Dec 04 2018 10:17 AM - edited Dec 04 2018 10:31 AM
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 leverage Teams as a Virtual Classroom tool.
I have listed down the requirements of the classroom below. I am looking for ideas if someone has already used MS Teams in that capacity.
Requirements | Additional comments | Availability in Teams |
Audio/visual capability (cameras and videos) |
| Available |
Chat capability |
| Available |
Raise Hand/Participant Status info | It is essential to have this feature to avoid situations when people start to talk over each other. L&D team wants to create a comfortable environment where each attendee can speak without any interruption. | Not Available |
Breakout Rooms |
Create small groups with 5 – 6 members and assign different topics to groups. | Not Available |
Poll/Q&A capability |
| Available only in Channel Meetings |
Whiteboard | To brainstorm on ideas | No Native app yet(in development) |
Our main pain point is how to incorporate the "Hand Raise" capability in MS Teams Meeting.
Dec 04 2018 11:45 AM
SolutionDec 05 2018 10:27 AM
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!
Dec 05 2018 10:40 AM
Jan 02 2019 06:14 PM
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.
Jan 02 2019 06:16 PM
For the 'whiteboard' requirement, what about adding a tab to the channel for a OneNote page?
Jan 04 2019 07:15 AM
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!
Jan 04 2019 07:27 AM
Jan 04 2019 07:33 AM
Jan 04 2019 07:56 AM - edited Jan 04 2019 08:08 AM
I see this experience even in Teams Tuesday moderated by Microsoft where multiple people may talk over each other. I've added the following to the User Voice request:
It would be nice to include a queuing mechanism so that moderator knows who to respond/address when multiple people used the feature.
This is usually an issue with Q&A during online webinars since chat messages can be overwhelming even with a full-time moderator.
Great chart of requirements.
Fred
Dec 04 2018 11:45 AM
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