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Hi All, We are in phase 1 of Teams Only adoption/migration plan, and as we were looking at the different personas, we came across this specific need from the L&D team where they would like to lev...
- Hi Tanya,
Thanks for sharing. I am really into Teams for Education.
There is currently a user voice open with Microsoft to introduce the raise hand feature.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35262385-add-a-raise-your-hand-feature-in-meetings
I voted! I would recommend you also vote and try to drive users to sign up to this so it gets Microsoft’s attention. It could be a while before they review it though.
In the meantime for Polls you have the third party app Polly. You should also be able to use Microsoft Forms where there is a quick poll.
And to confirm with Invision on the Whiteboard. I use this a lot and it’s great for mind mapping too.
Hope that helps. If I have answered your question please like the post and mark it as the solution! Hope to help again!
Best, Chris
Hi Tanya,
Thanks for sharing. I am really into Teams for Education.
There is currently a user voice open with Microsoft to introduce the raise hand feature.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35262385-add-a-raise-your-hand-feature-in-meetings
I voted! I would recommend you also vote and try to drive users to sign up to this so it gets Microsoft’s attention. It could be a while before they review it though.
In the meantime for Polls you have the third party app Polly. You should also be able to use Microsoft Forms where there is a quick poll.
And to confirm with Invision on the Whiteboard. I use this a lot and it’s great for mind mapping too.
Hope that helps. If I have answered your question please like the post and mark it as the solution! Hope to help again!
Best, Chris
Thanks for sharing. I am really into Teams for Education.
There is currently a user voice open with Microsoft to introduce the raise hand feature.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35262385-add-a-raise-your-hand-feature-in-meetings
I voted! I would recommend you also vote and try to drive users to sign up to this so it gets Microsoft’s attention. It could be a while before they review it though.
In the meantime for Polls you have the third party app Polly. You should also be able to use Microsoft Forms where there is a quick poll.
And to confirm with Invision on the Whiteboard. I use this a lot and it’s great for mind mapping too.
Hope that helps. If I have answered your question please like the post and mark it as the solution! Hope to help again!
Best, Chris
Thanks Chris!
Until we have a native solution for raise hand, could you think of an alternative that we can use to replicate the functionality?
I am trying to reach out to the broader audience via this forum so that I can hear some interesting perspectives!
Just a thought about a 'raise hand' alternative... If you're doing a 'live event' instead of just a regular meeting - it comes with a moderated Q&A feature. That's not exactly the same thing as raise hand, but it could be used as a way for the moderator to control traffic and verbally pass the talking rock to whomever makes sense next.
Since it is more of an interactive session, it's important that attendees are able to voice their opinion. That's why Live events would not work for this.
Appreciate your response!- Hi Tanya,
Microsoft are currently actively working on the Whiteboard
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16938955-add-a-whiteboard
Confirmed in the recent AMA
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-AMA/Microsoft-whiteboard-enabled-in-Teams-channels/m-p/300383
I also asked about Raise Hand in the AMA
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-AMA/Functionality-in-Teams-Education-SKU-s/m-p/299851
Microsoft directed to the Uservoice
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35262385-add-a-raise-your-hand-feature-in-meetings
Looks like there is some progress being made. I will keep asking at future AMA's until they are in Teams. These are quite essential features for the classroom.
Best, Chris
- Hi Tanya,
No problem! Completely understand!
As far as I know, there is no alternatives for Raise Hand and there is nothing at the moment which can replicate it other than calling out in the chat. You can't force mute either which is probably another necessary function for classes conducted over Teams. Another potential issue is that you can only record full screen capture, not - say - if you are just sharing a PowerPoint which is another limitation.
I will raise it at the Teams AMA with Microsoft Corp next Wednesday. It's pretty essential going forward.
Best, Chris
