- 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
- Explore Reading Coach, a free tool that uses artificial intelligence and built-in fluency detection to personalize reading content and practice for learners.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
Demonstrate how to access Reading Coach.
Describe the core reading functionality of Reading Coach.
Explain how personalized learning with Reading Coach helps decrease foundational learning gaps in reading.
Summarize how to best use the reading modes in Reading Coach.
Create and share custom practices for learners using educator features.
Explain how using Reading Coach empowers learners to achieve more.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Facilitator
Leaders - Leader
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
- Help learners build transferable online reasoning skills and make their research process visible with Search Coach and Search Progress.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe why effective search strategies matter for learners
- Identify the core search tools in Search Coach
- Describe how Search Coach supports skill-building with tips, lesson plans, and Insights
- Set up Search Coach for your class
- Create structured research assignments with Search Progress
- Describe how Search Progress makes learners' choices and reflections more visible to educators, including assignment-level, class-wide Insights
- 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
- Educators learn the features of Microsoft Education Insights and how to leverage the tools to identify trends and inform decision making to best support students.
In this module, you will:
- Navigate your Insights dashboard to display data and identify trends.
- Proactively monitor student activity.
- Apply Insights metrics to support your students.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Analyst
- Leaders - Empowering Leader
