Microsoft Education for Teams

Microsoft 365 Education, a powerful tool for students and educators to make their remote learning environment as efficient, inclusive, and effective as possible.

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Getting Started on Teams

Access or create your online classroom anywhere with Microsoft 365 Education and Microsoft Teams

Signing into Teams

Open office.com on your web browser and sign in with your school email and password
Select the Microsoft Teams app

Create a Class Team

Select Teams from the side bar
Select Join or Create Team
Select Class as the team type
Enter a name and optional description for your class, then select Next

Adding Students

On your class channel, select the more options icon, then select, “Add members”
Enter the names of the students you would like to add to the class, then select Add

Easy Collaboration with Teams

Collaborate with other educators

Easily share files and collaborate with your colleagues using OneDrive. When files are shared, only people you select can access and edit them. Files can always be moved to a team if you want others to view and edit.

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Collaborate as a team

Microsoft 365 is a central space where students and educators can communicate, access files and collaborate in one place.

Communicate Using Microsoft Teams

Learn how to virtually meet with your class and send messages in chats and channels.

Messaging your class

To create a message for your whole class, click Teams, then pick a class team and a channel
Select the Posts tab
Click the compose box, type your message, and click send
Use @ and the name of your class to notify everyone of your post

Starting a Conversation

Click on the Chat icon on the sidebar, then select New Chat
In the To field, type the name(s) of the student(s) you’d like to message
Type your message in the compose box and select send

Reply to a conversation thread by clicking Reply Under, adding your message and hitting send!

Manage Virtual Meetings

Schedule a virtual meeting in your calendar
Meet with your students one-on-one by using the call button in the chat
Use the toolbar during the meeting to add participants, send messages, share links, and share you screen

Assignments and Grading Using Teams

Creating an Assignment

Select the Assignments tab in the General Channel for your class team. Enter details such as who the assignment is being assigned to, additional resources, due date, and a rubric.

Creating a Rubric

In the Assignments tab select Add Rubric and use the rubric creator to customize your grading criteria.

Grade Assignments

Select more options and then Open Student Work. This opens the student’s assignment with a Feedback and Points field you can fill in. Enter comments in the document itself and select Return when you are done grading.