Reading Coach in Immersive Reader allows students to practice their reading skills independently, practice words and improve accuracy. In this guide, we take a closer look at the tool and how you can activate it for your Class Teams. Keep reading to find out how to: Keith walks you through each step in this … Read more
This summer, Cloud Design Box is exhibiting at The Northern and Eastern Education Shows, which are part of the country’s leading series of events for promoting and developing effective school leadership, management, teaching and learning. Promising inspirational workshops, keynote speakers and a comprehensive exhibition of suppliers and service providers for schools and academies, both … Read more
The Microsoft Translator app is a free app that can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or the Apple Store on any mobile device. With many different features and tools, the app is excellent for working with EAL students and opening up conversations who face language barriers in the classroom. This guide shows how … Read more
Suggested replies in Microsoft Teams can help you save time and quickly respond to messages without typing. Responding to messages and emails takes up a lot of time. And, often, these replies may only need to be a quick confirmation or standard reply. How many times have you typed something like “That’s great, thanks”, or … Read more
Microsoft Forms are a great way to engage students in their learning and get them to reflect on a recent lesson or revise a topic for an upcoming exam or assessment. In this guide, we show you how to attach a Form to a Microsoft Teams Assignment. With Forms, you can make interactive quizzes for … Read more
The new Import functionality in Microsoft Forms allows you to import your existing Word and PDF documents and turn them into interactive forms. Note: This function is not currently available on Office.com. Instead, you need to be on forms.office.com. (correct at the time of publishing September 2022). Converting Word and PDF documents to Microsoft Forms is … Read more
A collaboration channel in Class Teams is a great way for students to communicate and collaborate on projects in a safe and controlled way. Teachers can create a workspace for group work and add resources so students can work on projects together. The collaboration channel allows you to oversee your students’ progress. How to add … Read more
In this podcast episode, we speak with Jonathan Bishop, the CEO and Executive Headteacher of The Cornerstone Academy Trust (TCAT), about getting the best value from Microsoft 365 for Education. TCAT is based in the southeast of England and comprises four primary schools. Their motto “Fortune Favours the Brave” is undoubtedly reflected in their forward-thinking approach … Read more
In this guide, we show you how to add the Cloud Design Box exclusive My Events web part to your SharePoint sites. The My Events web part gives you a quick glance at your upcoming events by showing your calendar events from Outlook. It would sit perfectly on a home page so users … Read more
In this podcast episode, we spoke to Microsoft specialist and TweetMeet lead Marjolein Hoekstra about her journey with Microsoft, TweetMeets, MVPs, MSEduCentral and much more. She reveals three must-have resources designed especially for educators and school leaders. Marjolein first became connected with Microsoft after diving deep into OneNote and designing an example of what features … Read more
In this quick video, Tony shows you how to add assignments in Microsoft Teams to student and teacher calendars. When you next go to set a task in Assignments in Teams, look for the option to Add assignment to calendars. Here you have four options: None – The default setting and will not add … Read more
Teachers can easily and quickly reassign homework tasks to individual students in Microsoft Teams Assignments when students have missed out on learning. Over the last few years, many students have inevitably lost hours of learning due to higher absences, adjusting to learning from home and dealing with abrupt changes in restrictions. On top of this, … Read more
Microsoft SharePoint can help schools and trusts overcome many of the lost learning challenges they face in 2022. Over the last few years, many students have inevitably lost hours of learning, due to higher levels of absences, adjusting to learning from home and dealing with abrupt changes in restrictions. On top of this, some individuals … Read more
Cloud Design Box has been working with St Kevin’s Community College in Dublin to support them in becoming one of the first DEIS (Delivery Equality of Opportunity in Schools) schools in Ireland. The DEIS Connect Project aims to bridge the digital divide in schools and provide digital devices for all learners. It was launched by … Read more
OneNote can be used to create and organise digital learning content for students – that can be shared in a centralised area. Teachers can create a mini-website/digital topic notebook for each topic that can then be shared via a link or in Teams. Important: This is not a tutorial on creating Class Notebooks. For more … Read more
We have launched a new SharePoint web part exclusive for Cloud Design Box customers called My Assignments, allowing students to see all their current and upcoming assignments from their SharePoint homepage. Your school’s SharePoint homepage should give students a quick overview of what’s going on in the school community, and their classroom. Popular features of a school intranet include the latest news, an announcement from the headteacher … Read more
In Microsoft Teams Assignments, a weekly assignment summary email can be sent automatically to parents and guardians of students. This is an easy way to inform and engage parents in their child’s homework, as the digest gives them an overview of what assignments have been completed and which are yet to be handed in. If you don’t … Read more
We are hosting a free webinar for schools, academies and trusts focusing on how you can successfully adopt and roll out Microsoft Teams, without wasting time or money. One of the main challenges we see schools and MATs face when rolling out new technology is user adoption. There’s a central group of tech-savvy staff who pick up … Read more
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 Box has partnered with Haldor to deliver a homework app that is seamlessly connected to Microsoft Teams Assignments. We all know that there are real advantages to parents and guardians being engaged in their child’s learning, especially when it comes to supporting students with homework and … Read more
Microsoft have improved the student experience when it comes to seeing their feedback in reading progress. Take a look at the video to find out more. The new Reading Progress function in Microsoft Teams Assignments works perfectly for language learning. In this step-by-step guide, we show you how you can use the Reading Progress tool … Read more
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