Mark Microsoft Teams Assignments with Emojis Title Image

We walk you through how to create a custom grading scheme within Teams, how to apply grading schemes to assignments, and then how to grade student work using your new system. 

How to set Group Assignments in Microsoft Class Teams

Group assignments allow students to develop key collaboration skills and critical thinking. With Teams Teachers can manage projects easily, encouraging students to work together on projects and enhance their learning.

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This guide walks you through how to effectively reuse assignments in Teams, making class management smoother while ensuring consistent and high-quality learning resources.

Search Coach Podcast Prepare students for an ever-evolving future Microsoft EDU

In this episode of the Cloud Design Box podcast, Darren Hemming speaks with Emma Gray, Product Manager behind Microsoft Learning Accelerators Search Coach and Search Progress. 

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Microsoft Reflect offers teachers the perfect way to receive feedback from students about how they’re feeling. But did you know you can add a Reflect Check-in to specific assignments? Reflect Check-ins in Microsoft bring a number of benefits to the classroom: Feelings Monsters in Microsoft Reflect These fun creatures allow students to express their thoughts … Read more

Add Emojis and Icons to Microsoft Teams channel names

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

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Every minute counts for those who work in education, and one activity that we know teachers are always looking to save time on is homework assignments. Did you know that Microsoft Teams Assignments is bursting with time-saving tricks?  Below, we go through three must-know tips: Time saving tips for Microsoft Teams Assignments Send student reminders … Read more

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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

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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

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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

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