Remote teaching and learning in Microsoft 365 Education (2024)

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Remote teaching and learning in Microsoft 365 Education

Whether you're inside the classroom or connecting from afar, easily access the tools you need for classroom management and student engagement with Microsoft 365 Education.

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Resources for IT Admins and school leaders setting up Teams for remote learning can be found at https://aka.ms/TeamsEDURemote.
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If you're an educator...

Get set up

Is your school already using Microsoft 365? Great! If not, students and educators at eligible institutions can sign up for Microsoft 365 Education for free.

Work online fromany device or web browser.
Get access to powerful productivity and teaching apps on Microsoft365.com, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Microsoft Teams.
Stay connected to your school community.
Always have the most up-to-date version.

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Plan lessons and collaborate anywhere

Create and access all your files in one place using the cloud at Microsoft365.com. Share files instantlywithout the hassle of email chains, or work togetheron a single document at the same time. Stay in touch with other educators at your school and know that everything you need is backed up and accessible, in and out of the classroom.

Launch an app from Microsoft365.com to start working and automatically save to OneDrive. Your work is private until you share it.
Use the Share button in any app to invite another educator to work on a document with you.
Use an @mention with someone’s name in a comment to direct them to a specific place in a document.
Work and comment in Teams conversations.

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Meet virtually

The easiest way to communicate with students and educators is through Teams. Create teams for individualclasses orgroups of educators. Send chat messages, share links and files, and video call from any device.

Schedule online meetings in your Teams calendar.
@Mention a student or educator by name in a Teams post to engage others in your conversation.
Create announcements to keep everyone in your class informed and on the same page.
Meet from a channel to pull your full class into a lesson or presentation.
Chat privately with individuals or groups.

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Share content with students

Teams is more than a way to communicate -it's a place to brainstorm, share, and organize. Each team's conversations, collaborations, and contentare automatically saved. Access them anywhere atteams.microsoft.com.

Post a conversation starter and share a file in a channel. All students or educators will be able to open and read the file you’ve shared, as well as comment in the conversation.
Upload important files you don’t want students to edit in the Class Materials folder of your class.
Start a meeting and presentto the class by sharing your screen ora recording.
Set up the Class Notebook in your class team to create and review assignments, enter feedback, and more!

Sharing files in channels | Class Materials folder | Presenting in Teams | Class Notebook | Stream

Assign work and give assessments

Don’t fret - with Teams, organizing and distributing class materials online is easier than ever! Handouts, quizzes, tests, and homework can all be assigned andgraded online. Whether it's a quick comprehension check or a multi-page research paper with arubric andresources,make your classassignments as simple or complex asyou need to. Assign Microsoft 365 files and quizzes that students can work on and turn inwithout leaving the app.

Use the Assignments tab in Teams.
Track progress and give feedback in the Grades tab in Teams.
Incorporate rich assessments using Microsoft Forms.

Create an assignment | Forms Quick Start | Grading | Teams Assignments quick guide| Microsoft Forms training

Keep students engaged

Remote learning opens the door to countless possibilities outside the classroom.Transform your virtual classwith thesecreative, interactive, and inclusive ideas:

Create immersive classroom resources using PowerPointand Sway.
Bring the class whiteboard online with Whiteboard.
Invite experts to drop in with Skype in the Classroom.
Ask your students to weigh in on Flipgrid.
Try learning activities from our partners like Pear Deck, Discovery Education, and more