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ContentTeach from your OneDrive files, right on the whiteboard.
For teachers and tutors who work in Microsoft 365. Pick a Word or PowerPoint file from Microsoft OneDrive inside the classroom. Pencil Spaces turns it into PDF pages on the whiteboard, ready for you and your students to write on together.
In a Space? Open the Apps panel and search for OneDrive.
OneDrivePick a fileChoose a file
Personal, or work or school account
English · WorksheetAbout Microsoft OneDrive
Your Word and PowerPoint files, on the whiteboard.
Microsoft OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage, connected to Word, PowerPoint and the rest of Microsoft 365. Schools and businesses run it through Microsoft 365, and anyone can use it with a personal Microsoft account.
“Keep your files, photos, and videos automatically backed up and available on all your devices.”
How Microsoft describes OneDrive, at microsoft.com
2 kinds
of account: personal, and work or school
5 GB
free, or 1 TB with Microsoft 365 Personal
Every device
files backed up and available everywhere
What OneDrive does
OneDrive handles
handles
Microsoft and OneDrive are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Figures and quote as published by Microsoft at microsoft.com.
What opens
Pick a file, get a board you can write on.
The whiteboard gets a PDF copy, so your original in OneDrive stays exactly as it was.
Word
PDF pages to write on
Worksheets, reading passages and notes, ready to annotate together.
PowerPoint
PDF pages, or a presentation
Write on each slide as a PDF page, or present the deck on the whiteboard with the PowerPoint Presentation app.
How to use it
On the board in three steps.
There’s nothing for an admin to set up. Each teacher signs in with their own Microsoft account.
Open the Apps panel.
In your Space, open the Apps panel, then search for OneDrive and select it.
Sign in to Microsoft.
Choose your account type, sign in, and select Yes to stay signed in.
Pick your file.
Browse to a Word or PowerPoint file and click Select. It lands on the board as a PDF.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Which files can I import?
Word and PowerPoint files, which are converted to PDF.
Can I use my work or school account?
Yes. When you sign in, choose whether you’re using a personal or a work or school Microsoft account.
Does it stay in sync with OneDrive?
No. The board gets a PDF copy of the file. If you change the original, import it again.
Can I show a PowerPoint as slides?
Yes. The PowerPoint Presentation app presents OneDrive decks on the whiteboard.
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In any Space, open the Apps panel and search for OneDrive.
