents, upload and send documents for others to sign, or send reminders and check the signing status of your documents. DocuSign helps to save time, paper, money, and errors by automating and digitizing the entire agreement process in a secure, electronic format.

More information about DocuSign 

 


Duo Logo

Duo is a two-factor authentication solution that helps our university boost security by verifying user identity, establishing device trust, and providing a secure connection to company networks and applications.


More information about Duo


Panopto
Panopto
is a video management platform that provides video recording, editing, streaming, sharing, and D2L integration. Videos can be recorded for classroom lectures, how-to and training videos, employee onboarding, or campus announcements while utilizing powerful search and captioning capabilities. Additionally, videos you already have can be uploaded into Panopto to gain access to the features of the platform. Panopto also provides powerful analytics and reporting so you can determine if someone has watched your video, how many times, and for how long.


More information about Panopto


LinkedIn Learning Logo

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) offers a large variety of self-paced training videos ranging from software applications to up-and-coming technology trends, business and leadership topics, as well as creativity topics and documentaries. The training topics are searchable by subject, software, or author and can be viewed on or off campus. LinkedIn Learning helps you to learn the details of your favorite software applications with easy to follow how to videos or shows you how to develop leadership or public speaking skills by providing tips from experts. The videos can be watched on demand when time allows from anywhere with a web browser and internet connection. 

More information about LinkedIn Learning


Activity Insight
Faculty Success
is an online information management system designed to organize and report on faculty teaching, research, and service activities while managing critical information for accreditation, annual reviews, promotion and tenure, and web profiles. Faculty Success eliminates the time-consuming and often tedious task of gathering and compiling data to build reports, saving our campus time and effort by eliminating the need to prepare activity reports manually.

More information about Faculty Success


Nvivo

NVivo is a qualitative data analysis software package. NVivo is used across a diverse range of fields, including social sciences such as anthropology, psychology, communication, sociology, as well as fields such as forensics, tourism, criminology and marketing. NVivo is intended to help users organize and analyze non-numerical or unstructured data. It helps qualitative researchers to organize, analyze and find insights in unstructured or qualitative data like interviews, open-ended survey responses, journal articles, social media and web content, where deep levels of analysis on small or large volumes of data are required.

Request access to Nvivo though the IT Service Desk.


Qualtrics Logo

 

Qualtrics is a web-based tool used to create surveys. It provides the necessary survey tools to create, distribute, and report on your results. The process of constructing surveys is easy. Qualtrics is provided at no cost for faculty and staff of MSU Billings.

More information about Qualtrics


Read&Write
Read & Write Gold
is a discreet, universally designed, and customizable toolbar that integrates reading, writing, studying, and research support tools with common applications (i.e. Word, Google Docs, IE, Chrome, Firefox, Adobe Reader) to foster confidence, independence, and success in academia.


More information about Read&Write


ZoomText

 

ZoomText is a magnification and screen reading software utilized by DSS and students with vision disabilities.

More information about ZoomText


Self-Service Password Reset Portal

 

The Self-Service Password Reset Portal allows you to reset your password, without having to contact IT, in case it has been forgotten or to unlock your account if you've locked yourself out. 

Important: You'll need to set up your profile before you can use the tool.

More information about the Self-Service Password Reset Portal