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
The late turn in notification in Microsoft Teams Assignments allows you to be alerted if a student hands in their homework late. The notification appears in the bottom corner of your screen, as well as the activity bell in the top-left of your Microsoft Teams. This can be activated per assignment, or for all assignments … Read more
Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) worked with Cloud Design Box to build a centralised communication and collaboration portal in Microsoft SharePoint and Teams. In this webinar, we speak to Marcella O’Dowd (FET Quality Assurance at DDLETB) about the impact the portal is having on the way people work together in the … Read more
The new Parent Connection app in Microsoft Teams allows teachers to directly communicate with students’ parents/guardians via the chat function. Here’s how to get started with messaging parents/guardians via Teams. Firstly, the Parent Connection app must be enabled by an IT admin. Here’s how to set up the Parent Connection app in Microsoft Teams. When … Read more
Microsoft Teams has launched a new parent connection tool, allowing teachers and parents to directly communicate via the chat function. In this guide, we show you how to enable the connection app using data provisioned by School Data Sync. There are a few requirements that are essential for setting up the Parent Connection app in … 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 guide, we show you how to add the Cloud Design Box Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Web Part to your SharePoint sites. The FAQ web part is an extremely versatile addition to any SharePoint site and can be customised to create an interactive FAQs section to help give quick guidance to your users. … Read more
In this podcast episode, we spoke with Martin Edworthy, eLearning Coordinator at Sacred Heart Catholic High School about how they moved from their school’s Microsoft 365 tenant to a centralised tenancy for their trust (The Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust). “Working between two tenancies was becoming unnecessarily complex as our members of staff needed multiple … 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
Have you ever wanted to see exactly who has viewed a document and when? In this guide, Tony demonstrates the SharePoint Viewers feature, which allows you to see who has viewed your documents in SharePoint. By default, when you hover over a document in SharePoint, it shows how many people have viewed the file. … 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
After two years of virtual demos and online networking, we were thrilled to be back at Bett Show in March, talking with schools and trusts face-to-face about blended learning. A huge thank you to everyone who came along to see us on our shared stand with our partners SalamanderSoft. The long-awaited three-day event … Read more
Microsoft Forms can help teachers to identify gaps in learning and keep track of students’ progress on specific topics. 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, some individuals … 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
Lost learning is one of the many challenges schools face in 2022. In this blog, we share our top tips using Cloud Design Box and Microsoft education packages to encourage students to catch up with learning independently. Many students have lost learning due to: Higher levels of absences (of both staff and students). Adjusting to … 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
Cloud Design Box is partnering with Arbor to deliver two free virtual training sessions designed especially for schools, academies and multi-academy trusts (MATs). Arbor works with over 2,500 primary, secondary and special schools and is the UK’s fasted-growing MIS community. Arbor MIS – which is featured in both of the upcoming webinars – gives schools … Read more
We have recently updated our video guide on how to start online lessons in Microsoft Teams. As January approaches, many schools will be forced into full or partly online lessons due to sickness and self-isolation. Microsoft Teams as evolved to become easier to use for teachers over the past year and the video below reflects … 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
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