As an educator and a parent, the feature to be able to have a side chat with other Teams Members needs to be able to be disabled. I have disabled the notifications for my own children, so they are not being bombarded with messages, that makes it very difficult to concentrate on what the teacher is saying. In a classroom setting, I know that the students are constantly chatting with each other and not listening to me. Parents believe that their children are paying attention, but in reality they have a dozen side chats going on and there is no way that any learning is happening. The owner of the meeting should have a way to turn off side chats, except for between the team members and the owner. If this online learning is to continue, something needs to change. I realize that they can find another platform to chat, but this should be an option for the Team Owner.
