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Essentials for Educators and Skills Development Facilitators
Microsoft Teams for Education is a powerful platform that allows you to communicate, collaborate, and more with students and staff. Instructor Stephen demonstrates how to get started and customize your account settings, then teaches you how to create a class. Stephen shows you how to choose from several different types of teams and customize class settings. Learn how to add students, teachers, channels, and tabs to a class. Discover how to integrate hundreds of educational apps. Explore ways to use Teams to improve communication. Stephen explains how to use the conversations feature and the chat feature. Next, observe ways to manage student communication. Video meetings are essential tools, and Stephen walks you through how to join, start, schedule, and record a meeting in Teams. Learn tips for sharing files and resources with your class, then see how to create and share assignments and quizzes.
By attending this ICL training course, delegates will be able to:
Tried and tested methods with tips on how to avoid potential problems
Be ready to teach with Teams in just 90 minutes
Delivery strategies, breakout rooms, collaboration activities, adding websites and using the files tab to differentiate learning experiences
Adding Class notebook, using Class notebook, the whiteboard, mind mapping quizzes, polls and group work
Interactive - Handouts are available to download enabling you to try the different features of Teams for yourself after the video lectures
Presenter-taught training in a computer lab
Online training via the platform Zoom or MS Teams
Basic computer skills and web browser experience are required. No prior Teams or OneNote experience is needed.
Additional information
Please bring a USB flash drive to class if you would like to make a copy of your work or any relevant class materials. Alternatively, you can save these to a cloud storage space or email them to your personal email address.
Software
Recommended operating system: Windows or Mac
Recommended software for PC: MS Teams
Recommended software for Mac OS: MS Teams
Recommended browser: Chrome
This class is for any facilitator or teacher preparing for remote instruction with the Office 365 license.
Teams for Education
Introduction
Navigating
Organizing
Chatting
Profile Settings
Joining/Creating a Team
Managing a Team
Viewing Teams
Meeting with Your Team or Class
Starting a Meeting
Adding New Meeting
Inviting Individuals
Inviting a Channel
Changing Roles During a Meeting
Assignments
View Upcoming Assignments
Add Resources
Assign to Classes or Individuals
Edit Due Dates, Close Date and Assignment Schedule
Adding a Grading Rubric
Class or Group Teams
Adding Channels
Opening Class Notebook
Opening Assignments and Grades
Adding Tabs
Sharing Files
Starting a Discussion
Getting Started with OneNote
Overview
Personal Notes, Class Notes and Collaboration
Staff Meeting Notes, Brainstorming, and Classroom
Observations
OneNote Class and Staff Notebook
A teacher's all-in-one notebook for students
Preparing Instructional Materials
Collaborating with Students
Collaborate with colleagues or staff
Sharing Information