20 updates for Microsoft Teams for Education, including 7x7 video and Breakout Rooms
Over the last few months, schools and institutions have been working tirelessly to enable distance learning. We’ve heard directly from many of you about engaging students in lessons, encouraging student-to-student collaboration, and facilitating staff professional development, all while remote. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas about how to improve Microsoft Teams for distance and hybrid learning. We continue to be inspired by you and are always exploring and implementing new ways for Teams to support student engagement and professional development.
25+ updates for Microsoft Teams for Education for Back to School | July 2020
We're thrilled to share even more Teams updates for those headed into a new school year or those in the middle of their year. Whether your school is learning remotely, adopting hybrid learning, or adjusting plans week-to-week, we’ve got you covered.Microsoft Teams meetings for the classroom – what to use now, and what is coming soon
Over the last few weeks, schools have been working tirelessly to enable distance learning for their students and faculty. We’ve heard directly from many of you about engaging students in lessons, encouraging student to student collaboration, and facilitating staff professional development all while remote and we are inspired. We encourage you to explore the many ways you can use Teams meetings today for online classes, as well as let you know what is coming soon.
Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams to improve student reading fluency - now rolled out globally!
Reading Progress is a free tool designed to support educators in creating personalized reading experiences that build confidence and reading fluency in their students. Starting today, Reading Progress is beginning global rollout! Expect about two weeks for this tool to be available everywhere.
New Teams for Education is now available for all platforms
As we announced in this blog post, general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac was launched, which also includes our education customers. As part of our continued efforts to provide updates and upgrades to the Microsoft Teams experience, the Teams for Education app is being re-designed on a foundation of speed, performance, and flexibility, and has now launched as the next evolution of Microsoft Teams – new Microsoft Teams for Education.
