- Educators gain an understanding of using Microsoft tools to plan and carry out a successful parent conference centered around the student.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
Apply Microsoft tools to plan and schedule family-teacher conferences by identifying participation barriers and selecting appropriate scheduling approaches.
Use Microsoft evaluation tools such as Insights to help monitor student success and enable educators to intervene as individual student needs change.
Schedule conference times and conduct real-time translations with Microsoft tools for parents and guardians to better communicate student and family needs.
Produce a holistic view of student progress and cocreate goals for future learning opportunities with Microsoft tools.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Leader
- Educator - Learner
- Learn to use AI tools to simplify and translate educational communications, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility for diverse families.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Recognize the communication barriers families may experience, including language differences and complex educational terminology, and how these affect partnership.
- Use AI tools like Copilot and Microsoft Translator to make educational documents clearer and more accessible while keeping educator judgment at the center.
- Apply strategies that help both written and live meeting communication feel welcoming, accessible, and culturally responsive for multilingual families and families with disabilities.
- Review and refine family communications to ensure they remain clear, inclusive, and supportive of strong engagement across diverse communities.
- 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
- 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
- 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
