{"id":9818,"date":"2025-02-14T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/?p=9818"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:46:50","slug":"a-quick-guide-to-microsoft-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/2025\/02\/14\/a-quick-guide-to-microsoft-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick guide To Microsoft To Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WHAT IS THE MICROSOFT TO DO APP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We can all benefit from being organized. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by day-to-day tasks in your personal life, forget your grocery list, or miss a friend’s birthday when you’re disorganized. In your professional life, being organized is crucial if you want to stay on top of your workload and hit those important deadlines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft To Do is a cloud-based app for task management. You can use it as a daily planner or professional task manager, with the ability to set reminders and assign tasks to other users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CREATING LISTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Create a list, or several, to help group and manage your tasks.

Tap on New list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Enter your list name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Change the colour theme by tapping on the coloured dot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Choose a picture backgroud by tapping Photo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Tap Create List.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    You can modify your list such as renaming it, deleting it, or changing the theme, by tapping on the three-dot menu icon in the top-right of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    SHARE LISTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    You can invite others to collaborate on your lists and assign tasks to individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    1. Tap on the people icon at the top of the screen to share your list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Then, tap Invite Via to bring up a list of contacts to share with, or apps to share via.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Tap on your chosen contact or app for your preferred sharing option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      SYNC WITH PLANNER<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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      In Assigned to you, you’ll see a list of all the same Planner assignments you see in the Planner Assigned to me list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      MANAGE LISTS & TASKS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      You can use the home screen to view and manage your tasks. Here you will find My Day, your important tasks, your planned tasks, and assigned tasks.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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      You can group your lists for additional organization. This is useful if you’re using Microsoft To Do for both your personal and professional life. By creating a group for each set of lists, it’s easier to differentiate between work and personal tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      MY DAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      My day lets you to add tasks from multiple lists to a single view to help you prioritise and focus on the right tasks for the day<\/strong>.

      At the end of the day, the list resets, letting you add tasks that weren’t finished or new tasks for the next day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      SYNC WITH OUTLOOK<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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      In Outlook for the web, Microsoft To Do is easily accessible for you to track your tasks, and keep yourself focused on what’s important to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Turn on your Flagged email<\/strong> and Assigned to me<\/strong> lists to get emails you flagged show as tasks and for Planner tasks to show as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      DOWNLOAD ON THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      ACCELERATE LEARNING WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS; FIND ADDITIONAL QUICK GUIDES TO GET STARTED<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      Download the QuIck Guide PDF here<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      WHAT IS THE MICROSOFT TO DO APP? We can all benefit from being organized. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by day-to-day tasks in your personal life, forget your grocery list, or miss a friend’s birthday when you’re disorganized. In your professional life, being organized is crucial if you want to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":9824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,305],"tags":[315],"class_list":["post-9818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-365","category-quick-guides","tag-to-do"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9818"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10273,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9818\/revisions\/10273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}