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We just recently signed up for Microsoft Learn for Educators. There is some confusion on how we are supposed to use the platform to deliver course content to our students.&nbsp;How do you deliver AZ-900? For example we are a community college and lets say we have a course called VIR-100 (intro to cloud) and we utilize an LMS Moodle. Do the students use Microsoft learn to complete the training or do we somehow integrate it with our LMS?How do you register students for a course you are teaching such as AZ-900?&nbsp;How do you grade the assignments? Or are you doing this by creating a mirrored assignment in the LMS and grading it there?&nbsp;How do we view students in our online course if using Microsoft Learn?&nbsp;Is there a video that covers most of these questions or slide deck? I didn't find much on YouTube.&nbsp;

carlos_chaves · Accepted Answer

Great questions — this confusion is&nbsp;very common&nbsp;for institutions that are new to&nbsp;Microsoft Learn for Educators (MSLE), especially when you already have an LMS like&nbsp;Moodle.&nbsp;I’ll&nbsp;answer each question clearly and then give you a&nbsp;recommended “gold standard” delivery model&nbsp;that most community colleges use successfully.&nbsp;

How do you actually deliverAZ-900 to students?&nbsp;

Short answer:&nbsp;
✅&nbsp;Microsoft Learn is the content source&nbsp;
✅&nbsp;Your LMS (Moodle) is the system of record&nbsp;
Microsoft Learn for Educators is&nbsp;not&nbsp;a traditional LMS. It does&nbsp;not:&nbsp;

Host classes&nbsp;
Enroll&nbsp;students into instructor-led sections&nbsp;
Grade students&nbsp;
Track attendance or rosters&nbsp;

Instead, it provides:&nbsp;

Self‑paced learning paths (AZ‑900 modules)&nbsp;
Hands‑on labs (if your institution is approved for labs)&nbsp;
Official Microsoft curriculum (slides, instructor guides, assessments)&nbsp;
Typical delivery model for AZ‑900&nbsp;
For your example:&nbsp;
VIR‑100 – Intro to Cloud (AZ‑900 aligned)&nbsp;
Most institutions do this: 
Instructor teaches the course in Moodle&nbsp; 
Syllabus&nbsp;
Schedule&nbsp;
Announcements&nbsp;
Grades&nbsp;
Assignments&nbsp;
Students complete AZ‑900 learning paths on Microsoft Learn&nbsp;&nbsp;
Each student signs in with their own Microsoft account&nbsp;
They complete the assigned Microsoft Learn modules independently&nbsp;
Progress and completion live in&nbsp;their&nbsp;Learn profile&nbsp;
You link (not host) Microsoft Learn content&nbsp;&nbsp;
You post links to specific AZ‑900 learning paths/modules inside Moodle&nbsp;
Example:“Week&nbsp;3: Complete Modules 1–3 of AZ‑900 on Microsoft Learn”&nbsp;

This is the&nbsp;intended and supported model&nbsp;for MSLE.&nbsp;https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/prepare-teach-az-900-microsoft-academic-programs/,&nbsp;https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/educator-center/programs/msle/overview&nbsp;

Do we integrate Microsoft Learn with Moodle?

Option&nbsp;A – Most common (Recommended)&nbsp;
✅&nbsp;No technical integration&nbsp;

You simply&nbsp;link&nbsp;to Microsoft Learn content from Moodle&nbsp;
Zero IT effort&nbsp;
Works&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;

This is how&nbsp;most community colleges&nbsp;operate&nbsp;today.&nbsp;
Option&nbsp;B – Advanced / IT‑supported integration (Optional)&nbsp;
There&nbsp;is&nbsp;limited technical integration available, but it is&nbsp;not&nbsp;required.&nbsp;
Microsoft provides:&nbsp;

Learn&nbsp;Catalog&nbsp;API&nbsp;(to surface Learn content inside LMS)&nbsp;
Organizational Reporting&nbsp;(to pull completion data into Power BI / SQL)&nbsp;

These&nbsp;require:&nbsp;

IT involvement&nbsp;
Azure setup&nbsp;
Data pipelines&nbsp;
Admin permissions&nbsp;

They are&nbsp;not click‑to‑enable features&nbsp;and are usually used by&nbsp;large institutions, not individual departments.&nbsp;
⚠️ Important:&nbsp;
There is&nbsp;no native Moodle plugin that enrols or grades Microsoft Learn content automatically.&nbsp;

How do you register students for AZ‑900?

You&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;register students inside Microsoft Learn.&nbsp;
Instead:&nbsp;

Students'&nbsp;self‑register&nbsp;on Microsoft Learn&nbsp;
They join using their own Microsoft account (school or personal)&nbsp;
They complete the learning paths you assign&nbsp;

What&nbsp;you&nbsp;do as an instructor:&nbsp;

Register&nbsp;your course&nbsp;in the MSLE portal (for labs, vouchers, reporting eligibility)&nbsp;
Tell students&nbsp;which learning paths/modules&nbsp;to complete&nbsp;

Microsoft Learn does&nbsp;not&nbsp;have:&nbsp;

Course rosters&nbsp;
Instructor enrolment&nbsp;
Class sections&nbsp;

This is by design.&nbsp;

How do you grade assignments?

Microsoft Learn does not provide grading tools for instructors.&nbsp;
So&nbsp;the standard approach is:&nbsp;
✅ Mirror assignments in Moodle (Best practice)&nbsp;
Example:&nbsp;

Assignment in&nbsp;Moodle:“Submit&nbsp;screenshot showing completion of AZ‑900 Module: Cloud Concepts”&nbsp;

Students&nbsp;submit:&nbsp;

Completion screenshots&nbsp;
Learn profile links&nbsp;
Reflection documents&nbsp;
Quizzes you create&nbsp;

You&nbsp;then:&nbsp;

Grade inside Moodle&nbsp;
&nbsp;Use Moodle’s gradebook&nbsp;
Maintain academic records&nbsp;

Microsoft Learn progress is&nbsp;student‑owned, not instructor‑managed.&nbsp;

Can you see students in Microsoft Learn?

No.&nbsp;
Microsoft Learn does&nbsp;not&nbsp;show:&nbsp;

Class rosters&nbsp;
Lists of students&nbsp;
Instructor dashboards&nbsp;

You can only see:&nbsp;

Your own progress (as an educator)&nbsp;

This is why:&nbsp;

The LMS&nbsp;remains&nbsp;the&nbsp;source of truth&nbsp;
Microsoft Learn is a&nbsp;content and skills platform 
Is there a video or slide deck that explains this?

Yes — but&nbsp;they’re&nbsp;not easy to find on YouTube, which is why this confusion exists.&nbsp;
✅ Official resources&nbsp;

Prepare to Teach AZ‑900 (MSLE learning path)&nbsp;
This explicitly covers:&nbsp;&nbsp;
Course planning&nbsp;
LMS integration strategy&nbsp;
Student tracking limitations&nbsp;

🔗&nbsp;https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/prepare-teach-az-900-microsoft-academic-programs/&nbsp;

MSLE Program Overview &amp; Playbook (Slides)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Explains how MSLE fits into academic delivery&nbsp;
Intended for institutions and faculty&nbsp;
MSLE Onboarding Sessions (Recorded)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Delivered live by MSLE Community Managers&nbsp;

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