Use the Copilot Readiness Assessment to find oversharing risks, orphaned sites and permission issues across SharePoint and OneDrive.
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A SharePoint alert banner helps important messages stand out across your intranet, so staff do not miss key updates. Emails are overlooked, posts drop out of Teams feeds, and people do not always know where to look. The revamped Cloud Design Box alert bar works like a SharePoint alert banner, making announcements visible on every … Read more
A quick guide on how to automatically display Arbor house points in SharePoint with a simple integration.
Create a simple digital badge system for students using SharePoint If your school already uses Microsoft 365, you can build a lightweight digital badge and rewards system using SharePoint Lists with no third party tools and no complex development. It is a practical way to celebrate academic, pastoral, and extracurricular achievements inside the platforms staff … Read more
Archived Class Teams still hold valuable resources. Learn how teachers and students can access them in Microsoft Teams Education.
In this guide, we look at our new SharePoint Staff Briefing Web Part. A simple tool to help keep all your staff updated on the latest information.
Cyber threats are evolving, and phishing attacks remain one of the biggest risks to schools and trusts. With hackers attempting to impersonate trusted senders, staff awareness and email security measures are critical.
Martin Byford-Rew, Head of Digital Systems at King Edward VI Foundation, discusses the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) in schools.
In this guide, we round up some of our favourite Hero Webparts for SharePoint to improve the look and functionality of your SharePoint site.
Switching to a new Management Information System (MIS) is a significant step for any school. But one of the most critical concerns is ensuring that your existing digital infrastructure — especially your Microsoft 365 (M365) platform — remains smoothly integrated. Cloud Design Box integrates effortlessly with all major UK MIS providers to streamline your integration … Read more
Education Technology Lead at Spencer Academies Trust shares insights into how they transformed HR management with a SharePoint HR Hub.
The new Staff Directory webpart gives you the ability to create a employee or staff directory directly in SharePoint.
Get organised and save your future self a lot of time by archiving and restoring Microsoft Teams channels as and when you need them.
Adding Emojis to a channel name in Microsoft Teams is simple and can be a fun way to inject some personality into a channel name. This guide is going to show you how to add Emojis to channel names in Teams. Emojis can be a fun way to personalise a channel and make them look … Read more
You must activate any new class teams in Microsoft Teams in order to use them. In this guide, we show you how to activate a new class team. Microsoft released a new Microsoft Teams for Education in late 2023. This has resulted in things looking a little bit different for schools managing their classes … Read more
Muting students in Microsoft Class Teams is useful if you’ve got a student making inappropriate comments or distracting the class. In this guide, we show you how to manage student comments, mute individual students and mute the entire class in Microsoft Teams. There are a few reasons why teachers may wish to delete student … Read more
For educators juggling teaching and administrative tasks, every minute is precious. Microsoft Teams offers a practical feature to streamline your workload: the ability to import assignment settings from one class to another. Picture this: You’re setting up your digital classroom in Teams for the new academic term. The structure of your assignments largely mirrors those … Read more
Some people love receiving Microsoft Teams notification emails. Others prefer them to be turned off all together. Notification emails allow us to: Be instantly aware of updates on Teams. Be updated even if we aren’t logged into Teams. Prioritise messages based on sender, urgency or content. Manage overwhelm by reducing the amount of notifications we … Read more
MS Forms is an excellent way to make quizzes to test your students. The latest MS Teams update makes setting up timers in forms super-easy. This blog post shows you how to do just that, saving you time in the classroom, leading to a smoother learning experience for your students. Set timer in Microsoft Forms … Read more
We’re thrilled to announce the release of the new CDB Section Breaks SharePoint Web Part, which adds a new dimension to your SharePoint page design. The CDB Section Breaks Web Part allows you to create different shaped sections on your SharePoint sites, for example curved or zigzag lines that add more flare and visual interest to … Read more
