{"id":1076,"date":"2020-07-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2020\/07\/30\/25-updates-for-microsoft-teams-for-education-for-back-to-school-july-2020\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:50:49","slug":"25-updates-for-microsoft-teams-for-education-for-back-to-school-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2020\/07\/25-updates-for-microsoft-teams-for-education-for-back-to-school-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"25+ updates for Microsoft Teams for Education for Back to School | July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2020 has been wild<\/strong>. COVID-19 has reached all corners of the world, impacting and interrupting the way educators teach, students learn, parents support learners, and how we lead our daily lives. Microsoft Teams for Education has been right there alongside educators, students, and families during these often challenging times with new changes and improvements announced in June<\/a> and July<\/a> to help schools adapt to learning during a pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for sharing your feedback, triumphs, and difficulties with us along the way. We\u2019re humbled by the ingenuity you bring to improving student outcomes every day and the trust you extend to Microsoft Teams as a part of your learning community. Each new and improved feature we design is inspired by you, and for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, we\u2019re thrilled to share even more Teams updates for those headed into a new school year or those in the middle of their year. Whether your school is learning remotely, adopting hybrid learning, or adjusting plans week-to-week, we\u2019ve got you covered to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Run engaging classes through online meetings<\/a>
2) Maintain student safety with control of meetings and classrooms<\/a>
3) Easily deploy and manage Teams for your school or institution<\/a>
4) Do more with Assignments in Teams<\/a>
5) Keep learners engaged and collaborating in the classroom<\/a>
6) Nurture social and emotional wellbeing outside of the classroom<\/a>
7) Train yourself in Teams with additional resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s dive in! (If you\u2019re just looking for a list without extra description, click here to jump.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1) Run engaging classes through online meetings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Different choices on how to see each other and engage in online classes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not every class or discussion has the same needs. That\u2019s why you\u2019ll have different options to view your class on desktop and mobile. Turn on Large Gallery view<\/strong> (aka a 7\u00d77 video grid) to see everyone all at once, Together Mode<\/strong> for classroom discussions (read more about the science and use cases here<\/a>), or Dynamic view<\/strong> to easily track the content or person currently speaking in class. And if a student is signing in from a mobile device, they\u2019ll be able to see more videos on iOS or Android devices<\/strong>, such as 2\u00d74 and 3\u00d73, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When:<\/em><\/strong> Expected in August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Together Mode makes it easier for students to focus on body language and nonverbal cues.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dynamic view gives a responsive layout for participants and content.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated Attendance Report option<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educators will soon have the new option to download Attendance Reports<\/strong> after a class meeting is over in the meeting chat and channel thread. Only the meeting organizer has access to the Attendance Report, which will cover Join Time and Leave Time, Email Addresses, along with the Duration so educators can more easily track student attendance as well as engagement. This feature is not on by default now and must be enabled first by IT Admins. Learn how to enable Attendance Reports in the Admin Portal here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Expected in early September<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real-time visual collaboration in online classes, with control over when students can add to the whiteboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visual collaboration tools can make meetings and teaching environments more effective and inclusive. Whiteboard in Teams now has new features<\/strong> including faster load times, sticky notes, text, and drag-and-drop capabilities. These features enable students who don\u2019t have access to a touch or pen device to participate in whiteboarding sessions during Teams meetings. Plus, educators will also have the option to present the digital whiteboard without students having access<\/strong> to drawing on the board during class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Available now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whiteboard in Teams for Education gives educators a digital whiteboard for real-time drawing and collaboration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow more students to join large lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting this month, Teams meetings are now available for up to 300 attendees<\/strong> (up from 250). By the close of 2020, Teams meetings will grow to support up to 1,000 students<\/strong>. When you want to bring in more students or faculty to watch a presentation or discussion, Teams will also support a view-only meeting experience for up to 20,000 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Available now and later this year<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Break into collaboration with virtual breakout rooms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We heard lots of requests for this one and we\u2019re listening. Educators hoping to split students into smaller groups and discussions for collaborative learning can begin using virtual breakout rooms<\/strong> early in the final quarter of 2020. Educators will be able to pick the number of breakout rooms they\u2019d like, either randomly or manually assign students, move students from one room to the other, send announcements to each breakout group, and bring students back all at once to the main class they\u2019re ready. Breakout rooms will be available in non-channel meetings like scheduled meetings or meet-now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/em><\/strong>Early in the final quarter of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2) Maintain student safety with controls in meetings and classrooms<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Have more control before, during, and after an online class<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students have a way of finding the loopholes, including in online synchronous learning. With Hard Audio Mute<\/strong>, educators can keep collaboration to the right moments and mute students when it\u2019s time to focus. Meeting options will be in place to prevent attendees from unmuting themselves. Mute all participants directly from the Participant pane and control students\u2019 ability to mute and unmute their audio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Early September<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hard audio mute helps educators keep collaboration to the right moments.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT Admins will soon have the option to control when students can join meetings<\/strong> by policy. This helps keep classrooms and student-to-student interaction secure to designated, supervised time. (For this policy to work, students must have an updated version of Teams.) To help educators have time to prepare their virtual classroom and prevent students joining without permission, Student Lobby<\/strong> gives educators control over when students are admitted to a scheduled meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Student Lobby is available now and meeting policies for IT Admins are coming in August.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Lobby gives educators time to set up their class and prevents students from joining a meeting until the educator is ready for them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, although there are some pretty awesome #MicrosoftEDU custom video backgrounds<\/a>, IT admins now have the opportunity to create a custom video background policy<\/strong> (click here for specifics on the policy<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Available now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more Teams online meeting safety guidance, visit these resources for educators<\/a> and administrators<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team owners can delete a cross-post<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a student gets a little too enthusiastic and posts inappropriate content across multiple channels, a team owner can now delete cross-posts<\/strong>. Classroom management in just a few clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Available now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3) Easily deploy and manage Teams for your school or institution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Simplify grading with SDS and OneRoster compliant SIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say goodbye to the old copy-and-paste routine for grades. With the new GradeSync to OneRoster API<\/strong>, Teams automatically sends grades entered by educators in Assignments to their OneRoster compliant SIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Early August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easier Teams policy management for all of your users<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Group policy assignment<\/strong>, IT Admins can save time and reduce the complexity of managing groups of students or faculty. Instead of changes done student-by-student or in batches, IT Admins will be able to use groups (first-graders or fifth-graders, for example) and implement multiple policy definitions at the same time. If a user is in more than one group, the order that the policies take effect can be ranked. This is great for users who may have mixed roles, such as a university student who is also a part-time employee at their university. And there\u2019s no script involved! The starting six policies (Calling, Call Park, Channel, Meeting, Messaging, Meeting Broadcast) will be available in the Microsoft Teams Admin Center. Read more about group policy assignment and ranking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Early August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group policy assignments in the Microsoft Teams Admin Center.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More class team creation and management control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon, there will be even more (and even more awesome) options for team creation. First, School Data Sync (SDS) is adding back automatic class team creation!<\/strong> Admins can once again automatically bulk-create both M365 Group and class teams for their educators, saving their time and focus for teaching. Even though classes are created automatically, educators maintain control over when students are admitted and can view class content. This allows educators additional time and control to set up their classes before admitting their students into the class team. To schedule Class Team Deployment Assistance with the EDU Customer Success Team, complete the form at https:\/\/aka.ms\/sdssignup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educator-led team creation<\/strong> is another great deployment option that alleviates work for educators while still granting them control over which classes they want to create and use. Admins can create M365 groups for classes based on student and educator roster information, and the educator will be notified of their suggested class teams. The educator can then decide whether or not to create teams for their suggested classes. This provides flexibility and prevents class teams from being automatically created and turned on when they aren\u2019t needed. This solution is recommended for large tenants (>500,000 teams). To learn more about this feature, please visit the Create a team from suggested class tab.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Educator-led team creation gives educators control and flexibility over team creation for class<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Early Class Access API<\/strong> gives additional control to IT Admins to support and create teams with educators. First, IT Admins decide whether or not a class team will be \u201clocked\u201d for early educator access or give immediate student access. Next, Admins use a query to see which teams are active or not activated yet. Then, if needed, IT Admins can activate the class team on the educator\u2019s behalf. Please refer to this documentation for more information about Early Access Class Teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please read these recommended methods and best practices for creating class teams<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4) Do more with Assignments in Teams<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

View assignments across all classes and get to them quickly (again)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to see what\u2019s upcoming, whether you\u2019re an educator or student, is super important to getting a handle on your week\u2026month\u2026or year. Soon, both educators and students will once again be able to view upcoming and turned in assignments by class or view them across all classes<\/strong>. Just visit Assignments in your app bar on the left hand side of Teams to view assignments across all classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quickly preview a linked resource<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, when an educator adds a link as an assignment resource, students will be able to see a thumbnail preview<\/strong> before clicking to the site or resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More flexibility and settings for educators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackle unconscious bias and even the playing field in class with Anonymous Grading<\/strong>. When enabled in the assignment detail view, students\u2019 names are anonymized and avatars are temporarily removed, presenting a random list of students. This allows educators to review work with identities hidden, no shuffling of paper involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anonymous Grading helps remove unconscious bias and even the playing field in class.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of setting things up on an assignment-by-by-assignment basis, educators can now manage a set of Assignments settings<\/strong> in the Assignments tab. Assignment settings allow educators to set default due times, set preferences of what happens when a new student is added to the class, change where notifications for the assignment will be posted (like an Assignments specific channel), and turn off turn-in celebrations if they\u2019re not age-appropriate for older students. (Settings changes will apply to new assignments created after the settings have been saved.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assignment settings allow educators to set preferences.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More languages supported in Assignments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assignments is growing even more globally inclusive with additional languages supported including Croatian, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Available now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall improvements to make Assignments better<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kicking off with simplified terms and an icon refresh<\/strong>, several changes will be made to improve readability and functional association for educators. Assignments will soon be able to support larger file sizes (up to 500MB) and more than 10 attachments<\/strong> at a time. There will also be large class UI improvements<\/strong> that improve the speed of viewing and creating assignments for classes of up to 200 students. Lastly, we\u2019re making it easier to tell when students are no longer enrolled<\/strong> in the class and ensuring that they don\u2019t receive assignments after they leave the class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Large class UI improvements available now, others in August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5) Keep learners engaged and collaborating in the classroom<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class Materials is now available on Android<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With students working from a variety of devices, including many mobile devices, it\u2019s important that they have access to the core curriculum. To make learning more equitable, the Class Materials folder is now available on Android<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Available now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More reasons to feel pretty great about turning in an assignment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your students are already fans of the dangling pizza slice or swinging sloth animation that play after they click Turn in<\/strong>, they\u2019ll feel extra celebratory after they experience the new turn-in celebrations<\/strong> launching this August. Turning in work is a big deal. We\u2019ve heard from students that Teams\u2019 whimsical animations bring a \u2018lil sprinkle of magic to their school day, granting some extra motivation to meet due dates and influence student outcomes. At a time when students may feel disconnected from their vibrant classroom life, the surprise of, say, a disco ball spinning down to sparkle on their screen reminds them to pause and pat themselves on the back for a job well done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Assignment turn-in celebrations sprinkle a little magic into the school day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

D2L\u2019s Brightspace Course Connector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

D2L\u2019s Brightspace is a learning management system for K12 and higher education teaching. With the D2L Brightspace Course Connector for Microsoft Teams, educators will be able to sync rosters, create private channels for course sections and link back to their course homepage through a tab in Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6) Nurture social and emotional wellbeing outside of the classroom<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gather reflections on how students are feeling and doing in real-time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emotions are a big part of life at school. How students feel impacts their readiness to learn, their mental wellbeing, and their behavior toward their teachers and their peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To communicate in emotionally supportive ways, we rely on many nonverbal cues and real-life opportunities for interaction. If your school is learning remotely, in a hybrid model, or somewhere in between, it can be harder to pick up on the social cues of how students and faculty are feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Reflect messaging extension<\/strong> gives educators and staff another social and emotional connection with their students and colleagues. Through quick check-in questions and polls, students and colleagues can share how they are feeling in general, or about a specific topic, such as learning from home, an assignment, current events, or a change within their community. Using Reflect to check in with others can help you better understand wellbeing and open a dialogue for social-emotional learning (SEL) with your students by giving them an opportunity to practice self-expression and naming their emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educators can choose to make the reflection fully anonymous, private to them, or viewable to the entire class. IT administrators can install the Reflect extension from GitHub<\/a> and then make it available to educators in their organization in the message extension menu<\/a>. Once installed, the extension provides suggested check-in questions and the ability to add custom questions that students can respond to in a poll-like experience. Check for more scenarios and use cases here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Early August<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reflect messaging extension helps educators stay connected to students\u2019 wellbeing<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7) Train yourself in Teams with additional resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Learn about Teams and how to get started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Quickly learn about Teams and common classroom scenarios<\/strong> with clickable interactive demos<\/a> for educators, families, and IT Admins (in English).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Check out the Quick Start Guides<\/strong> if you\u2019re a Student (PDF)<\/a> or IT Admin<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Train yourself with Professional Development<\/strong> with the popular Microsoft Educator Community course, Transform Learning with Microsoft Teams<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Watch helpful \u201chow-to\u201d videos<\/strong> with Teams Quick Tip videos on YouTube<\/a> (or pick from a different Teams video playlist here<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Sign up for the live Microsoft Teams for Edu digital readiness event<\/strong> for both educators or IT Admins on August 11 and 12 that dives into common scenarios, use cases, and how to get ready for the school year at https:\/\/aka.ms\/TeamsEDULive<\/a>. (In English, sessions will be recorded.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Plus, check out these additional resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Resources for parents, guardians or family members looking to support student learning: https:\/\/education.microsoft.com\/resource\/755e5a8b<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Teams online meeting safety guidance for educators<\/a> and administrators<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. The Teams help homepage<\/a>. You can also click Help<\/strong> in your Teams app at any time for extra how-tos and support!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      And for those that love lists, here\u2019s a quick review of all the features we shared along with their launch dates:<\/strong>
      1) Run engaging classes through online meetings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Large Gallery view<\/strong> (aka 7\u00d77) \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Together Mode<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Dynamic view<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) See more videos on iOS or Android devices<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Attendance Report post-meeting download<\/strong> \u2013 expected in early September
      (New) Whiteboard in Teams features<\/strong> \u2013 available now
      (New) Digital Whiteboard without student access<\/strong> \u2013 available now
      (Update) Teams meetings now 300 interactive participants<\/strong> \u2013 available now
      (New) Teams meetings up to 1,000 interactive participants<\/strong> \u2013 coming in the last quarter of 2020
      (Update) Virtual Breakout rooms<\/strong> \u2013 no later than early Q4 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      2) Maintain student safety with control of meetings and classrooms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      (New) Hard Audio Mute<\/strong> \u2013 expected in early September
      (New) Control when students can join meetings<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Students Wait in Lobby<\/strong> \u2013 available now
      (New) Custom video background policy<\/strong> \u2013 available now
      (New) Delete cross posts<\/strong> \u2013 available now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      3) Easily Deploy and manage Teams for your school or institution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      (New) GradeSync to OneRoster API<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Group policy assignment<\/strong> \u2013 coming soon
      (Update) SDS adding back team creation<\/strong>\u2013 expected in August
      (New) Educator-led team creation<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Early Class Access API<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      4) Do more with Assignments in Teams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      (Update) View assignments across all classes<\/strong> (again) \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Link thumbnail preview<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Anonymous Grading\/Marking<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Assignment settings<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) Four additional overall improvements<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) New Assignment languages supported<\/strong> \u2013 available now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      5) Keep learners engaged and collaborating in the classroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      (New) Class Materials on Android<\/strong> \u2013 available now
      (New) New Turn-in celebrations<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August
      (New) D2L\u2019s Brightspace Course Connector<\/strong> \u2013 expected in August<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      6) Nurture social and emotional wellbeing outside of the classroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      (New) Reflect messaging extension<\/strong> \u2013 expected in early August<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      You\u2019ve got this. And we\u2019re right here if you need us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This post<\/a> was originally published on this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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