Checking a shared calendar usually means leaving your SharePoint intranet, opening Outlook, and then coming straight back to whatever you were doing. The Cloud Design Box Shared Calendar Web Part brings shared Outlook calendars directly into SharePoint. Staff can view upcoming events and important dates alongside the news, resources and tools they already use. It … Read more
Ask ten schools how they are approaching AI and you will get ten different answers. Some have a policy and a steering group. Some have a quiet feeling that staff are already using it and nobody has quite decided what to say about that yet. Both are normal. AI did not arrive in education through … Read more
Checking today’s schedule usually means opening a separate app. You’re on your intranet homepage, catching up on news, and then you switch over to Outlook just to see what’s on today. It’s a small thing, but it adds up across a working day. The revamped My Calendar Web Part removes that extra step. It shows … Read more
An intranet homepage is often the first thing people see when they log in. A static background image does the job, but it can start to feel like part of the furniture. Video backgrounds give the Hero Banner and Hero Search web parts a new way to make that first impression count, without changing the … Read more
Good work is easy to miss in a busy organisation. Someone goes the extra mile for a colleague, solves a problem quietly, or supports a teammate through a difficult week, and it can pass without anyone else noticing. The new Praise Web Part gives organisations a simple, visible way to change that on their own … Read more
Learn how to set AI guidelines on assignments in Microsoft Teams, and why every school needs a consistent AI policy behind the feature. A step-by-step guide for school leaders and teachers.
Microsoft’s latest round of Copilot updates has landed and it’s removing the need for the small, repetitive admin tasks that eat into teacher planning time. The update is a hefty one – 23 new features that you can read about in the full roundup on the Microsoft Community Hub if you want the complete list. But, as we’ve been working with … Read more
Learn how to set AI guidelines on assignments in Microsoft Teams, and why every school needs a consistent AI policy behind the feature. A step-by-step guide for school leaders and teachers.
Still using the Sync button in SharePoint? There’s a better way. OneDrive shortcuts give you access to your files across all your devices.
Archived Class Teams still hold valuable resources. Learn how teachers and students can access them in Microsoft Teams Education.
Scheduling assignments to automatically post to students at a later date allows teachers to plan ahead and save time. This quick guide shows you how to schedule your assignments in Microsoft Teams for Education in a few easy steps. Scheduling assignments for later. First, you need to create a new assignment in Teams. Head to … 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
A OneNote Staff Notebook in Microsoft Teams is a digital notebook that helps teachers facilitate collaboration, save time and keep everything organised and in one place. At Cloud Design Box, we provision Staff Notebooks in Teams, automatically placing the right staff into their departments and subjects so they can always access their Staff Notebooks from … Read more
Announcements in Microsoft Teams are great for highlighting content for a whole class or department. In this guide, we show you how to post an eye-catching announcement in your Teams channels, alongside some time-saving tips. How to post an announcement in Teams. You can create an eye-catching, customised announcement post with a coloured background in … Read more
The CDB Portal is designed to make life easier for our customers. It’s a central space where school leaders and administrators can manage SharePoint and Teams. Users with permissions can create new SharePoint sites, organise class cover and generate assignment analytics reports in just a few clicks. Recently, we’ve given it a brand new look, … 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
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
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
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