Group photo at Schools & Academies Show 2023 with Cloud Design Box branding.

Cloud Design Box is attending the Schools and Academies Show at the Birmingham NEC on Wednesday 22 November 2023.   The conference takes place twice a year and attracts over 6,000 attendees, representing Schools, Academies, MATs, Local Authorities, Central Government, Specialist Charities and the wider education sector.  About Cloud Design Box  Cloud Design Box will be on … Read more

Cloud Design Box Team Training Session Microsoft Experts

Cloud Design Box is hosting two free webinars for schools and multi academy trusts as part of a Microsoft 365 summer training series.   The virtual sessions take place in August and are completely free for teachers and senior leadership teams to attend. CDB Trainer Keith (right) and the rest of the CDB Team at … Read more

The main challenge schools, academies and multi academy trusts face when rolling out a new technology or platform is user adoption. Typically, a core group of tech-savvy teachers and staff embrace the new technology, while others are left behind. This results in various, separate solutions being used within the school, with learning resources scattered across … Read more

During these difficult times, blended learning has been critical in providing students with uninterrupted learning. The blended learning approach can provide an effective way of reinforcing face-to-face learning with online resources and interaction. However, it can be difficult especially with students working remotely and it is a challenge for the school to identify students who … Read more

We’ve spoken a lot on this blog and in our podcast about how Microsoft Teams and SharePoint transforms the classroom, from sharing class resources with pupils to improving student engagement with Digital Ink and Class Notebook. However, there are also many opportunities to use these tools to drive School Leadership Teams. We spoke with Gareth … Read more

All Class Teams provisioned by Microsoft School Data Sync are now deactivated for students. This means the students can only access the team once the teacher has pressed the activate button. Monitored Conversations One huge benefit is that students cannot have conversations in the team until it becomes activated. When hundreds of teams are created … Read more

School Data Sync has now moved to general availability. Currently this allows users to get data into Microsoft Classroom but does have limitations and can create a considerable overhead when providing the import data. I’ve produced a quick video below looking at School Data Sync and what is means for UK schools. Hope you find … Read more

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