The SkyDrive is a Live@edu collaboration tool that allows for both document storage and sharing in the cloud. As a reminder, the SkyDrive can be accessed via http://skydrive.live.com or http://office.live.com. For easier navigation, use the ‘More’ drop-down list in the webmail collaboration toolbar to access the SkyDrive. The SkyDrive provides each KDE employee, teacher, staff member, and student in the state with 25 GB of free, password-protected online storage. This allows you the freedom to share large files and other documents as your work requires.
While the SkyDrive can certainly be used to upload your existing desktop files to the cloud for storage, the SkyDrive works hand-in-hand with the Office Live Web Apps to create documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & OneNote) directly in the cloud. Think of the Live Web Apps as the tools you’ll use to create documents in the cloud and the SkyDrive as the place you’ll store and share them. The Live Web Apps are accessed in the collaboration toolbar by selecting the ‘Office’ drop-down list. To learn about the SkyDrive and its functionality, please see the three video links below.
The first video link below is an introduction to SkyDrive
http://tiny.cc/SkyDrive_Introduction
Next, the following video will walk you through adding documents and files to your SkyDrive.
http://tiny.cc/SkyDrive_Add_Docs
Finally, the following video will walk you through sharing folders and documents with other people via SkyDrive.
http://tiny.cc/SkyDrive_Sharing
For assistance with SkyDrive, please refer to the online help and FAQ found here.
To provide feedback or submit a technical topic/question you’d like to see addressed, please send e-mails to Matt.Jury@education.ky.gov.
Published 9/10/2010