💡 Building Future-Ready Skills: ESGTS and Microsoft Certifications
Hello everyone! I’m a lecturer at the Escola Superior de Gestão e Tecnologia de Santarém (ESGTS) in Portugal, and I’d like to thank Microsoft for the great work they’re doing with the Microsoft Learn for Educators (MSLE) program. We first heard about it in February 2025, when we started our onboarding process. The program immediately caught our attention because it offers two complementary learning paths, Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills, both of which align perfectly with the courses our School already teaches in Computer Science. The flexibility of these learning paths, some longer (Certifications) and others shorter (Applied Skills), along with multilingual support and hands-on labs through the Skillable platform, without students or teachers needing to use their own Azure credits, were key reasons why we decided to adopt the program. We’ve also seen growing interest in the topics covered by Microsoft certifications such as AI, AZ, DP, MS, and SC, among others. We quickly began training and certifying our teaching staff using the vouchers provided through the MSLE program, with the goal of soon extending this training to our students as well: In addition to our academic training, our School’s strategy also focuses on developing students’ skills using official vendor content. This effort led to our first in-person MSLE training session — AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals — held on June 11 and 12, 2025. More Info: https://www.ipsantarem.pt/esgts-microsoft-learn-for-educators-az-900-azure-fundamentals-1a-edicao/Microsoft Learn for Educators (MSLE) Partnership & Impact
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📣 MSLE Office Hours — Português
Olá, 👋 Espero que estejam bem! Tem dúvidas sobre o Programa MSLE? Nós temos as respostas! Participe das nossas Office Hours do MSLE: um espaço para conectar, aprender e receber apoio personalizado. ✅ Tire suas dúvidas sobre o programa ✅ Explore recursos e boas práticas ✅ Conecte-se com outros educadores e com nossa equipe do MSLE Traga suas perguntas, ideias e curiosidades — estamos aqui para ajudar você a aproveitar ao máximo sua experiência com o MSLE! No horário indicado, favor realizar acesso ao link: Teams meeting.📣 Getting Started with AI and MS Copilot — Português
Olá, 👋 📢 Quer explorar IA e Microsoft Copilot de forma prática para o aprendizado? Participe da sessão “Introdução à IA com o uso do MS Copilot”, pensada especialmente para docentes que estão começando a usar o Copilot. Vamos aprender os fundamentos da IA generativa, como criar boas instruções e aplicar essas ferramentas na sala de aula. 📌 Sessão com exemplos práticos, materiais para utilizar e um espaço ideal para praticar e tirar dúvidas. No horário indicado, favor realizar acesso ao link: Teams meeting.📣 Getting Started with AI and MS Copilot — Português
Olá, 👋 Espero que estejam bem! 📢 Quer explorar IA e Microsoft Copilot de forma prática para o aprendizado? Participe da sessão “Introdução à IA com o uso do MS Copilot”, pensada especialmente para docentes que estão começando a usar o Copilot. Vamos aprender os fundamentos da IA generativa, como criar boas instruções e aplicar essas ferramentas na sala de aula. 📌 Sessão com exemplos práticos, materiais para utilizar e um espaço ideal para praticar e tirar dúvidas. No horário indicado, favor realizar acesso ao link: Teams meeting.Microsoft Azure Automatic Grading Engine
One of the main challenges on teaching cloud technologies in collages is how to assess student. For other IT courses, educators can collect some files such as source code and give a grade to students. However, for cloud tech educators, it is hard to use the traditional approach to handle the assessment. Microsoft Azure Automatic Grading Engine is a project to grade all students Azure assignment or project automatically in parallel.
