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Minecraft Education Lesson Plans in Teach: AI-powered lesson planning meets the world of Minecraft

MaxFritz — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:48:00 GMT

As educators, you've told us that some of your most time-consuming work is adapting lessons for engagement, aligning them to standards, and finding ways to bring immersive experiences into your curriculum. At the same time, Minecraft Education is already one of the most effective learning tools for engaging learners in classrooms around the world, with students lighting up the moment they hear the word "Minecraft."

Today, we're bringing those two things together. Minecraft Education lesson plans are now generally available in Teach.

Describe your topic, pick a grade level and subject, and Teach generates a complete, standards-aligned lesson plan built around Minecraft Education activities, including the specific blocks, materials, and preparation steps you need to run it confidently, even if you've never opened Minecraft Education before. (Minecraft Education is included in most Microsoft 365 software subscriptions for schools, so you also likely have full access.)

What you get

Every generated Minecraft Education lesson plan includes:

Standards-aligned Minecraft Education activities - Build activities and challenges that reflect your selected standards across subjects like ELA, math, science, social studies, computer science, and more
Minecraft-specific materials guidance - Recommendations for the exact blocks, items, and in-game tools your students will need, so you don't have to figure it out yourself
Preparation instructions - Step-by-step setup guidance for educators new to Minecraft Education, so you can walk into the classroom ready to go
Differentiation and collaboration - Tiered challenge options, collaborative build tasks, and formative checks embedded within gameplay
A student link - A shareable link to send directly to students so they can join the activity

See it in action

Once your lesson is generated, you can edit any section directly or use Enhance with AI to refine it further: add collaborative build tasks, adjust the length and tone, include accessibility supports, or regenerate with new instructions. When it's ready, save to OneDrive and open it in Word to share with colleagues, or launch the Minecraft Education app directly to set up the lesson experience.

For a full walkthrough of every step, see the support article.

Why this matters

We know many of you already love using Minecraft Education in your classrooms, while others are curious how Minecraft can enhance your teaching to deepen student learning and engagement. Minecraft Education lesson plans in Teach make it easier to create experiences by generating a complete, customized lesson from your topic and standards, with the Minecraft-specific materials, activities, and preparation guidance built in.

Whether you're looking for a fresh lesson idea in a subject you haven't tried with Minecraft Education before, or you want to quickly adapt a concept for a different grade level, this tool gives you a starting point you can make your own. You bring the teaching expertise and your knowledge of your students.

Get started

Try it now: Minecraft Education lesson plan
Available to Faculty/Staff with a Microsoft 365 for Education license and Copilot Chat enabled
Does not require a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license
Minecraft Education may already be included with your Microsoft 365 license or can be purchased separately. Check your licensing options.

Helpful Links

Teach module training on Microsoft Learn, now including training on Minecraft Education lesson generation
Training courses for Minecraft educators

Have questions or ideas? Drop them in the comments below - We'd love to hear how you plan to use Minecraft Education lesson plans in your classroom!

Share your feedback with us by joining our EDU Insider Program (aka.ms/joinEIP).

Until next time,

Max Fritz · Microsoft Education

Classic LTI App Retirements, Preview of OneDrive LTI Migration Tool for Canvas

tjvering — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:30:00 GMT

Classic Microsoft LTI® Apps Retiring in 2026: What You Need to Know and How to Prepare

Microsoft is continuing its investment in a unified, modern Microsoft 365 LTI experience. As part of this evolution, several classic Microsoft LTI apps will be retired in September 2026.

This post outlines:

Which classic LTI apps are retiring and when
What happens to existing course links and content created in classic LTIs retiring
What actions you should take now to prepare, and start transitioning to Microsoft 365 LTI
New migration tooling available to support transition

Classic Microsoft LTI® Apps Retiring September 17, 2026

As we shared last September in our Microsoft 365 LTI GA release Blog, the following classic Microsoft LTI apps will be retired on September 17, 2026:

Microsoft OneDrive LTI (1.3)
OneNote Class Notebook LTI (1.1)
Microsoft Reflect LTI (1.3)
Microsoft Teams Assignments LTI (1.3)

After September 17, 2026, any links or placements of these classic apps in courses will stop working. However, the files, notebooks, assignments, and check-ins created by these classic apps will continue to be available to copy and reuse.

Replacements for these classic experiences are now available through the unified Microsoft 365 LTI built on the LTI® 1.3 Advantage standard. This delivers modern security, simplified identity mapping with Microsoft Entra, LMS enrollment and grade syncing, and a single deployment model for LMS administrators. We’ll continue to update our migration guides as additional tools and guidance become available.

NEW: Preview the OneDrive LTI Migration Tool for Canvas

Canvas LMS Customers: We are excited to announce that the Microsoft OneDrive LTI Migration Tool for Canvas is now available in Preview!
This tool helps institutions using Canvas LMS migrate OneDrive content links from the classic Microsoft OneDrive LTI app to the new Microsoft 365 LTI app — preserving existing file links in courses so educators and students experience a seamless transition.

For new preview deployments: detailed deployment instructions are available in the Canvas migration guide, which has been updated with configuration steps and guidance for using the migration tool.

If you participated in the private preview: If you have already deployed the OneDrive LTI Migration Tool in Canvas during the private preview, no action is required. Your existing deployment will continue to work as part of the Public Preview, and in GA. If you deployed the private preview in a testing environment, we suggest that you follow the new Canvas migration guide in your production environment.

Below is guidance to assist with transition from the other classic LTI apps and on additional LMS platforms. We will continue to communicate updates to this guidance as it evolves.

If you use the classic Microsoft OneDrive LTI 1.3 with an LMS other than Canvas

Deploy Microsoft 365 LTI with the OneDrive app enabled and guide educators to use the new Microsoft 365 LTI (Microsoft Education menus) to create file links or embeds in course content.
Disable/hide/remove placements of the classic Microsoft OneDrive LTI app in your LMS but do not uninstall or disable the app.
Files linked or embedded with the classic Microsoft OneDrive LTI will stop working when the app is retired, so those links and embeds must be replaced using the new Microsoft 365 LTI (Microsoft Education) app ahead of the retirement date.

OneNote Class Notebook LTI 1.1 (All LMS platforms)

The new OneNote Class Notebook LTI 1.3 integration is now available in the Microsoft 365 LTI app, with automatic roster sync and streamlined setup.

Deploy Microsoft 365 LTI with the OneNote Class Notebook app enabled, and guide educators to use the new app.
Disable/hide/remove placements of the classic OneNote integration, but do not uninstall the app to avoid migration issues during transition.
While there is no direct migration path from OneNote Class Notebook LTI 1.1 notebooks to Microsoft 365 LTI Class Notebooks, educators can copy sections/pages from one notebook to another using the right-click menu on Sections and Pages (and selecting “Move/Copy”) in OneNote on Windows, OneNote Web, and OneNote for Mac. Instructions are also available for content transfer using OneNote on Mac, iOS, or Android.

Microsoft Teams Assignments LTI 1.3 (All LMS platforms)

Deploy Microsoft 365 LTI with the Assignments app enabled, and guide educators to create assignments using the new app.
Disable/hide/remove placements of the legacy Teams Assignments LTI app as soon as you install the new Microsoft 365 LTI and enable the Assignments app, and guide you users to copy their existing assignments using the new app.
Teams Assignments created by the classic LTI 1.3 app can be reused as in the new Microsoft 365 LTI Assignments experience (which does not require a Team)
Assignments created in the LMS or via the Assignments app in Microsoft Teams can be copied and reused using the Create from Existing functionality in the Microsoft 365 LTI (Microsoft Education) Assignment instructor flow.

Microsoft Reflect LTI 1.3 (All LMS platforms)

Deploy Microsoft 365 LTI with the Reflect app enabled, and guide educators to create new Reflects in the new Microsoft 365 LTI experience.
There is no migration path for reflects created in the classic Reflect LTI 1.3 app to the Reflect experience in the new Microsoft 365 LTI Reflect app.
We recommend transitioning to the new Reflect experience in Microsoft 365 LTI as soon as possible, and remove the classic app ahead of the September 17, 2026 retirement.

Stay Connected

We love hearing from you! There are a few ways to stay engaged with Microsoft and your peers on the LMS integrations.

Follow this blog! Click Register at the top right to create an account and profile for the Microsoft Tech Community and Follow the Education Blog so you don’t miss any of our updates.

Join the free Education Insiders Program to preview updates, get support from other community members, meet the team, and influence the roadmap.
Join us for Microsoft 365 LTI office hours to connect with your peers and share feedback directly with Microsoft experts.

When: 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month @ 11AM EST
Where: https://aka.ms/LTIOfficeHours

Getting help and giving feedback

LMS and Microsoft 365 admins can contact Microsoft Education Support to help resolve configuration and deployment issues, for themselves or on behalf of users.
Educators and Learners can contact support or give feedback directly from the app through the help and feedback menu.

TJ Vering
Principal Product Manager
Microsoft Education
https://linkedin.com/in/tvering

Learning Tools Interoperability® (LTI®) is a trademark of the 1EdTech Consortium, Inc. (https://1edtech.org/)

New information literacy features in Search Progress now generally available

EmmaGray — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:07:19 GMT

Hello all!

Last September, we shared a preview of new information literacy features coming to Search Progress — designed to help students pause, think critically, and show their reasoning as they research online. Today, we’re excited to share that these features are generally available for all educators using Search Progress through Assignments in Teams for Education and the Microsoft 365 LTI®.

A special thank you to the educators who participated in the preview and shared feedback along the way; your insights helped shape these features into what they are today.

See it in action

Want a walkthrough before reading the details? Watch our Elevate Signature Series session, “Show Me Your Thinking,” where Dr. Geri Gillespy and I discuss future ready skills along with Search Progress setup, the full educator-to-student workflow, and how these skills connect to global assessment frameworks like PISA 2029.

Why process matters more than ever

Information literacy skills like verifying sources, understanding context, and thinking critically are foundational for responsible and effective navigation of online information. These skills become even more critical as AI becomes an integral part of learning and daily life, where students don’t just need access to information, they need to know how to evaluate it.

To ensure these features were developed in alignment with the latest in online reasoning research, we consulted with experts from the Digital Inquiry Group — a team with decades of experience as curriculum designers, classroom educators, researchers, and teacher educators — recognized with awards from UNESCO, the American Educational Research Association, and the School Library Association, to name a few.

What’s now available

The enhanced Search Progress features introduce structured activities and checkpoints — cognitive forcing functions that encourage students to pause, consider, and articulate their reasoning as they navigate the complex world of online information. Here’s what you can now enable for your assignments:

Evaluating source reputability: Instead of relying solely on what a source says about itself, students investigate the individuals or organizations behind the information by looking into what other sources say about them, like how employers use references in a job interview.
Cross-checking and lateral reading: “Using the internet to check the internet”, students compare information and perspectives across multiple sources to reveal patterns, differences, and possible inaccuracies.
Impact awareness: Students consider what could be at risk if the information is inaccurate or fabricated with the new "factual importance" checkpoint. For instance, health advice carries different consequences than an AI-generated image of a cat dancing at the disco.
Identifying source purpose: Information is created for a reason. Students consider who created a source, and whether it’s trying to inform, persuade, sell, or entertain.
Metacognitive reflection: Students reflect on the research process itself including why certain sources stood out, which strategies worked best, and how to apply those learnings in the future.

Not just for research projects

These features aren’t only for formal research assignments. They’re designed for class activities that involve online research, whether students are exploring a new topic, gathering sources for a presentation, or verifying information for a discussion. The goal is to build habits that transfer throughout the digital information ecosystem, from navigating social media to evaluating AI-generated content. For example:

A science educator assigns a pre-lab research task on chemical reactions. By enabling Source Reputation and Factual Importance, students learn to prioritize safety data sheets and academic sources over unverified blogs and to think about why accuracy matters when the stakes are high.
A social studies educator uses Cross-check for an assignment focusing on current events. Students discover that a viral statistic has been reported differently across sources, and they practice tracing claims back to their origin — building lateral reading habits they’ll carry into their media consumption outside of school.

What educators are saying

Teacher librarians, in particular, have told us that the “process over product” approach gives them something they’ve been missing — visibility into the process of student inquiry, not just what they turn in. These features give them a window into the journey, not just the destination. With new scaffolds that support cross-checking and the investigation of source reputation, Search Progress now covers more of the skills they’ve been trying to teach.

We’ve heard from educators that the explanation prompts reveal a side of student thinking that traditional assignments don't often capture. During an early pilot, students pushed back on a text field that didn’t scroll to expand, not because they wanted less writing, but because they had more to say about why they chose their sources and wanted more space to explain their thinking. Students who described themselves as not being strong essay writers found a different way to show their thinking, and when they knew that their reasoning mattered as much as the final product, it changed how they engaged with the assignment.

Preparing students with future-ready skills for the age of AI

As educators worldwide work to build students’ information literacy skills, global frameworks are evolving to match. The OECD recently published a first draft of the PISA 2029 Media and Artificial Intelligence Literacy (MAIL) assessment framework — a new assessment that will measure 15-year-olds’ ability to critically evaluate digital and AI-generated content across all participating countries.

We were interested to see how closely the skills that Search Progress helps build align with the competences this framework describes. The MAIL assessment places significant emphasis on evaluating source credibility, assessing purpose and bias, and cross-checking information across multiple sources — all skills that Search Progress is designed to support through structured activities and checkpoints in the flow of research.

Educators have also shared that these features help address a tension many are navigating right now: how to maintain academic integrity when AI-generated work is increasingly difficult to distinguish from student work. Rather than relying on detection tools at the end of the pipeline, Search Progress makes the research process itself the artifact, which gives educators evidence of student thinking throughout. Of course, information literacy is broader than any single tool. The MAIL framework also includes competences around content creation and collaborative digital participation that go beyond what Search Progress currently addresses. But for the core skill of analysing and evaluating online information — which the framework highlights as one of its most heavily weighted competences — Search Progress can help you give your students meaningful practice right now.

By integrating these research habits into everyday assignments, you’re helping students build skills that will serve them well beyond any single assessment — from navigating social media to evaluating AI-generated content in their daily lives.

Getting started

Open Assignments in Teams for Education (or your LMS via the Microsoft 365 LTI).
Create a new assignment and select Search Progress as a Learning Accelerator.
Choose which information literacy features to enable for this assignment; you can mix and match based on the lesson.
Customize the checkpoint card prompts to fit your subject area and grade level.
Assign it to your class and watch the research process unfold.

Requirements

Available to all Microsoft 365 Education customers
Classes set up in Teams for Education or the Microsoft 365 LTI

Helpful links

📘 Take the MS Learn course — Intro course for educators
📘 Microsoft 365 LTI app overview — Bring Search Progress into your LMS
💬 Join the Education Insiders Program — Share feedback directly with our product team

We’re committed to helping you foster information and AI literacy, and your feedback continues to shape how these tools evolve. Join the Search Progress channel in the Education Insiders Program to connect with other educators, attend community calls, and share your experience directly with the product team. If you’re not yet an EIP member, sign up here: aka.ms/JoinEIP.

Have questions or ideas? Drop them in the comments below. I’d love to hear how you’re using these features in your classroom!

Until next time,

Emma Gray
Product Manager II
Microsoft Education

Learning Tools Interoperability® (LTI®) is a trademark of the 1EdTech Consortium, Inc. (1edtech.org)

More standards are coming to the Teach Module and Teams for Education!

SamanthaFisher — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:34:58 GMT

Hi everyone!

As educators, you have told us that aligning lessons, assessments, and classroom materials to the standards you actually use is one of the most important parts of making AI-powered teaching tools useful in practice. When standards are available and easy to apply, it becomes much faster to create materials that fit your local curriculum and instructional goals.

That is why we are continuing to expand the standards experience across Microsoft Education. We are excited to share a new wave of international standards coming to the standards experience in Teach and in Teams for Education. These standards will support experiences in the Teach module across Lesson Plans, Quizzes, and Rubrics, and they are also coming to Assignments in Teams for Education. If you don't see your country listed, you can request more standards at this link.

In this post, we will share what is coming this week, what is planned over the next two months, what we are targeting for summer, and how we plan to keep you updated going forward.

Why this matters

Standards alignment helps you spend less time translating curriculum requirements into classroom materials and more time supporting student learning. Whether you are building a lesson plan, generating a quiz, creating a rubric, or preparing future assignments workflows in Teams for Education, access to the right standards makes those experiences more relevant and easier to use.

Our goal is to keep expanding coverage so more educators can work with the standards they already know and trust, in more countries, subjects, and grade bands.

New standards added in 2025

In 2025, we expanded standards coverage with a new set of international additions, including:

Austria
Canada - Ontario
- Early Language Learners
- Health & PE
- Technology Education
- Art
Canada - Quebec Francophone
Canada - Ontario World Languages
- French as a Second Language
- Native Languages
- American Sign Language as a Second Language
- Classical Studies and International Languages
Egypt
England
- Arts Education
- Health & PE
- World Languages
- Technology Education
- Career Technical Education
Finland
Kuwait
UK GCE AS and A Level Qualifications across a broad range of subject areas

These additions helped expand standards coverage beyond core national frameworks and into more subject-specific and qualification-based experiences.

Recently added

We have already started rolling out new international standards this spring. Recent additions include:

Czech Republic
UK additions, including recent support for Scotland, Wales, and UK GCE AS and A Level qualifications
New Brunswick - Technology Standards
Kuwait - Language Arts, Math, Social Studies
Estonia - Language Arts, Math, Science
Estonia - Social Studies
Latvia
New Brunswick - Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies

These recent additions laid the groundwork for the next wave of standards now arriving across Teach and Teams for Education.

Coming this week

This week, we are adding the following standards to the standards experience in Teach and Teams for Education:

Finland
Lithuania
Norway
Romania

These additions continue our recent rollout of international standards and expand access for educators who want to align AI-assisted lesson creation and assessment workflows to local curriculum expectations.

Coming in the next two months

Over the next two months, we expect to continue expanding standards coverage with the following additions:

Slovakia
Sweden
Egypt
Canada - Quebec Francophone Standards
India NCERT - Hindi Language Arts
India NCERT - Sanskrit Language Arts
Bahrain
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Greece

We also have additional standards in progress that are on the roadmap, with timing still being finalized:

Austria
Kuwait - Science
India NCERT - Urdu Language Arts
Australia ACARA National
- Technology Education
- Health & PE
- Art
- Languages
Canada - New Brunswick additional subject expansion
- Health & PE
- Art
- Languages
Norway vocational standards

As these become available, they will light up the same standards-backed experiences across Teach and Teams for Education.

Planned for summer

Looking ahead, we are planning an even broader set of standards expansions over the summer. This work is designed to add more international coverage across core subjects and additional curriculum frameworks.

The following are planned for summer:

Belgium - Flemish Catholic Network Standards (VVKSO)
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Canada, British Columbia
- ADST (Entrepreneurship & Marketing)
- Career Education (Career-Life Education, Career-Life Connections)
- Core Competencies
Canada: Ontario
- Business Studies
- Canadian & World Studies
- Co-op Ed
- Guidance & Career Ed
- Ontario Catholic expectations (ICE)
CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
- Language Arts
Portugal
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Germany: NRW State Kernlehrplan
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Hong Kong
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Turkey
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Vietnam
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Costa Rica
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Peru
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Guatemala
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Morocco
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Croatia
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Kenya
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Bolivia
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Chile
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Pakistan
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Panama
- Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies

This planned summer wave reflects our continued focus on expanding standards coverage in ways that are useful for real classroom workflows across regions.

Where you will see these standards

As standards coverage expands, educators will see the impact across several experiences:

Teach module - Lesson Plans
Teach module - Quizzes
Teach module and Teams for Education – Rubrics
Teams for Education – Assignments Instructions (Coming soon)

This means more opportunities to use standards as part of lesson creation, assessment design, and classroom workflows without having to start from scratch.

What this means for educators

As more standards become available, you will be able to:

Align lesson materials to more local and regional curriculum requirements
Build quizzes and rubrics that better reflect what students are expected to know and do
Use standards-backed workflows in Teach across more countries and subject areas
Prepare for future standards-aligned experiences in Assignments in Teams for Education

For educators working across multiple countries, languages, or curriculum systems, this expanded coverage can help reduce manual work and make AI-generated outputs more relevant to your teaching context.

We plan to keep sharing updates

We also plan to share regular blog updates roughly every quarter so you can see what standards are newly available, what is rolling out next, and where we are continuing to expand coverage.

Our goal is to make these updates easier to track so educators, school leaders, and partners can stay current on what is available in the standards experience across Microsoft Education.

Helpful links

Getting started with Teach
Modify content - Align to Standards
Microsoft Teams for Education
International standards currently available through EdGate
Request additional standards
Share feedback with us by joining our EDU Insider Program

Have questions or want to let us know which standards you would like to see next? Drop a comment below or submit a request through our Standards Feedback form. We would love to hear what curriculum frameworks matter most in your classrooms.

Until next time,

Samantha Fisher · Microsoft Education

What's New in Microsoft EDU - March 2026

MikeTholfsen — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:23:44 GMT

Join us on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 for our latest "What's New in Microsoft EDU" webinar! We will be covering all of the latest product updates from Microsoft Education. These 30-minute webinars are put on by the Microsoft Education Product Management group and happen once per month, this month both 8:00am Pacific Time and 4:00pm Pacific time to cover as many global time zones as possible around the world. And don’t worry – we’ll be recording these and posting on our Microsoft Education YouTube channel in the new “What’s New in Microsoft EDU” playlist, so you’ll always to able to watch later or share with others!

Here is our March 2026 webinar agenda:
1) M365 Copilot and AI updates for Educators and Students
- Modify Existing Content
- Minecraft EDU Lesson Plans
- New Learning Activities: Fill in the Blanks, Matching and Self-Quizzing
- Study & Learn agent for studnets
2) Learning Zone General Availability and the Copilot+ PC
3) Microsoft 365 LTI and Teach Module for Learning Management Systems
4) AMA - Ask Microsoft EDU Anything (Q&A)

We look forward to having you attend the event!

How to sign up
📅 OPTION 1: March 25th, Wednesday @ 8:00am Pacific Time Register here
📅 OPTION 2: March 25th, Wednesday @ 4:00pm Pacific Time Register here

This is what the webinar portal will look like when you register:

We look forward to seeing you there!

Mike Tholfsen
Group Product Manager
Microsoft Education

Learning Zone spotlight: How women won the vote

NevoGat — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:03:16 GMT

A monthly spotlight from the Learning Zone collection, featuring ready-to-use lessons that bring timely historical context and structured classroom discussion into your teaching.

Women’s History Month: How voting rights were won

The right to vote was not inevitable. It was organized, argued for, resisted, and won through decades of persistence. In both the UK and USA, activists formed movements, debated tactics, delivered speeches, wrote declarations, and in many cases faced arrest and imprisonment.

Women’s History Month invites us to look back at the women who pushed boundaries and helped change the course of history. It is a fitting moment to explore one of the most significant political shifts of the modern era in the classroom.

How women won the vote in Microsoft Learning Zone provides a structured, interactive way to explore this history in class. Students examine the contrasting approaches to the fight, analyze key figures, and compare British and American campaigns over time.

Assign this lesson in Learning Zone and bring context and awareness into your classroom this March.

This lesson is part of a curated library of ready-to-use interactive lessons in Microsoft Learning Zone, a free Windows app that allows educators to easily create and deliver interactive classroom experiences.

Modify Content in Teach: AI-powered tools to adapt your lessons in minutes

Leif Brenne — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:40:40 GMT

Already have great lesson materials? Now you can instantly align them to standards, differentiate for every learner, adjust reading levels, and add real-world examples — all without starting from scratch.

Hi everyone! As educators, you have told us that some of your most time-consuming work is not creating lessons — it is adapting them. Adjusting a reading passage for different grade levels, aligning an existing activity to new curriculum standards, or adding scaffolds for diverse learners can eat up hours of prep time each week.

That is why we are excited to announce that Modify Content is now generally available in Copilot in Teach — a set of AI-powered tools that help you take content you already have and quickly tailor it for your classroom.

What is Modify Content?

Modify Content lets you transform existing lesson materials — instructions, reading passages, lesson plans — using AI, so every student gets what they need without you having to rewrite everything manually. Just paste your content (or upload a Word or PDF file), choose how you want to modify it, and review the result.

It is designed to keep you in the driver's seat. Every modification is generated as a suggestion that you review and approve before it becomes part of your lesson.

Four powerful ways to modify your content

Align to Standards

Have a lesson you love but need it to meet specific curriculum requirements? Select one or more educational standards, and the tool adjusts your content to reflect what students should know and be able to do — without losing the original context of your lesson.

Example: A middle school science teacher has a hands-on weather observation activity. She selects the relevant Next Generation Science Standard and the tool weaves in the learning expectations, so her lesson now clearly supports the required competencies.

Differentiate Instructions

Adapt your instructions for different grade levels and add scaffolding — like step-by-step breakdowns, example answers, or hints — so every student can access and engage with the task.

Example: A high school English teacher adapts a literary analysis prompt for students reading below grade level. She selects a lower grade target, adds "Hints" as the scaffold type, and chooses "Expanded" length. In seconds, she has a version that guides struggling readers through the same assignment.

Modify Reading Level

Rewrite any text to match a specific grade level while preserving the original meaning and key vocabulary. You can also generate a glossary — with clear, age-appropriate definitions — right at the end of the passage.

Example: A secondary social studies educator wants learners to work with a primary source written at a university reading level. Using Modify Reading Level, she produces a version that keeps the document's key ideas and important historical terms intact while simplifying sentence structure for her students.

Add Supporting Examples

Enrich your content with real-world, historical, or scientific examples that make abstract concepts more concrete and relatable — without altering your original text.

Example: An elementary teacher is introducing the concept of ecosystems. She adds two "Real World" examples at "Moderate" depth, and the tool appends relatable scenarios — like a local pond ecosystem and a school garden — that help students connect the concept to their own experiences.

See it in action

Here is a quick look at how Modify Content works:

Open Teach and select Modify Content
Paste your content or upload a Word/PDF file
Choose your modification — Align to Standards, Differentiate Instructions, Modify Reading Level, or Add Supporting Examples
Configure your options — grade level, scaffold type, number of examples, and more
Generate and review — the AI produces a modified version for you to approve, edit, or regenerate
Save your result — download as a Word document or copy the text directly

Tip: You can iteratively refine the output using the description box to request adjustments — like changing sentence length, clarifying a concept, or modifying specific sections.

Tips for getting the most out of Modify Content

Tip	Details
Start with clear, detailed input	The more context you provide, the more relevant the output. A well-written paragraph gives the AI much more to work with than a few bullet points.
Always review before saving	AI-generated content is a starting point, not the final word. Check that the output matches your instructional goals and is appropriate for your students.
Combine modifications	Use Align to Standards first, then Differentiate Instructions on the result. Layering modifications can help you build exactly the version you need.
Preserve key vocabulary	When modifying reading levels, use the key terms feature to ensure important subject-specific words stay in the text, even if the overall reading level changes.

Requirements

To use Modify Content:

License: Microsoft 365 Education (A1, A3, or A5)
Role: Educator (the feature is not available to students)
Input: Minimum 50 characters of content to generate modifications

Helpful links

Getting started with Teach
Modify content — Align to Standards
Modify content — Differentiate Instructions
Modify content — Modify Reading Level
Modify content — Add Supporting Examples
Share feedback with us by joining our EDU Insider Program

Have questions or ideas? Drop them in the comments below — we would love to hear how you are using Modify Content to save time and support your students!

Until next time,

Leif Brenne · Microsoft Education

Learning Zone spotlight: Ace your note-taking skills

NevoGat — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:56:51 GMT

A monthly spotlight from the Learning Zone collection, featuring ready-to-use lessons that bring timely classroom topics and practical learning skills into your teaching.

Strengthen habits that make learning last

By this time of the semester, the early energy of a new term has settled, content is getting denser, and assessments are already visible on the horizon. It is a good moment to ask a simple question:

Are your students’ notes helping them, or just filling pages?

Research on memory suggests that without revisiting material, much of it fades within days. Small shifts in structure and review habits can make a real difference over time.

Ace your note-taking skills in Microsoft Learning Zone gives you a focused, interactive way to address this in class. In one session, students explore practical, research-informed strategies for organizing notes, reviewing within 24 hours, and using simple systems such as structured layouts and annotation. The lesson includes short self-practice activities and connects directly to the way they are already working.

Assign the lesson in Learning Zone and give your students tools they can use for the rest of the year.

This lesson is part of a curated library of ready-to-use interactive lessons in Microsoft Learning Zone - a free Windows app that allows educators to easily create and deliver interactive classroom experiences.

What’s New in Microsoft EDU, Bett Edition January 2026

MikeTholfsen — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:20:10 GMT

Welcome to our update for Microsoft Education and our special Bett 2026 edition! The Bett conference takes place in London during the week of January 21st - January 23rd, and Microsoft Education has 18 exciting updates to share! Check out the official Bett News blog here, and for our full Bett schedule and session times, be sure to check out our Microsoft EDU Bett 2026 guide.

January 2026 topics:

Microsoft 365 Updates for Educators
Microsoft Learning Zone
Microsoft 365 Updates for Students
Teams EDU and OneNote EDU Updates
Microsoft 365 LTI Updates
Minecraft EDU

1. New Educator tools coming to the Teach Module in Microsoft 365

Unit Plans

Soon educators will be able to create unit plans in Teach. Using a familiar interface, educators will be able to describe their unit, ground in existing content and educational standards, and attach any existing lesson plans. Unit plans will be created as Microsoft Word documents to facilitate easy edits and sharing.

When: Preview in Spring 2026

Minecraft Lesson Plans

Minecraft Education prepares students for the future workplace by helping build skills like collaboration, creative problem-solving, communication, and computational thinking. Coming soon, you will be able to create lesson plans in Teach that are fully teachable in Minecraft Education. And if you’re new to Minecraft Education, the lesson plan includes step-by-step instructions to get started.

Just like the existing lesson plan tool in Teach, Minecraft Lessons can be grounded on your class details, existing content, and educational standards from 35+ countries.

When: Preview in February 2026

Modify Content

When: In Preview now

Teach supports educators in modifying their existing teaching materials using AI-powered tools that save time and help meet the diverse needs of learners. With Modify existing content, educators can quickly adapt lessons they already use—without starting from scratch—by aligning materials to standards, differentiating instructions, adjusting reading levels, and enhancing text with supporting examples.

Each modification tool accepts direct text input or file uploads from cloud storage, making it easy to transform current curriculum resources. These tools help educators maintain instructional intent while ensuring content is accessible, standards aligned, and effective for all learners.

Align materials to standards

Aligning instructional content to educational standards helps ensure lessons clearly support required learning goals and set the right expectations for learners. The Align to Standards tool rewrites existing lesson instructions so they reflect the intent of the selected standard—focusing on what learners should understand or be able to do—without copying the standard’s wording.

Scenario:
An educator has a lesson instruction for a reading activity on ecosystems. After selecting a state science standard, the educator uses Align to Standards to produce a revised instruction that emphasizes system interactions and evidence-based explanations while preserving the lesson’s original purpose. This allows the educator to strengthen alignment quickly without rewriting the lesson from scratch.

Differentiate instructions

Differentiation helps ensure every learner—regardless of readiness, background knowledge, or support needs—can access and engage with instructional tasks. The Differentiate Instructions tool adapts existing instructions based on specific supports an educator selects, such as adjusting reading level, including a single type of scaffold, or targeting a desired length.

Because this tool is designed for single shot use, it produces a clear, accurate adaptation that adheres directly to the selected inputs.

Scenario:
A secondary biology educator has lab instructions written for general education learners but needs versions for learners requiring additional scaffolding. Using Differentiate Instructions, the educator quickly generates modified instructions that include step-by-step breakdowns, sentence starters, or graphic organizers—making the lab more accessible without changing the learning goal.

Modify reading level

Adjusting the reading level helps ensure instructional content remains accessible while preserving essential vocabulary and core concepts. The Modify reading level tool rewrites text to match a specified grade level, simplifying or increasing complexity as needed while maintaining meaning. Educators can also choose to generate a glossary with clear, age-appropriate definitions of key terms.

Scenario:
A social studies educator wants students to work with a primary source written at a university reading level. Using Modify reading level, the educator creates a version that maintains the document’s key ideas and important historical terms while simplifying sentence structure for lower secondary learners. By adding a glossary, students can access learner friendly definitions alongside the adapted text.

Add supporting examples

Concrete examples strengthen understanding by connecting abstract ideas to real world applications. The Add Supporting Examples tool enhances existing instructional content by appending relevant, accurate, and age-appropriate examples—without altering the original paragraph.

Scenario:
An educator teaching thermal energy transfer has a paragraph explaining that heat moves from warmer objects to cooler ones, but the concept feels abstract. Using Add Supporting Examples, the educator adds real world examples—such as a metal spoon warming in hot soup or an ice cube melting on a countertop—to help learners visualize how heat transfer works. These examples reinforce understanding and make the concept more accessible for secondary learners.

Fill in the Blanks, Matching and Quizzing

New Learning Activities are coming soon! We’re excited to introduce three new Learning Activities designed to make classroom experiences more dynamic and personalized: Fill in the Blanks, Matching, and Quizzes. Whether it’s completing paragraphs to strengthen comprehension, pairing terms with definitions in a timed matching game, or testing knowledge through quick self-assessments, these activities bring variety and fun to learning.

Fill in the blanks creates paragraphs where learners can check their understanding by filling in missing terms. Matching is a game where learners can match terms and definitions while racing against the clock, aiming for fast completion and accuracy. And Quizzes allows students to quiz themselves and assess their comprehension. Learning Activities are available across our education products, in a standalone web app, in the Teach Module, in Teams for Education, in the Study and Learn agent and Study Guides.

When: Spring 2026

Teach Module updates in Teams Classwork

In Teams Classwork, you can already use Copilot to create Lesson Plans, Flashcards, and Fill in the Blank Activities. Coming this Spring, you will see the ability to create and modify more content, better matching the capabilities of Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App. This includes modifying content with AI, Minecraft Lessons, and more!

When: Coming soon

Teach Module and Class Notebook integration

We're bringing Copilot-powered creation tools directly into OneNote Class Notebook. Teachers will be able to generate Learning Activities and quizzes or modify existing content (like adjusting reading level or adding supporting examples) without leaving the page where they're already planning.

When: Coming soon

2. Spark classroom engagement with Microsoft Learning Zone

Educators worldwide are always looking for innovative ways to engage students, personalize learning, and support individual growth, yet limited time and resources often stand in their way. Microsoft Learning Zone, a new Windows app, empowers educators to transform any idea or resource into an interactive, personalized lesson using AI on Copilot+ PCs. The app also provides actionable insights to guide instruction and support every student’s progress.

Learning Zone is now available to download from the Windows app store and included at no additional cost with all Microsoft Education licenses.

Just in time for Bett 2026, Learning Zone has earned the prestigious ISTE Seal of Alignment - a recognized mark of quality, accessibility, and inclusive design. This recognition reflects our commitment to delivering meaningful, inclusive, and research-backed digital learning experiences for every learner. As noted by ISTE reviewers: "Microsoft Learning Zone saves educators valuable time while delivering personalized instruction that addresses individual learning needs."

Microsoft Learning Zone home page and example activity

Getting started with Microsoft Learning Zone is simple. Educators begin by defining their lesson goals and preferences and can also choose to reference their teaching materials or trusted in-app resources by OpenStax. From there, AI does the heavy-lifting, generating a complete, interactive lesson with engaging content slides and a variety of practice activities. Educators can also quickly create Kahoot! quizzes using AI, bringing live classroom gamification into their lessons with just a few clicks.

Learning Zone is more than content creation; it provides a full classroom-ready solution: from assignment to actionable insights. Once a lesson is created and reviewed, educators can assign it to students. Students complete lessons at their own pace, on any device, while the lesson flow adapts to their responses, helping reinforce understanding, revisit missed concepts, and build confidence over time. Educators, in turn, gain clear, actionable insights into student progress and mastery, enabling them to personalize instruction and better support every learner’s growth.

Learning Zone is a classroom ready solution including management and actionable insights

Learning Zone also includes an extensive library of ready-to-learn lessons developed in collaboration with leading global organizations, including the Nobel Peace Center, PBS NewsHour, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), NASA, OpenStax, Figma, and Minecraft Education. Ready-to-learn lessons are available to educators and students on any Windows device and are a great way to inspire curiosity and bring meaningful learning of different subjects into the classroom.

Ready-to-learn library in partnership with trusted global organizations

Learning Zone is available today:

Visit https://learningzone.microsoft.com to learn more and download the app.

3. New AI-powered tools for student learning in Microsoft 365

Study and Learn Agent

Bring the interactive, conversational Study and Learn Agent in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App to your students. Available to all Microsoft EDU customers, the agent does not require an additional Copilot license. It is going into preview now, in January 2026. Join the Microsoft Education Insiders community at https://aka.ms/joinEIP and get information about getting access to the Preview.

Study and Learn helps learners understand concepts, practice skills with activities like flashcards, and prepare for tests with study guides and quizzes. Additional activities including fill-in-the-blanks, matching, and others that will continue to be added.

Purpose-built for learning in collaboration with learning science experts, Study and Learn aims to help foster reflective and critical thinking. Over time, it will provide a more personalized, adaptive, inclusive experience to make learning relevant and bolster motivation.

When: January 2026 Preview

Learning Activities app

The Learning Activities Web App is now here! This web-based experience brings all your favorite activities together in one place, making it easier than ever to create, customize, and share engaging content. Whether you’re an educator designing lessons or a student building study sets, the web app offers a streamlined interface for finding or creating Flashcards and Fill in the Blanks with Matching, and Quizzes coming soon. You can easily access all your activities that you have created in other products from the web app, too.

When: Available now!

4. Updates for your favorite teaching tools - Teams EDU and OneNote EDU

Set AI Guidelines in Teams

To help bring clarity to AI use in the classroom, AI Guidelines in Assignments allow educators to set clear expectations for when and how students can use AI—directly within the assignment experience. Educators start with a set of default, standardized AI use levels, and can apply them at the class or assignment level, with the ability to customize descriptions to reflect their school or district guidelines. These guidelines are clearly visible to students, reducing confusion and supporting responsible, transparent AI use, while also encouraging learners to use secure, education-ready Copilot.

When: In Preview Q1

Add Learning Activities to Teams Assignments

Learning Activities are coming to Teams Assignments and supported LMS platforms in preview, helping educators integrate interactive practice into the assignment workflows they already use. Educators can add activities such as Flashcards, Fill in the blanks, and Matching, and share resource documents that enable students to create their own learning activities within an assignment or the Classwork module. Students complete activities seamlessly within Assignments or their LMS, with progress captured as part of the assignment experience—supporting active, student driven learning while keeping setup, instruction and review in one familiar place.

Educators can add Learning Activities or share resource documents directly within Assignments.

Students can create their own learning activities from educator-shared resources within an assignment or Classwork.

When: In Preview Q1

New information literacy features in Search Progress in Teams Assignments

Now students don't just gather sources—they investigate them. Four new research prompts (Source Reputation, Factual Importance, Cross-check, Source Purpose) make their thinking visible as they research. Read more about these new features in the preview blog here, and stay tuned for Microsoft Learn course updates to come.

When: Available now

Add Learning Zone lessons to Teams Assignments and LMS

Learning Zone lessons are coming to Teams Assignments and Microsoft 365 LTI for LMS platforms in preview, allowing educators to bring interactive lessons directly into the assignments and grading workflows they already use. Educators can attach Learning Zone lessons during assignment creation, while students complete them fully embedded within Assignments or their LMS, with progress and scores automatically synchronized for review. This preview helps educators save time, reduce manual setup and grading steps, and confidently deliver interactive learning experiences—while keeping assignment creation, student work, and review all in one place.

When: Preview in February

Embed Learning Activities in OneNote

You asked, we're building it. Soon, learners and educators alike will be able to copy a Learning Activity link, paste it into any OneNote classic page, and have it render inline – all to help folks engage without leaving the page.

When: NH Spring 2026

5. Create with Copilot in your LMS

In addition to supporting the new Learning Zone lessons in assignments, we are adding exciting new Create with Copilot options in Microsoft 365 LTI which bring the AI-powered capabilities of the Teach Module directly into LMS content creation workflows. From within their course, educators can use Copilot to draft lesson materials and other instructional content which is seamlessly published to the course using familiar Microsoft 365 tools. Create with Copilot is also available in LMS content editors to help educators compose content, discussion posts, and more. This includes the ability to modify existing content, if supported by the LMS platform. By embedding the creation experience where courses are designed and managed, Microsoft 365 LTI helps educators preserve instructional intent, reduce context switching, and move more quickly from planning to teaching.

Microsoft 365 LTI is available to any Microsoft Education customer without additional licensing. LMS administrators can deploy the integration to an LTI 1.3 compatible LMS like Canvas, Blackboard, PowerSchool Schoology Learning, D2L/Brightspace and Moodle to get started!

When: Preview in February

6. Dedicated servers coming to Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education is launching a new feature that enables IT administrators and educators to run dedicated servers to host persistent worlds for use in classrooms and after-school programs, similar to Minecraft Bedrock’s dedicated servers (for the consumer version of the game).

Dedicated servers enable cross-tenant gameplay, which is a gamechanger for expanding multiplayer experiences in the classroom or running Minecraft esports programs with other schools. This feature is currently in Beta to release in February for general availability for all Minecraft Education users. (Minecraft Education is available in Microsoft A3 and A5 software subscriptions for schools.)

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And finally, just to recap all the news we have for you this month, here’s a quick review of all the features that are generally available or are rolling out soon:

Teach Module Microsoft 365 Updates for Educators
- • Unit Plans – available in spring
- • Minecraft Lesson plans – preview in February
- • Modify content – align to standards. Private preview now
- • Modify content – modify reading level. Private preview now
- • Modify content – add supporting examples Private preview now
- • Modify content – differentiate instructions. Private preview now
- • Teach Module integration into OneNote Class Notebooks – preview in spring
Microsoft Learning Zone
- • Available to download from the Windows store, at no additional cost
- • Provide full classroom ready solution including lesson management and insights
- • Teach Module, Teams Assignments and LMS integration in March
Microsoft 365 Updates for Students
- • Study and Learn Agent – preview in late January
- • Learning Activities – Fill in the Blanks generally available
- • Learning Activities – Matching Activities in private preview now
- • Learning Activities – Self-quizzing available in private preview in February
Teams and OneNote EDU Updates
- • Set expected AI use in Assignments – private preview end of January
- • Add Flashcards to Assignments – private preview in February
- • New information literacy features in Search Progress
- • Embed Learning Activities in OneNote – private preview in spring
Copilot in your Learning Management System
Dedicated Minecraft EDU servers

Have any feedback to share with us? As always, we'd love to hear it!

Mike Tholfsen
Group Product Manager
Microsoft Education

Microsoft Education Solutions Guide - available for all IT Admins, partners and schools

MikeTholfsen — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:37:12 GMT

What is ESG- Education Solutions Guide

The Microsoft Education Solution Guide (ESG) was developed to simplify and enhance understanding of the license features and products that you have available to you in a Microsoft 365 tenant. Initial focus and intent were to create better tools to understand the tenant setup and configuration to enhance security and compliance. Link to full guide is here.

It consists of three stages:

Goals and Objectives for ESG

Goals

Develop prescriptive deployment guides that provide a centralized resource with education-specific scenarios to assist organizations in defining, managing, and organizing their tenant and appropriate applications.

Reduce the overall complexity of tenant and service deployment.
Establish baseline recommended pathways to facilitate a common and agreed-upon configuration based on subject-matter experts.
Utilize AI technology to uncover and compare recommended settings against user requirements based on documented configurations.
Implement phased configurations to aid customers and partners in understanding what they may not know or should consider during discovery to meet customer expectations.
Highlight unused features and products to ensure customers fully leverage the potential and benefits of their purchased product licenses.
Identify opportunities for partner participation in achieving customer goals and expectations based on customer requirements and ESG findings.
Create an easy pathway for customer change management to enhance control, security, compliance, and privacy of tenants.
Develop custom assessments to evaluate product entry for items such as Copilot, Defender, Purview, Intune, Zero-Trust, and Microsoft Entra ID.

Objectives

Deliver information for features available (used/unused) to users based on license model.
Prescriptive recommendations based on education scenarios. - Present upgrade license opportunities from A1 to A3 to A5.
Security analysis exposing gaps and issues proactively to allow modifications before it's too late.
Promote partner access to customers that have defined gaps based on assessments and are requesting partner assistance.
Better discovery and assessment analysis with new tools.
Designed to be more self-serving customer and partner access management.
Speed up user adoption for educators and IT Admins alike.

Recommended Roles for Implementation

IT Admin
Identity Admin
Security Admin
Compliance Admin
OneDrive Admin
SharePoint Admin
Exchange Online Admin
Teams Admin

Navigation

ESG has seven main sections in the navigations.

ESG – Microsoft Solutions Guide overall, Microsoft Education license (A1-A3-A5), and Microsoft addons licenses.

Baseline Phase – Overview, Products and Features, Licenses. All five sections (Setup, Identity, Applications, Security and Compliance, and Devices)

Standard Phase - Overview, Products and Features, Licenses All five sections (Setup, Identity, Applications, Security and Compliance, and Devices.

Advanced Phase - Overview, Products and Features, Licenses. Three sections (Identity, Applications, and Security and Compliance)
Addons – Any addon products and when/where they can be added to your current license configuration.
Windows – Education specific Windows based products and features.
References – Any process or configuration that is not outlined in the three license phases will be included here.

Phases

Deployment Sequence

The Baseline phase is the first step in the three-phase approach:

Baseline (A1) → Standard (A3) → Advanced (A5)

The Baseline phase is the foundational first phase in the Microsoft Education Solution Guide deployment sequence, aligned with the Microsoft 365 A1 education license.

Standard Phase - The Standard phase is the second phase in the Microsoft Education Solution Guide deployment sequence, aligned with the Microsoft 365 A3 education license.

The Advanced phase is the third and most comprehensive phase in the Microsoft Education Solution Guide deployment sequence, aligned with the Microsoft 365 A5 education license.

Sections

	Setup	Tenant setup is key to establishing a secure and valid tenant. Setup goes through domain assignments, administration, and service management.
	Identity	Establishing an identity via Microsoft Entra ID and establishing authentication methods, Single Sign-On, and user procurement methodologies.
	Applications	Applications like Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange Online is the core to a Microsoft tenant. Getting these applications setup are essential to allow users in education to access services and apps like Learning Accelerators.
	Security and Compliance	Security via each phase is essential to maintain order and blocking access for bad actors. Along with security compliance/privacy considerations that are established to adhere to a multitude of local and government requirements worldwide.
	Devices	Managed and unmanaged devices are another key to helping secure the network and potential cyber-security considerations that enter the network via these devices.

How do you use ESG?

ESG uses deployment guidelines for content that contain education scenario specifics. These prescriptive “Purple Boxes” allow education organizations the ability to see prescriptive guidelines and recommendations based on an edu scenario.

ESG has a linked path for each modules based on the phase (Baseline,Standard,Advanced).

Users can follow the deployment content to establish or redefine the tenant configuration in order to enable additional services and products.

What’s Next

Go to https://aka.ms/esg to access Microsoft Education Solutions Guide.

Stage 2 – A custom agent to discover the tenant configuration settings and allow customers and partners the ability to qualify what is set to standard recommendation. This agent will also have the ability to access partner content and internal Microsoft resources.

Using an AI Agent to discover tenant settings based on Graph API calls and Microsoft MCP Server for Enterprise to evaluate against known Microsoft recommended settings.

Part 3 – Change management from discovery data baselines to access and deliver any updates/changes/modifications, daily/weekly/monthly.

Using Reading Coach in the classroom: Microsoft 365 LTI app + educator tools

EmmaGray — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:20:04 GMT

Hi everyone! As we work to better support learners on their journey to becoming confident readers, I’m excited to share a few updates about Reading Coach – our free, AI-powered reading fluency tool – and highlight how it’s now even more accessible for your classroom.

📣 What's new: Reading Coach in the Microsoft 365 LTI

We've heard from educators that managing multiple LTI® integrations can be overwhelming. That's why we're thrilled to announce that Reading Coach is now available in the unified Microsoft 365 LTI!

This means you can access Reading Coach alongside other Microsoft education tools – like Class Notebook, Assignments, Reflect, and more – all from a single integration in your Learning Management System (LMS).

What does this mean for you?

✅ One integration, many tools: No need to install separate LTI apps for each Microsoft education tool

✅ Simpler for IT admins: A single app to configure and manage

✅ Same great Reading Coach experience: All the AI-powered fluency features you love

If your school uses Canvas, Schoology Learning, Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L, Moodle ™, or another LTI 1.3 Advantage platform, ask your LMS administrator about enabling the Microsoft 365 LTI.

Where to find Reading Coach in the Microsoft 365 LTI

Navigate to the Microsoft Education placement in your LMS and select Course settings in the top right under your profile image.
Ensure Reading Coach is toggled on. If you don’t see it, your administrator might need to enable it for your district.

To learn more, check out these resources:

For educators: Microsoft 365 LTI User Docs
For administrators: Microsoft 365 LTI Deployment Guide

📖 How-to: getting started with guided practice in Reading Coach

Guided practice allows educators to create reading assignments that students can join with a simple link or code – no complex setup required.

What is guided practice?

Guided practice features bridge the gap between free reading and formal assignments. Educators can create two types of practices:

Practice Type	What It Does
Open Reading	Set a time goal (for example, "Read for 20 minutes"). Students can read anything in the app – AI stories, library passages – to reach their goal.
Single Passage	Share a specific text for students to read. Paste your own content or choose from the built-in ReadWorks library.

🎬 See It in Action

Watch this quick demo video to see guided practice features in action:

Step 1: Access Reading Coach as an educator

Go to coach.microsoft.com or access Reading Coach through the All Apps list on microsoft365.com. Keep an eye out for a lightweight guided practice preview in Reading Coach in the Microsoft 365 LTI soon!
Sign in with your school Microsoft account (Microsoft Entra ID).
Look for the Teacher/Student toggle at the top of the home page – make sure you're in Teacher view.

Step 2: Create a new practice

Select Create a Practice.
Choose your practice type:
- Open Reading: Set a time goal.
- Single Passage: Paste custom text or browse the ReadWorks library.
Give your practice a name that students will recognize.
Select Create.

Step 3: Share with students

Once your practice is created, you'll see:

A unique Join Code (for example, "567123")
A direct link to share

Share either of these with your students via:

Your LMS announcement or assignment
Projected on your classroom board
Email or messaging

💡 The Join Code is great for younger students – they just need to enter 6 characters!

Step 4: Monitor student progress

From each practice in the Teacher tab, you can track:

Completion status: Who has started? Who has finished?
Time spent: How long did each student practice?
Fluency metrics: Words Per Minute (WPM) and Accuracy percentage
Individual history: Drill down into any student's reading journey

Requirements

To use Guided Practice:

Accounts: Requires Microsoft Entra ID (school) accounts
Same tenant: Educators and students must belong to the same Microsoft 365 tenant
No-cost: No additional licenses required beyond Microsoft 365 Education

Get Started Today!

Reading Coach is free for all Microsoft 365 Education users. Whether you're using it standalone at coach.microsoft.com or through the Microsoft 365 LTI app in your LMS, we're here to help every student build reading confidence.

Helpful Links:

📘 Reading Coach on Microsoft Learn

💬 Share feedback with us by joining our EDU Insider Program

Have questions? Drop them in the comments below – I'd love to hear how you're using Reading Coach in your classroom!

Until next time,

Emma Gray
Microsoft Education

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Hands-On Session: Teach Module in Copilot (available for all educators)

MikeTholfsen — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:15:37 GMT

Join us on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 @ 8am Pacific Time for an in-depth professional development webinar on the new AI-powered "Teach" module in Microsoft 365 that is fully rolled out and available to all educators. This will be a 45 minute hands-on webinar where the Product team will walk through the new updates in detail and you can follow- along at home with your own M365 account! Sign up for the session at this link.

And don’t worry – we’ll be recording these and posting on our Microsoft Education YouTube channel so you’ll always to able to watch later or share with others! Here is our training agenda for the webinar 👇

How to use the new AI-powered "Teach" module in M365. Includes:
✅ Lesson plans
✅ Copilot Quizzes
✅ Standards integration
✅ Learning Activities
✅ Differentiate reading materials
✅ Teams EDU integration and Classwork
✅ First look at OneNote EDU and Teach Module integration

We look forward to having you attend the event!

Mike Tholfsen
Group Product Manager
Microsoft Education

OneDrive, Assignments, and Learning Accelerators are now Generally Available in Microsoft 365 LTI

tjvering — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:28:02 GMT

Enhance your LMS with the power of Microsoft 365

Today, Microsoft is announcing general availability of the OneDrive and Assignments (including Learning Accelerators) experiences as part of Microsoft 365 LTI®—bringing seamless integration of Microsoft 365 tools into learning platforms to simplify workflows and enhance teaching and learning whether you’re using Canvas, Schoology, Brightspace, Blackboard, Moodle or other LMS platforms. Microsoft 365 LTI makes it easier than ever for educators and students to leverage the full suite of Microsoft 365 Education tools within existing workflows. And now, the OneDrive, Assignments and Learning Accelerators (Reading Progress, Speaker Progress and more) experiences previewed in July with the new Microsoft 365 LTI build on all the capabilities of the classic tools and add additional features in one convenient tool. Educators and students benefit from a more seamless and up-to-date LMS experience with Microsoft 365 Education. Teach and learn with confidence knowing that Microsoft 365 LTI is backed by Microsoft's industry-leading security and compliance tools with Microsoft 365 Education.

Deploy and access the new Microsoft 365 LTI in your LMS today with the overview and deployment guides.

IMPORTANT: If you have deployed the Microsoft 365 LTI previously, you do not need to redeploy in your LMS – however, we do recommend reviewing the deployment guide for any new recommendations or deployment guidance, and revisit your Admin Settings to check your M365 Admin Consent status and review the apps enabled for your educators to have access to in their courses.

Classic LTI retirements

Microsoft OneDrive LTI, OneNote LTI, Teams Assignments LTI and Reflect LTI are set to retire next September 17, 2026. The Microsoft 365 LTI replaces these separate LTI tools going forward and we encourage you to start proactively migrating your course this term. You will find migration guidance in our admin documentation to help take steps now. We will continue to provide any additional migration guidance as necessary

OneDrive and Microsoft 365 files with embedded editors and new placements

The new Microsoft 365 LTI tool expands beyond the capabilities of the existing OneDrive LTI tool with capabilities for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, including Microsoft 365 Copilot - and is now available within your LMS experience by embedding or linking documents, videos, PDFs, and images into course materials like assignments, discussions, modules, announcements and more.

Microsoft 365 LTI orchestrates management of permissions to prevent oversharing, and with dedicated course-level storage to support proper document lifecycle management, assignment workflows, and use of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

With Canvas, Collaborations are supported along with students editing and submitting Microsoft 365 documents as an external tool assignment without leaving your LMS.

This functionality replaces the classic Microsoft OneDrive LTI which will retire September 17, 2026.

Learning Accelerators and AI-enhanced assignments available in your LMS - without the requirement for Microsoft Teams

With Assignments in Microsoft 365 LTI, you will be able to use Learning Accelerators, multiple-document submissions, AI rubric and instructions generation, AI-assisted feedback, auto-graded Forms and other assignment capabilities directly within your learning management system (LMS), without the need to create and sync a Microsoft Team for your class. Assignments in Microsoft 365 LTI no longer require Teams access, enabling more LMS users to benefit from AI-enhanced experiences that were formerly exclusive to Microsoft Teams for Education. And Assignments can be created, managed, completed, and graded, without leaving your LMS with grades and feedback available to sync automatically to the LMS gradebook.

New: Improve student speaking and presenting skills in 13 languages with Speaker Progress Exciting new AI Feedback features for educators to leverage, students can practice for in-class presentations or save class time by presenting and turning in their presentations for grading.

This capability is included automatically in the new Microsoft 365 LTI tool. Existing, Teams-based assignments will continue to work and can be copied to new courses, so no migration is necessary.

The assignments functionality in Microsoft 365 LTI replaces the classic Teams Assignments which will retire September 17, 2026.

Dive into the new Microsoft 365 LTI to streamline your LMS experience

We are bringing our Microsoft 365 Education capabilities for learning management systems together into a single, unified tool to streamline the user experience. Educators will be able to access Learning Accelerators, Reflect, OneDrive, Teams, and more in their LMS courses, without having to enable multiple tools separately, and without overcrowding menus where LTI tools surface. Whether adding content to a module, creating an assignment, or scheduling a meeting for a class, you will be able to easily access Microsoft 365 Education related features directly in your LMS workflow.

Microsoft 365 LTI is available for supported LMS platforms, including Canvas by Instructure, PowerSchool Schoology Learning, Blackboard by Anthology, D2L/Brightspace, Moodle™, and for any LTI 1.3 Advantage compliant platform.

Migration guidance and tools
Guidance for migrating users from the classic LTI tools to the Microsoft 365 LTI can be found in our First Time Configuration guide. We strongly recommend guiding users to leverage the new experiences for OneDrive, Assignments, Reflect and OneNote Class Notebooks in the Microsoft 365 LTI as the classic experiences are set to retire on September 17^th, 2026. We are working on additional guidance to help with migration of existing content ahead of classic LTI retirements, and more information will be available soon.

Compliance and regulatory resources

Visit the Microsoft Service Trust Portal to learn how Microsoft cloud services protect your data, and how you can manage cloud data security and compliance for your organization. You will find our latest HECVAT assessment along with other resources for Microsoft 365 LTI and all Microsoft apps and services.

For more information, and to keep up with future product announcements

Please visit the Microsoft Tech Community Education Blog and subscribe to keep up with what’s new in Microsoft Education.

We also hold bi-monthly office hours every first and third Thursday where lots of LMS + Microsoft 365 customers come to discuss scenarios and get assistance from peers, please join us.

Microsoft 365 LTI Office Hours
1^st and 3^rd Thursday of each month at 11am EST
Join link: https://aka.ms/LTIOfficeHours

How to get help or send feedback
For any issues deploying the integration, our Education Support team is here to help. Please visit https://aka.ms/EduSupport

Once deployed, there are links to Contact Support and Send Feedback from right within the app. These can be found in the user voice menu in the upper right on any view that appears within the LMS. Learn more about Microsoft feedback for your organization.

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Learning Zone: made to engage, built for student growth

Elad Graiver — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:31:19 GMT

Educators are finding new ways to make learning more engaging, inclusive, and connected. That is where Microsoft Learning Zone comes in, an AI-powered app on Copilot+ PCs that helps educators design interactive lessons that spark curiosity and active learning.

Early feedback shows that Learning Zone helps save time while supporting personalized lessons that adapt to students’ needs and keep them engaged through interactive slides, exercises, and real-time feedback. Educators also value how the app supports high-quality classroom activities built on their existing teaching materials and a built-in gallery of free, trusted partner content, making it easier to create meaningful and inclusive learning experiences for every student.

Designing interactive lessons that truly capture students’ attention can take hours of work. Learning Zone changes that by letting educators set goals and standards, review and refine what AI creates, and bring their expertise and creativity to make each lesson their own while AI takes care of the heavy work.

Designed for Copilot+ PC

Learning Zone is included with all Microsoft Education licenses (A1, A3, A5). AI-powered lesson creation is built for Copilot+ PCs. These thin, light, and secure Windows 11 devices are great for education, combining powerful on-device AI with all-day battery life¹and advanced security. They help educators create lessons, adapt materials, and collaborate seamlessly, whether in the classroom, staff room, or at home.

AI is integrated into familiar Microsoft 365 apps, allowing educators to use their own words to prepare lessons, translate content for families, or summarize insights from student work. Features such as Click to Do², improved Windows Search³, and the enhanced Snipping Tool make lesson preparation, review, and feedback faster and more intuitive.

5 ways Learning Zone is getting even better

As we approach general availability, these updates make it easier to create engaging learning experiences:

Simplified lesson creation - Educators can describe their lesson goal, standards, and age group, and Learning Zone generates a ready-to-teach lesson outline that can be easily scanned and refined. Using AI, educators can adapt and personalize each section based on their pedagogical needs and guidelines before creating the full interactive lesson.

Expanded language support - The app interface is already available in more than 50 languages. With general availability, educators will be able to generate interactive lessons in English and Spanish, with Portuguese, French, German, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, and additional languages coming throughout 2026.

Rich and interactive activities - Each interactive lesson includes a variety of activity types that help students think, practice, and apply what they learn. Today, educators can use multiple choice, true or false, and fill in the blank exercises, along with content slides that support images and videos. Soon, Learning Zone will expand to include matching, sorting, and drag to group activities, giving educators more ways to create meaningful, engaging learning experiences.

New learning partners - Educators can explore ready-to-learn lessons created with the Nobel Peace Center, PBS NewsHour, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), alongside NASA, OpenStax, Figma, and Minecraft Education. They can also quickly generate Kahoot! quizzes with AI to extend their lessons and boost engagement.

Accessible learning anywhere - Educators can share lessons directly in Microsoft Teams, and students can play them from any device, so learning can happen in class or at home. Starting in 2026, Learning Zone will also support integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS) using Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™), making it easier to connect with existing classroom tools.

An end-to-end demo of Microsoft Learning Zone is below

Global citizenship with the Nobel Peace Center

We are proud to collaborate with the Nobel Peace Center to bring the stories and values behind the Nobel Peace Prize to today’s learners. Together we are launching a new collection of lessons in Learning Zone that help students explore what peace, justice, and human rights mean in their own lives and communities.

Each lesson promotes reflection, collaboration, and creativity, and is supported by a companion world in Minecraft Education where students can extend their learning through hands-on design and problem-solving.

The lessons highlight Nobel Peace Prize laureates such as Malala Yousafzai, Wangari Maathai, and the 14th Dalai Lama, inspiring students to build empathy, think critically, and understand their role as global citizens who can shape a more peaceful and sustainable world.

Looking ahead

Learning Zone’s move to general availability this December is just the start. We will continue to learn from educators and evolve the experience to make teaching more engaging and learning more personal.

Learning Zone is now available to download from the Microsoft Store. If your school plans to explore it before January 2026, ask your IT administrator to enable the app so your educators can get started. View setup instructions here.

Join us at Bett 2026 in London to experience Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft Learning Zone, and other AI-powered tools for teaching and learning. We look forward to connecting with you and sharing how AI can help every educator inspire their learners in new ways.

Footnotes:
1. Battery life varies significantly by device and with settings, usage, and other factors. See Copilot+ PC claims.
2. Click to Do (preview) available image and text actions vary by device, region, language, and character set. Subscription required for some actions. See Copilot+ PC FAQs.
3. Improved Windows search works with specific text, image, and document formats only; optimized for select languages (English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, and Spanish). See Copilot+ PC FAQs .

New OneNote Class Notebook LTI 1.3 integration in the Microsoft 365 LTI app

EmmaGray — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:53:40 GMT

OneNote Class Notebook is entering a new era with a modern, unified LTI® 1.3 integration (as part of the Microsoft 365 LTI app) that brings back automatic roster sync and streamlines how educators and students use Class Notebooks within their LMS.

This update is designed to benefit both educators and IT admins, making it easier to set up Class Notebooks and keep them in sync with course enrollments. In this article, we’ll cover the key new features, use cases, and next steps -- and how the new integration replaces the older LTI 1.1 tool (which is retiring in 2026).

Quick recap: OneNote Class Notebook

OneNote Class Notebook is a digital binder designed for classrooms, giving educators and students a flexible space to organize and collaborate. Each notebook includes a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts, and a collaboration space for group work. Educators can distribute pages, provide feedback, and manage class materials all in one place, while students can take notes, complete assignments, and access resources anytime, on any device--to make learning more organized and interactive.

Seamless Class Notebook setup for educators

Setup is simple. Once your LMS has the Microsoft 365 LTI app, any instructor can create a Class Notebook right from the course. Check out the more detailed instructions here.

Open the Microsoft 365 LTI app in your course.
Select Class Notebook.
Customize the learner notebook sections (or accept defaults).
Create and then Open Notebook.

Your notebook is automatically shared with all students and instructors as they access the notebook. Students can launch the notebook from the LMS with single sign-on, making access seamless.

Automatic roster sync returns

Automatic roster sync is back with LTI 1.3. When you create a Class Notebook via your LMS, students and instructors are added with the right permissions and stay in sync as the course roster changes, with no need for manual updates. This results in less admin work and fewer access gaps as your notebook stays current with your class list.

Powered by LTI 1.3 – Unified, Secure, and Future-Ready

LTI 1.3 (with LTI Advantage) brings modern security and interoperability as part of the unified Microsoft 365 LTI app -- which covers Class Notebook, Assignments, OneDrive files, Teams, Reflect, and more -- to meet current standards and work reliably across LTI 1.3-compatible LMS platforms.

For admins, one LTI app means simpler deployment and fewer plugins to manage, while configuration settings help you choose which components (OneNote, Teams, etc.) to enable or disable within the Microsoft 365 for your organization. This gives schools flexibility to roll out tools at your own pace. This new LTI integration also includes automatic identity mapping and course enrollment syncing.

Meanwhile, educators gain access to a single hub for Microsoft 365 tools and can surface (or hide) components that are approved by the administrator. For educators using Class Notebook, provisioning is streamlined: launching Class Notebook creates and links the right OneNote space to the course with minimal friction.

Key dates: Transitioning from classic LTI and next steps

The classic OneNote Class Notebook LTI 1.1 will retire on September 17, 2026, so it’s best to plan to move to the Microsoft 365 LTI app before then. Existing Notebooks will still work, and you can copy pages/sections into new Notebooks as needed.

Educators: once your administrator has installed the new Microsoft 365 LTI app, look for it in your course, choose Class Notebook, and follow the prompts to create a Notebook in just a few clicks. You can see detailed steps here.
Admins: To deploy the Microsoft 365 LTI 1.3 app in your LMS, check out prerequisites, configuration steps, and troubleshooting tips in the official deployment guide is available on Microsoft Learn at aka.ms/LMSAdminDocs.

Check out the deep dive video

Watch the video below to get quick tips and see the OneNote Class Notebook LTI 1.3 integration (and more) in action in the new Microsoft 365 LTI app!

Join the community!

Microsoft also holds bi-monthly office hours every first and third Thursday of each month, where LMS platform customers and Microsoft 365 customers join from around the world to ask questions, share feedback, discuss scenarios, and get assistance from Microsoft and peers. Feel free to join us:

Microsoft 365 LTI Office Hours

1st and 3rd Thursday of each month @11am EST

Join link: https://aka.ms/LTIOfficeHours

You can also join the free Education Insiders Program to preview updates, get support from other Class Notebook community members, meet the team, and influence the roadmap.

Need help with a specific issue? Contact Microsoft Education support at aka.ms/EduSupport.

We can’t wait to hear your feedback!

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Calling all IT Admins - webinar on configuring Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and new updates for 13+

MikeTholfsen — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:09:07 GMT

Calling all IT admins — join us for a workshop where we’ll walk through how to configure Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, from your tenant all the way to the end-user experience. We’ll cover the latest features now available — including the new 13+ student configuration options, CSV, SDS and Powershell uploads, Copilot agents & extensibility, and updated licensing & security controls. By the end, you’ll be able to confidently deploy, manage, and optimize Copilot Chat in your environment so your users can safely harness AI productivity from day one.

This webinar will be led by Bill Sluss and Jethro Seghers, Principal Product Managers from the Microsoft Education team

When: Wednesday, October 29th @ 8am Pacific Time

Register: https://msit.events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7b0cfbc2-e169-461b-9ea2-48effc009d4c@72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47

AI-powered teaching and learning for all Microsoft 365 education customers

MikeTholfsen — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:55:07 GMT

Welcome to our monthly update for Microsoft Education and thank you so much for being part of our growing community!

In our main Microsoft Education blog this morning, we announced the details of how Microsoft Education is bringing even more value to all EDU customers with Microsoft 365, including a new set of capabilities designed for relevant and powerful use by educators and students. These features will be included in all of the academic SKUs (A SKUs) at no additional cost, and many will be rolling out starting today, while others will be rolling out later this year and into early next year.

Topics:

AI for educators at no additional cost
AI for learners at no additional cost
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Microsoft 365 LTI (LMS integration updates)
Microsoft 365 Copilot (add-on required)
Learning Accelerator updates
Learning Zone on the Copilot+ PC – public preview now available
Minecraft EU updates

We’re also introducing an academic offering for Microsoft 365 Copilot in education at $18 (USD) per user per month for educators, staff, and students ages 13 and older starting in December 2025.

1. AI for Educators at no additional cost

Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App

We recently introduced the updated Microsoft 365 Copilot app, your hub for the latest AI functionality. Now, we are bringing AI-powered features to all educators with Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. In one place, educators can easily create lesson plans, draft materials like quizzes and rubrics, and quickly make modifications like adjust reading levels, differentiate instructions, and align to relevant standards. As we continue to add more AI value in education, it will surface in the Teach module.

Teach is your one stop shop for creating and adapting education content in a guided interface, designed for Education institutions. Teaching capabilities can assist you in drafting the best content for your class, including lesson plans, rubrics, learning activities and more!

Guided: Create and adapt content in guided interfaces, reducing the need for advanced prompting techniques, while still giving you full control.

Grounded: Leverage Education standards from 35 countries, your own content, and your class details to ground and create content relevant to your class.

Available where you are: In the Microsoft 365 Copilot App on Web, Windows or Mac.

When: Rolling out now with support for Lesson Plans, Rubrics, and Flashcards.

Coming Soon: Support for Quizzes, Minecraft Lessons, Fill in the Blank activities, and modifying existing content.

Learn more about Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App here.

Curriculum planning

Curriculum planning tools in Teach empowers educators to design, organize, and adapt instructional materials with ease. By leveraging AI-powered tools, teachers can create lesson plans, activities, and assessments that align with educational standards and meet the diverse needs of their students. Whether starting from scratch or refining existing resources, curriculum planning provides a guided, flexible approach to support effective teaching and learning.

Lesson plans with standard support

Easily build standards-aligned lesson plans from a selection of over 35 countries. Educators can choose subject, grade level, language, relevant content and context, standards, and duration to tailor each lesson plan to their classroom needs. The platform enables ongoing editing and refinement—adjust the tone, length, or language, and receive further suggestions to ensure every lesson plan is effective and engaging.

When: Lesson plans rolling out now

Homework & Assessments

Homework & Assessments tools in Teach help streamline homework and assessment creation for educators. With Rubrics and Quiz creation, teachers can easily build standards-aligned rubrics and quizzes, customize criteria and questions, and refine content to fit classroom needs. These tools support ongoing editing and suggestions, helping educators deliver clear, effective assessments that align with learning goals and standards.

Rubrics with standards support

Effortlessly create rubrics aligned to global standards from over 35 countries. Educators can select relevant criteria, customize performance levels, and ensure each rubric matches their subject, grade, and instructional goals. The platform supports ongoing editing—adjust the language, tone, or detail, and receive further suggestions to refine your rubric for clarity and effectiveness. Standards integration helps educators provide consistent, high-quality feedback and assessment for every student.

When: Rubrics rolling out now

Quiz creation with standards

Create standards-aligned quizzes quickly with Quiz creation, powered by Forms. Start by selecting your subject, grade level, language, and relevant standards. Add a description, set the desired number of questions and quiz duration, and generate a draft. All editing and adjustments are done directly in Forms, where you can refine questions and further tailor the quiz to your students’ needs.