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Whiteboard.Chat adds the Immersive Reader as well as OneNote interactive embed support

Mike Tholfsen on 03-31-2021 09:12 AM
Whiteboard.Chat adds the Immersive Reader as well as OneNote interactive embed support
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What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | March 2021

Abby Schilbach on 03-31-2021 03:00 AM
This month, whether you’re teaching remotely, hybrid, or back in person, we’re excited to share the lasts updates to the...
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Immersive Reader comes to PowerPoint for the web, OneDrive, SharePoint and MakeCode

Mike Tholfsen on 03-30-2021 09:07 AM
We are thrilled to announce that the Immersive Reader is rolling out to four additional Microsoft apps and services, inc...
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Updates in Microsoft EDU for International Math Day

Mina Spasic on 03-12-2021 01:35 PM
Celebrate the International Math Day with these four updates for math educators and learners!
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What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | February 2021

Abby Schilbach on 03-02-2021 06:00 AM
This month, we’re excited to announce the latest updates to the Teams experience to help you.
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Save Time and Automate Your Workflows with These Shortcuts for Educators

braydenw on 03-01-2021 07:00 AM
With growing responsibilities during a challenging period for education, time has become a scarce resource for educators...
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Pinterest Pins can now be interactively embedded into OneNote and Word

Mike Tholfsen on 02-23-2021 09:00 AM
Today we are excited to announce the integration between Pinterest, OneNote and Word. Educators around the world love us...
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Word for web now supports embedding interactive apps – YouTube, Wakelet, Buncee, Genially and more!

Mike Tholfsen on 02-16-2021 01:06 PM
You can now embed web content in the form of video, forms, slides and more in your documents on Word for the Web.
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Instructure Announces Immersive Reader is Available Free to Canvas Users

Mike Tholfsen on 02-16-2021 09:00 AM
Last week, Instructure announced that the Microsoft Immersive Reader is now freely available to all Canvas users to make...
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Discovery Education integrates with Immersive Reader to make learning more accessible for all

Mike Tholfsen on 02-03-2021 09:15 AM
Today we are excited to announce that Microsoft’s Immersive Reader has been integrated into Discovery Education’s award-...
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What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | January 2021

Abby Schilbach on 01-29-2021 03:00 AM
There are new features and capabilities to share for Microsoft Teams for Education this month, and great training and re...
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Five tips to help keep your online classrooms safer with Microsoft Teams

bpolen on 01-28-2021 08:00 AM
We’ve pulled together five tips you can start using today to help keep your classroom meetings safe, productive, and fun...
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Empowering Remote Exam Proctoring with Proctorio, Microsoft Edge and Windows 10

baldwin_ng on 01-27-2021 09:25 AM
Hello Education IT admins! Today, we are pleased to announce the general availability release of the Proctorio browser e...
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What’s New in Microsoft Edge for Education – BETT / January 2021

eric_vanaelstyn on 01-21-2021 09:30 AM
Today, we’re excited to share both recent updates and brand-new functionality to Microsoft Edge as we kickoff 2021. Lear...
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In-Depth Training Sessions for Global IT Admins

braydenw on 01-15-2021 09:14 AM
Join our upcoming webinars on Microsoft 365 onboarding, deployment, Teams governance, and Windows 10 device configuratio...
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Updated Back to School Kit + New EDU Webinar Series

braydenw on 01-12-2021 08:25 PM
Checkout the latest Back to School Kit for all sorts of insights on using Microsoft tools in your classroom. Don't miss ...
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Five Essential Tips on Auto-grading for Microsoft Forms Quizzes

Mike Tholfsen on 01-12-2021 10:20 AM
We have been delighted to hear that educators around the globe are using Microsoft Forms to create surveys and quizzes f...
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Introducing new policy wizard to easily apply admin policies in Teams for Education

Ronit_Ben_Sheffer on 01-07-2021 08:00 AM
We’re excited to introduce the Microsoft Teams for Education policy wizard, now available in the Microsoft Teams Admin C...
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Announcing new H5P and OneNote integration to help bring interactive content to life

Mike Tholfsen on 01-06-2021 09:00 AM
As we continue listening to students and educators, we have heard many requests for OneNote integration with H5P, the to...
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What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | December 2020

Abby Schilbach on 01-05-2021 08:00 AM
Happy 2021! We’re excited to share the latest updates in December to the Teams experience!
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What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | November 2020

Abby Schilbach on 12-02-2020 08:00 AM
Here are the latest updates available now to help you make the most of distance and hybrid learning with Microsoft Teams
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6 Ways to be Insight-ful and Support Student Engagement

Elad Graiver on 11-19-2020 09:00 AM
With new updates to Insights in Microsoft Teams for Education, there’s an easy way to see student behavior and take the ...
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Organize School and Class Information with Microsoft Lists

Andrea_Lum on 11-12-2020 01:30 PM
Microsoft Lists helps you optimize your productivity and save time by managing your information closely, critical for mo...
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Remote & Hybrid Learning in a Microsoft Environment: A Higher Ed Student Perspective

braydenw on 11-11-2020 03:50 PM
Recently, members of the EDU Engagement team at Microsoft reached out to the Microsoft Student Forum for feedback using ...
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Record Slide Show in PowerPoint for Mac coming soon, plus additional PPT updates available today

Mike Tholfsen on 10-26-2020 09:00 AM
We’re excited to announce that new updates are now available on PowerPoint for Mac that allow users to record presenter ...
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Create Labs Within Microsoft Teams Using New Azure Labs Integration Features

braydenw on 10-23-2020 09:44 AM
Azure Lab Services integration with Microsoft Teams is now generally available. Through this integration, you can now cr...
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Celebrate your Day of Data with NASA and Microsoft Hacking STEM

AnkurAnand on 10-13-2020 12:19 PM
Celebrate World Spreadsheet Day and 20 years of humans living and working aboard the International Space Station. Join u...
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Immersive Reader comes to PowerPoint and OneDrive plus more updates for Dyslexia Awareness Month

Mike Tholfsen on 10-07-2020 08:00 AM
PowerPoint gets more inclusive One of the top requests we’ve heard from students, parents and educators has been to add ...
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What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | September 2020

Abby Schilbach on 09-30-2020 08:00 AM
Another month, another round-up of Microsoft Teams for Education updates inspired by you and designed for you. Thank you...

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MTayal
in 14 updates for Immersive Reader: General availability on Azure, a Code.org partnership and lots more on 04-19-2021
Hi Mike, ThanksIs there a whitepaper or any MS Link which can be used as a evidenceHow Immersive reader coverts text into readable audioWhere that conversation happensDuring the process, does Microsoft store textIs it possible to provide details on how data is processed
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Mike Tholfsen
in 14 updates for Immersive Reader: General availability on Azure, a Code.org partnership and lots more on 04-18-2021
None of the text to speech data is stored. As soon as the Immersive Reader window is rendered, we toss all data from Azure.
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ivanok1634
in Save teachers and students time and effort with new transcription capabilities in Word on 04-18-2021
It used to be very interesting to write all sorts of essays on any topic. Now that the world has changed well, the classics are no longer loved, and now business topics are in vogue. To be honest, I don't know much about business. At most, I can sell my old laptop on ebay and that's it. I've been tr...
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ivanok1634
in Save teachers and students time and effort with new transcription capabilities in Word on 04-17-2021
Thanks for post!
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MTayal
in 14 updates for Immersive Reader: General availability on Azure, a Code.org partnership and lots more on 04-17-2021
How Text to speech conversion happens, for how much seconds/minutes/hours data is stored in Azure cloud, can some one read it, how this encrypted
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