Go to www.portal.office.com and sign in with your Purple Pass (s1234567@niagara.edu)
In the top right, click install apps and select the Microsoft 365 Apps to download.
After running the Office Set Up, you can find these products in the search bar next to the Windows icon. You can type in Office, Microsoft, or a specific application such as Word or Excel.
If you are on a Mac, check the Launchpad, Spotlight, or Finder applications to locate your Microsoft Products.
The video below shows the whole process on downloading and accessing the applications in less than a minute.
Think of the Microsoft 365 App as the equivalent of Google Drive where you can digitally store your files and share them with others (sharing on a desktop or phone app is virtually the same).
Improve your notetaking skills or simply organize your life by learning a little about Microsoft OneNote. You can make it seem like a physical notebook by adding Rule Lines in the View Tab
These videos should educate you on all you need to know, but as a heads up, they're some differences between the Desktop Application and the Online Version.