- Learn to use Microsoft Teams for Education to share content, collaborate, and communicate with learners, guardians, colleagues, and the larger school community.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
Describe how to use the Class Notebook as a central location for course content.
Explain how educators can use non-Microsoft apps to share content with their class.
Identify ways to build class community in Microsoft Teams.
Describe ways to connect and communicate with parents and guardians.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Facilitator
Leaders - Equity and Citizenship Advocate
Leaders - Systems Designer
- Create and organize content in Classwork, manage assignments, simplify assessments, give timely feedback, and track academic and SEL trends within Class Teams.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Create and organize class resources and assignments efficiently with Classwork in Microsoft Teams.
- Create, distribute, collect, and grade assignments with Assignments in Microsoft Teams.
- Create and embed polls, quizzes, and surveys with Microsoft Forms.
- Track learner progress with Insights in Microsoft Teams.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Citizen
Educator - Facilitator
Educator - Collaborator
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
Application of Digital skills
Organization and Administration
- Educators use OneNote to organize information and content and to support research, collaboration, note taking, journaling, and reflection.
In this module, you'll:
- Access and navigate a OneNote notebook
- Create, add, and share pages and content
- Identify how to organize OneNote effectively
- Manage a range of OneNote notebook settings
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Facilitator
- Educator - Learner
- Educator -Collaborator
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Application of Digital skills
- Organization and Administration
- Teacher Professional Learning
- Teachers use OneNote Class Notebook to prepare instructional material and collaborate with students in accessible ways.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
Create a OneNote Class Notebook and use the tools to create and distribute content to students
Give feedback via OneNote with a range of approaches
Identify lesson resources to create and store in Content Library
Plan an activity using Collaboration Space
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Facilitator
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Application of Digital skills
- Pedagogy
- Teacher Professional Learning
- Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams helps learners build reading fluency while allowing educators to easily track progress and save time for active instruction.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Explain the three pillars of fluency, the importance of fluency, and its impact on readers.
- Describe how to set up a Reading Progress assignment.
- Describe the learner view of a Reading Progress assignment.
- Explain the educator review process and how to manually review an assignment.
- Explain how learners resubmit assignments and practice reading selected words in Reading Coach.
- Explain how Reading Progress provides insights and analytics at the class and school level for educators and system leaders.
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
- A human-centered mindset
- Ethics of AI
- AI foundations and applications
- AI pedagogy
- AI for professional development
- Math Progress in Microsoft Teams helps learners build math skills while helping educators track progress and save time for active instruction.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Identify how Math Progress addresses the needs of educators and learners
- Explain how to set up a Math Progress assignment
- Describe the learner's experience of a Math Progress assignment
- Explain the educator review process and how to manually review an assignment
- Demonstrate how to access Math Progress insights and analytics at the individual and class level for educators and system leaders
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Analyst
Educator - Facilitator
Educator - Learner
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Pedagogy
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
A human-centered mindset
Ethics of AI
AI foundations and applications
AI pedagogy
AI for professional development
- Speaker Progress empowers learners to develop presentation skills and gain confidence in their speaking abilities with real-time coaching.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe the importance of presentation skills
- Explain how to create and evaluate a Speaker Progress assignment
- Describe how learners complete a Speaker Progress assignment
- Identify the types of feedback learners receive from Speaker Progress
- Identify ways to integrate Speaker Progress into a class
- Describe the difference between Speaker Progress and Speaker Coach
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Designer
Educator - Facilitator
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Pedagogy
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
A human-centered mindset
Ethics of AI
AI foundations and applications
AI pedagogy
AI for professional development
- Students need the words to express and address emotions. Educators must build a safe place for social and emotional wellbeing in the classroom.
In this module, you will:
- Collect strategies for supporting students in developing language and tools for social and emotional health (based on CASEL Core Competence Areas).
- Design an introductory lesson to introduce your class to Reflect.
- Create a Social Emotional Learning routine with the Reflect app.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Facilitator
- Leaders - Connected Learner
- Leaders - System Designer
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Teacher Professional Learning
