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Microsoft Planner is a simple way to organize teamwork and manage tasks.\u00a0 With Planner, you can bring teams, tasks, documents, and conversations together in one place. Use Planner to create a project plan, assign tasks to a team of individuals, and update the status of your tasks.<\/p>\n
In Planner, each project can be organized visually with a plan board. Using the board, you can organize tasks into buckets, categorize tasks based on their status, and easily drag and drop tasks between columns.<\/p>\n
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Microsoft Planner is available to all faculty, staff, and students.<\/p>\n
For more information, see the Planner FAQ below.<\/p>\n
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If you don’t have a UVic Office 365 account yet, login with your NetLink ID and passphrase to onlineservices.uvic.ca\u00a0<\/a>and sign up for Office 365.<\/p>\n Once you have signed up for your UVic Office 365 account, login to portal.office.com<\/a> with your NetLinkID@uvic.ca and passphrase and click Planner.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How to create a plan” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n See Microsoft’s create a plan in Planner<\/a> documentation.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How to manage tasks” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”on”]<\/p>\n See Microsoft\u2019s manage tasks in Planner documentation<\/a> for information on how to add tasks to a plan, create multiple tasks, manage task start and due dates, comment on a task, and add an attachment to a task.<\/p>\n After adding tasks, you can sort them into buckets<\/strong>. See Microsoft’s create buckets documentation<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How to view plan and get updates” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Every plan in Planner has a board and charts to track progress. You will also automatically receive email notifications when tasks are assigned to you and when they’re due. See\u00a0Microsoft’s view plan and get updates in Planner<\/a> documentation for more information.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How to add people to your plan” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n See Microsoft’s add people to your plan documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n After you have added people to your plan, you can assign them to tasks. See Microsoft’s documentation on assigning people to tasks<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How to use Planner in Microsoft Teams” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n You can add Planner tabs to a team channel to work on your plan from within Teams and get Planner notifications in Teams. See Microsoft’s documentation on how to use Planner in Microsoft Teams<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#16284c” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row module_id=”streamfaq” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_accordion_item title=”What is Microsoft Planner?” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Microsoft Planner is a task management solution that groups can use to manage their work and associated tasks visually and openly with the rest of the team. With Planner, specific tasks can be itemized in a project and assigned with deadlines to individuals.[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How do I get Microsoft Planner?” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Login with your UVic NetLink ID to onlineservices.uvic.ca<\/a> to sign up for a UVic Office 365 account. Access Planner through the Office 365 portal or add it to your Teams account.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”I’m a student. Can I use Microsoft Planner?” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Yes.\u00a0Access Planner through the Office 365 portal or add it to your Teams account.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Why should I use Planner instead of another task managing application?” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Microsoft Planner is included with your UVic Microsoft 365 account and easily integrates into Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Will Microsoft Planner work on mobile devices?” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Microsoft Planner is available on mobile web browsers with full functionality across iOS and Android. In addition, there are Microsoft Planner iOS and Android apps you can download.<\/p>\nPlanner FAQ<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n