Online Learning – Guide for Parents

Use this checklist to help your children do their schoolwork and homework online

Set up their Device

All apps are available on the Android and Apple App Store. Office 365 can also be used on a laptop (www.office.com)

Open the app / visit the web address on your browser.
Enter e-mail address. (Year of entry to the school, Full name @grangepps.ie)
e.g. 20samplestudent@grangepps.ie
Enter password – Students have been issued passwords in computer class.
If your child does not know their password, they can ask their tutor, who will assist them.

Microsoft Teams is our online classroom.
Different teachers use it in different ways. Some will post assignments, others will post a schedule of work so your child can keep up if they need to stay home for any reason, and others use it for notes or quizzes.
It is important that your child familiarises themselves with Microsoft Teams, as it will be used for online lessons in the event of any further school closures.
We also hope to use it for information nights for parents.
Helpful tutorials on using Teams can be found on YouTube.

Office Lens is like a scanner in your pocket that allows you to scan and share classroom handouts and notes into OneDrive and your camera roll.
Scan your homework from your copy and easily upload it to an assignment.
Scan the teacher’s handouts and annotate them in Word.
Take a picture of the whiteboard or blackboard to reference later, even when offline.

Helpful tutorials on using Teams can be found on YouTube using Office Lens

OneDrive is an internet-based storage system (cloud-based) which links into Office 365.
It allows students to access their files through different devices.