In order to simplify/speed up accessing and editing your files from home, please be reminded that whilst you are a member of staff or a student at Runshaw you do have your own OneDrive account. You are able to access this without using a Remote Desktop session. Here are some key points:
- Files saved to OneDrive are accessible both in college and at home
- OneDrive has a built in editor (when accessed via the web version) so Word, Excel etc look almost identical to the fully installed version (the files also autosave):
- This is particularly useful if you have had issues installing the Microsoft Office suite on your device
- To edit using the in-built editor simply click on the file within your OneDrive web and it will open within your web browser
- You can save files to OneDrive:
- Directly from within MS Office applications whilst on-site, simply click File, Save As and select OneDrive:
- Or drag existing files into the OneDrive folder or onto OneDrive web
- Click on the Upload button within OneDrive web and browse to the desired files
- Method of access:
- From home using the web version via the ‘My Runshaw’ page on the college website (your login details from home are the same as for Teams, Outlook and email; studentid@student.runshaw.ac.uk and your usual password
- From within college (or at home using a college laptop) using the web version via the ‘My Runshaw’ page on the college website (on-site you shouldn’t have to enter your login credentials, it should log you straight in) as above (but we advise you use the in-built web editor in this case for editing existing files) or via the folder option within “Explorer” - If you are a member of staff you will need to sync OneDrive to set up the folders (select Sync from top menu when on web version)
If you are logged in on Remote Access, or on a PC in college, it would be worthwhile copying your files and folders onto OneDrive and make this your primary source of data storage moving forward.