Once you have signed into the portal, you have the option to use several different apps. You may have noticed or added apps such as Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. These are a few of the Microsoft Program apps that are accessible from your Student Portal and linked to your Office 365 account. When you create and edit documents using the online programs, they are saved to OneDrive and accessible centrally at OneDrive.com.
If you do not see the icons for these apps in your GCU Portal, you may need to manually add them to your My Apps section. For instructions on how to add apps, check out Navigating the GCU Portal.
If you have not already signed into Office 365, you may be prompted to sign in when you select the app you want to use from the GCU Portal. Alternatively, you can access the online programs at portal.office.com.
Be sure to sign in with the same credentials you signed into the portal with and select Work or school account if you receive a prompt.
Rather than going to an individual program that only shows recent documents, OneDrive automatically saves your files and makes re-accessing them much more manageable.
If you haven’t already, add the OneDrive app to your app dashboard by Customizing Your Apps and select it to navigate to the OneDrive homepage.
You will be directed to your main page and you can select your file or upload files to edit from here. For more details about utilizing or accessing documents in OneDrive, please see the OneDrive option below.
Navigating the Applications
Please select and click on one of the Microsoft Application icons below for further details about using Microsoft Online through the Portal: