Outlook 365 Fundamentals and Organization

This unit introduces foundational Microsoft Outlook 365 skills used for professional communication and organization in agribusiness, covering desktop, web, and mobile interfaces. Students will learn to configure accounts, organize email and folders, create contacts, calendar events, tasks, and use productivity features (merge templates, mailing labels, search) to prepare for advanced workflow and collaboration in subsequent units.

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate proficient navigation and customization of Outlook across desktop, web, and mobile interfaces, including signing in, switching ribbons, and modifying module settings
• Configure and manage email accounts and message organization tools, including folder systems, unified inbox, flagging, search folders, drag-and-drop filing, and message save/archive options
• Create and manage contacts, calendar events, tasks, and meetings in Outlook and integrate external calendars (e.g., Google Calendar) while viewing and manipulating date ranges and task folders
• Evaluate email provider and domain options and apply mail-merge, mailing label, and template functions to generate professional agribusiness communications and items created from messages