My establishment is an early childhood centre and I have access to a GLOW account which gives me access to OneDrive. I find it very useful to have in order to upload large files to send to staff, particularly with us working at home due to COVID-19.
It has also been useful to have to be able to share things with parents, for example, our transition project, Bookbug sessions and our Graduation videos were uploaded onto the OneDrive as they were larger files and parents were able to access them by downloading the Microsoft Office 365 package onto their devices. I was able to make the files password protected so only the parents or staff could access them and I was able to set them up so I could see who was accessing them and when they were being accessed.
In terms of advice to our service users, I made them aware of what the file was and where it was stored. I also advised them they may have issues if they didn't download the Microsoft Office package. I advised them everything was password protected and sent the password to a separate source i.e. my text through our SEEMiS system so the password wasn't in the same correspondence as the file.
Personally I have found the OneDrive useful for storing my college and university work in case my PEN drive becomes corrupt or gets lost so I know I have a copy I can access online.
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