Welcome to the ClassThink Microsoft Teams Teacher’s Hub
Below you will find everything you need to know about getting started with Microsoft Teams in your school.
Our guides take you step-by-step from installing the Teams apps, finding your way around your online classroom, all the way to setting assignments, and managing your class.
There’s also a section for school IT administrators which covers how to set up and configure Microsoft Teams for your school, deploy the Teams apps, and address safeguarding issues.
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Discover more below
Let’s Get Started! What is Teams?
Microsoft Teams is a new type of learning platform which brings together all Microsoft’s services into one app. It allows you to chat with your students, collaborate on live documents, share resources, and set assignments.
First, download the Getting Started guide below and feel free to share it with colleagues and students.
Installing & Updating Teams
First let’s learn how to install and navigate around the Teams app and website.
Communicating in Teams
Microsoft Teams is a fantastic way to communicate with students and teachers in your school. Let’s look at some of the options you have:
- New! – How to enable Large Gallery and Together Mode
- Posts and announcements
- How to use chat
- How to run a class video meeting
- How to use @ to get the attention of a student or group
- How to mute students in Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams adds custom backgrounds, raised hand, and end meeting features to support teachers
Preparing to teach with Teams
Preparing to teach online can be a challenge, so let’s prepare for your first Microsoft Teams lesson.
- How to prepare for your first Microsoft Teams lesson
- How to create a new class in Microsoft Teams
- How to create a breakout space in Microsoft Teams
- How to add a teacher to your class in Microsoft Teams
- How to add a student to your class in Microsoft Teams
- How to add a new channel to your class in Microsoft Teams
- How to create a team join code in Microsoft Teams
- How to add a private channel to your class in Microsoft Teams
- Liven up your Teams tabs with emoji
- How to change your class theme in Microsoft Teams
Managing a lesson in Teams
So, your classes are set up and ready. Now let’s take a look at how to actually run a lesson in Microsoft Teams.
- How to manage student permissions
- How to set and mark an assignment in Microsoft Teams
- How to annotate and share a screenshot in Microsoft Teams
- How to record and share a lesson
- How to run a class video meeting in Microsoft Teams
- How to organise your classes in Microsoft Teams
- Screen Recorder for Microsoft Stream now rolling out to schools
- How to mute students to prevent them from posting in your Microsoft Teams class
- How to stop students muting and kicking others in Microsoft Teams video meetings
Going further with Teams
First, let’s learn how you navigate around the Teams desktop app and website.
- Getting started with Class Insights for Microsoft Teams
- How video recording works in Microsoft Teams
- How to download a class meeting attendance report in Microsoft Teams
- Set students to attendee by default in Microsoft Teams meetings
- Changing student meeting role during a Teams meeting
- Using Microsoft Teams Live Events for assemblies and parent’s evenings
- How to send a OneDrive file upload request to students
Download all the guides to share
Download all the ClassThink PDF guides in one ZIP file to share with other teachers and students.
Why not upload them to a Microsoft Team or share them in OneDrive with your school?
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In the Classroom
To get the absolute best out of Microsoft Teams in the classroom here are a few articles to extend your use of technology even further.
For IT Administrators
Microsoft Teams has a range on policies and options for IT administrators to manage and safeguard their teachers and students.
Managing Microsoft Teams
Deployment
Policies & Settings
- How to turn off chat for students and groups
- Set students to attendee by default in Microsoft Teams meetings
- How to control custom backgrounds in Microsoft Teams
Safeguarding
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