What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | February 2023

“Welcome to our monthly update for Teams for Education and thank you so much for being part of our growing community! We’ve been working on some great new updates that we’re excited to share with you, so here’s what’s new this month. Enjoy!”

February Topics:

• 1 Introducing Classwork for Microsoft Teams
• 2 Updates to Grading
• 3 Search Coach in Teams
• 4 Reading Progress – Addition of Comprehension Questions
• 5 Reading Coach in Immersive Reader for Teams Assignments
• 6 Automatic lowering of hand in a meeting (preview)
• 7 New Teams Webinar Experience
• 8 “@ Mention” everyone in the chat
• 9 Education Templates for Teams Meetings
• 10 Loop component support in Microsoft Whiteboard
• 11 Save and Share Templates in Microsoft Whiteboard

More Microsoft Teams for Education

Microsoft Teams for Education has been updated with a range of new features to help educators and students collaborate more effectively. These include:

• Class Notebook – A tool to create, share and manage digital notebooks in Microsoft Teams that can be used by teachers and students alike. This includes options such as the ability to add images, videos, text boxes, tables, equations and much more.

• Quizzes & Surveys - Teachers now have the option to assign quizzes or surveys directly from within Microsoft Teams. This allows them to easily assess their student’s knowledge on a particular topic or course material quickly and efficiently.

• Assignments – Teachers can also now use Assignments inside of Microsoft Teams for Education which gives them the ability to assign tasks or homework assignments directly from within the platform itself instead of having to switch between multiple applications.

• Chatbot Integration - The integration with chatbot bots has been improved so that teachers are able answer questions faster than ever before without having to leave their desk or take time away from other activities like teaching classes or preparing lessons plans etc…