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We have recently updated our video guide on how to start online lessons in Microsoft Teams. As January approaches, many schools will be f...

Getting students engaged outside of the classroom can be difficult. While most students understand that they must complete homework and a...

We know that time is precious when you work in education; whether you’re marking, planning, or delivering a lesson, it can be tricky to f...

UPDATE: Bett has moved to Wednesday 23 – Friday 25 March 2022 Cloud Design Box is attending Bett 2022 – which returns to the ExCeL London...

We partnered with Haldor to deliver a free session for schools and multi academy trusts focusing on boosting parental engagement in stude...

We have launched a new SharePoint web part exclusive for Cloud Design Box customers called My Assignments, allowing students to see all t...

In Microsoft Teams Assignments, a weekly assignment summary email can be sent automatically to parents and guardians of students. This is...

We are hosting a free webinar for schools, academies and trusts focusing on how you can successfully adopt and roll out Microsoft Teams, ...

We are hosting a free webinar for independent schools, focusing on how you can successfully extend blended learning in Microsoft Teams wi...

Finding the best way to engage and involve parents in their children’s learning can be a challenge for schools. That’s why Cloud Design B...

Microsoft have improved the student experience when it comes to seeing their feedback in reading progress. Take a look at the video to fi...

Microsoft Teams has a new feature, allowing teachers to return assignments to students for additional revisions and changes. This feature...

A new Microsoft Teams update for summer 2021 brings a whole bunch of benefits for both students and teachers, helping schools deliver ble...

Teams has introduced a new group assignments feature, allowing students to work together and submit one assignment for the whole group. T...

Cloud Design Box has achieved Microsoft SDS Advanced Partner accreditation. Microsoft SDS (School Data Sync) simplifies class management ...

In this podcast episode, we speak with Rachael Howarth, Vice Principal of Bradford Girls’ Grammar School about how they’re us...

In this podcast episode on Microsoft 365 user adoption, we speak with Mark Guest, Director of Innovation at PolyMAT, a multi academy trus...

The Microsoft School Data Sync (SDS) rollover process 2021 has changed slightly since last year, so we have created a video guide to walk...

Keep everyone in your organisation in the loop with the news feature on SharePoint. Whether you’re using Microsoft 365 for business or ed...

Cloud Design Box is hosting a free virtual event for Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) to demonstrate how our Cloud Box package can help stream...

Reading Progress is a tool in Microsoft Class Teams that supports teachers in tracking their students’ reading fluency and progress. The ...

In this podcast episode, we speak with David James, Head of Education at Cornerstone Academy Trust and Anthony Lees, Deputy of Westclyst ...

Using Presenter Mode in a Microsoft Class Teams meeting gives teachers more control over their lesson. They have access to their presente...

In this podcast episode, we speak with Stuart Carvell, Assistant Head at Eaton Bank Academy, which is part of the Fallibroome Trust about...

Microsoft Viva Connections is a great way to communicate and publish information to users in Microsoft Teams. If you are already familiar...

When considering Teams for your school, there are several different approaches, you can create your own Class Teams manually, use a Power...

In this guide, we show you how to distribute a page from a non Class Notebook to a students’ Class Notebook within a Class Team.   Here w...

The chat feature in Microsoft Teams is a useful tool that allows students to communicate with their teachers and peers during online less...

Locking a page within Class Notebook is important when marking and assessing work, to prevent the student from editing the document after...

In this guide, we show you how to lock the collaboration section in a Class Notebook.   The collaboration space in a Class Notebook is wh...

In this guide, we discuss how we can prevent unwelcome guests from joining our online lessons in Microsoft Teams.   Enable lobby for all ...

Cloud Design Box has been working with Wilberforce College, a further education Sixth Form College in Hull, to support them in moving to ...

Cloud Design Box is partnering with Senso Cloud to deliver a free live workshop on Safeguarding in Microsoft Class Teams. Sign-up for fre...

Breakout rooms in Microsoft Class Teams launched in January 2021, allowing teachers to create sub-meetings within the main class meeting ...

Schools are currently facing additional challenges when managing class cover as a result of a teacher being absent due to sickness, needi...

Cloud Design Box and SalamanderSoft have partnered up to design and deliver three free webinars tailored to schools, academies and Multi ...

Rubrics are a powerful tool used to assess students’ work. The criterion helps students to have a concrete understanding and visualisatio...

Microsoft Teams meeting recordings are no longer in Microsoft Stream for many education licenses. This means it can be difficult to find ...

SharePoint is a great place for a school or business to store shared resources. However, it can be difficult to keep track of all the dif...

Creating a visually appealing SharePoint site is vital if you want people to engage with it regularly. But you don’t need to spend hours ...

Our Office 365 User Adoption Podcast highlights real-life stories from schools, academies and Multi Academy Trusts on how they’ve success...

With breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams, the teacher can split the class into groups to work on shared tasks, projects, or even competitiv...

The main challenge schools, academies and multi academy trusts face when rolling out a new technology or platform is user adoption. Typic...

Cloud Design Box is hosting five free virtual events in December and January, especially designed for teachers to help them make the most...

As a teacher it’s important to measure engagement of students that are home learning. Microsoft Teams has given us a quick and easy tool ...

Arbor MIS is partnering with Cloud Design Box to host three free training sessions specially designed for schools, academies and multi ac...

Missing Class Team? It may have been deleted, here is a guide on how to restore a deleted Team! A Team consists of an Office 365 groups, ...

During these difficult times, blended learning has been critical in providing students with uninterrupted learning. The blended learning ...

Before you start to use Teams in school, it is important to consider setting policies for safeguarding to promote the welfare of children...

We’ve recently welcomed two new starters to the Cloud Design Box team. Since March, we have been operating fully remotely, supporting our...