Microsoft sees the future of education in collaborative work and following this path updates Microsoft Teams for Education

Microsoft has two fronts where it has traditionally been a strong company: business and education. In fact there are not a few developments designed exclusively for users of these communities We see the last example in Windows 10 S Mode, an alternative of which we all know the advantages (and also disadvantages) that it can bring.

But there is much more. One of the best-known Microsoft tools in educational environments is Microsoft Teams for EducationIt is a kind of nerve center where members of the educational community (students and teachers) can share content and applications in one place. A tool that is clearly based on collaboration and that seeks to foster the creation of learning communities.

And nothing better than putting that philosophy into practice now that one year has passed since the integration of Microsoft Teams in Office 365 Education with the announcement of several features aimed at underpinning collaborative learning in classrooms.

The tool will be updated with different improvements that seek to take advantage of its hidden potential. News such as the greater ease that teachers will now have to create surveys thanks to Microsoft Forms. These forms can also be better used by adding self-assessment notes or comments

In addition, students will be able to know in advance how they will be graded thanks to the introduction of rubric grading in teams.Teachers will be able to apply rubrics to tasks that help students learn and improve their work.

These are perhaps the two most striking characteristics, but they are not the only ones. Let's see the rest of the news that is hidden:

• More control of the pages created in OneNote: The student will see how it is marked as read after a while and only the teacher will be able to edit and annotate comments on these assignment pages.
• Mute: Teacher can now set the time periods in which students will not be able to post in the conversation tab.
• Possibility of joining codes: It facilitates the entry of people to a project thanks to the use of codes that can be visible by all users.
• Reusing a piece of equipment as a template: Teachers will have the option of reusing existing equipment. It is something like a template that you can then work on, adapting it to the appropriate needs.
• Archive capability enhancements: User content can be stored in read-only mode.
• Grading Improvement: Teachers can save a lot of time with a grading tool that is easily applied to multiple assignments at once .

Source | Microsoft Blog