Logging into OneDrive if the device does not automatically    To check that OneDrive is working properly please check in the bottom right of your screen that there is the blue OneDrive “cloud” and it has no symbols or colour changes. If it looks like the picture below that means your OneDrive is working correctly.    If the cloud is not clearly visible on the bottom right of you screen, please check inside the “show hidden icons arrow” left of the OneDrive cloud.   Next, a box will appear asking you to enter your email address associated with your OneDrive account and click "Sign in".   On the next page, enter your password. If you previously set up two-factor authentication for your Microsoft account, you might need to enter an extra code sent to your phone or email, too.   Follow the instructions to choose your OneDrive folder. If you were previously signed into OneDrive on this PC, you will have an existing OneDrive folder. Please click "Use this folder" instead.   There will be a message displaying to “Let your organisation manage this device”. Please press continue. An error may display but this is fine as the device will be enrolled.   You are then signed into OneDrive and you should be able to see your OneDrive folder inside of your file explorer as shown below.  

Go to My Apps (microsoft.com)  Click on OneDrive Once OneDrive has loaded, at the top of the page, click Upload and select Files or Folder Select the file or folder you would like to upload and click 'Open' The files and folders will now start uploading, with a progress report available in the top right hand corner.

The Onedrive app for mobile devices is avaliable on IOS and Android, one of the many benefits of the Onedrive mobile application is the convenience of accessing files at any time or any place. the only neccessity needed for the Onedrive mobile application is a stable WI-Fi connection.  The first step is downloading the application on your mobile device. The examples included in this Article will be using an Apple iphone running IOS. navigate to the App store on your device and search for 'Onedrive'  Onedrive should be the first option when searching for Onedrive in the App store. once the Onedrive application has been found please click the 'download' button located at the top right of the application page. Selecting this option will start the download process.  Once the Onedrive app has been downloaded an icon with the name 'Onedrive' will be visible on the home page of your mobile device, please select the Onedrive application to intiate the start up process.  Once the Onedrive application has loaded you will most likley be asked to sign in with your microsoft credentails, please enter your email and password for your Office 365 account. If you are not met with a log in page when you open the application there is most likley an account already set up on the device you are using, make sure to log out of any Microsoft personal accounts to access your work documents.  After you have entered your email address credentials you will be asked to enter the password associated with that email.  Once the log in credentails have been completed you may be asked to verify your account, a text message will be sent to your mobile device which you need to enter on the Onedrive application for the verification process to be complete, if you own the Microsoft verfication app this step will most likley not occur.  Once the sign in process has completed you may be asked to allow notifications for the Onedrive application, allowing notifications will create pop ups on your mobile device everytime something changes in your Onedrive whether that be in shared libraries or with your personal files. I recommend allowing Onedrive notifications.  The first screen that you will be met with after allowing or Not allowing notifications will include some personal files as well as the shared libraries that your account will be included in, this page is for easy access to all of the files neccessary. you can also search for a specific file name using the text box located at the top of the screen.  The next section of the Onedrive applicaition is personal files, this tab is useful for browsing personal files and searching for the correct file in only one library. you can add a file in the top right hand corner using the + sign.  The camera option in Onedrive is an amazing feature that allows images taken by your mobile devices camera to be stored into a Onedrive folder of your choice, this feature is easily accessabile and can be good for documenting a vareity of evidence for work based projects or other scenarios. The shared tab on the Onedrive applications shows all of the files that have been shared between you and other users, this option can be useful in finding a lost document that has been shared between peers, being able to searchj for specific files in this tab is also very helpful with Onedrive management.  The final tab included with the Onedrive mobile application is the libraries, this tab includes all of the libraries associated with your account, from this tab you can edit files on your shared libraries and view these files for inspection. there is also a option when opening all files from the Onedrive application to edit either through the Office 365 applications or third-party applications depending on the file type.  The final asepct of the Onedrive application is a few account options and Onedrive management options, these options can be viewed by selecting the account icon in the top left of the screen. from these options you can select different accounts, access recent files, access photos from your mobile device's library, use offline files, discover files made from the libraries that have been recently created, check the recycle bin for lost files or recover files that were accidently deleted. the settings option involves all of the microsoft account options and privacy settings and the help and feedback option include articles for common problems as well as any feedback to the Onedrive application to develop their products for the best optimisation.   

The OneDrive sync to your File Explorer application is a simple process that is effective in file management, if you would like a easier way to access your files on SharePoint & Teams then this article will show you step by step.  1. Navigate to the desired folder in the document library that you would like to synchronize, select the document or subfolder you wish to sync and click the sync button. The picture below shows what the "Sync" button looks like on teams, however the process is the same for syncing SharePoint.   SharePoint sync button shown in the picture below: 2. After the sync button has been clicked the system will begin syncing the files onto your File Explorer for when you open up the application the next time to access the files. You can check the process of the synchronization by clicking the blue cloud in the bottom right of the screen. 3. Once the synchronization process is complete the next time file explorer opens the files that have been chosen will appear under the 'SANDMAT' folder located on the left hand side of the file explorer application page.  4. You now can make changes to SharePoint/Teams documents from your File Explorer Change sync settings To change the folders that sync for a site, or to stop syncing all files on a site, follow these steps: 1. Select the blue OneDrive cloud icon in the Windows taskbar notification area. (You may need to select the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area for the OneDrive icon to appear. If the icon doesn't appear in the notification area, OneDrive might not be running.  Select Start, enter OneDrive in the search box, and then select OneDrive in the search results.)  Help & Settings > Settings. To see a list of all your syncing sites, select the Account tab. To change the folders that you're syncing, select Choose folders for that library, and then select the folders that you want to sync.  To stop syncing a site, select Stop sync next to the site. (Copies of the files remain on your computer. You can delete them if you want.)

As part of the migration into SAND Multi Academy Trust, your old H: Drive contents have been migrated to your SANDMAT OneDrive. You would have been able to access your H: Drive by going to "This PC", and then locating your H: Drive as below: OneDrive Benefits 1Terabyte (TB) = (1000 Gigabytes - GB) of space. Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection The ability to keep files downloaded on the device, when working offline (say on a train, or plane flight). Accessing your Onedrive can be done in two ways 1) Via WIndows Explorer (notice the clouds and green ticks, next to the files and folders). 2) Online from any computer, via a web browser at: https://www.office.com and signing in using your SANDMAT email address and password: (e.g. fred.bloggs@calton.sandmat.uk). The OneDrive Client Application A few important things to keep an eye on - make sure your OneDrive client is signed in and syncing correctly. This can be found at the bottom right hand corner of the screen, near the clock: The above screenshot shows good health. Any issues, please log an incident ticket with IT Support at ithelpdesk@sandmat.uk

Overview If you are struggling to view all folders and files in OneDrive on your Apple iPhone or iPad, you may need to sign out and sign in to the app to refresh it. Sign Out To sign out of the app follow these steps: 1. In the OneDrive app, tap on your profile picture in the top left hand corner 2. Tap on Settings 3. Tap on your account name 4. Tap Sign Out 5. Tap OK Signing In 6. Enter your email address (firstname.lastname@sandmat.uk or @yourschool.sandmat.uk) and then tap the arrow 7. Once you've signed in again, you should be able to view all folders and files that were previously missing or hidden from your view