4 new Teams updates to enhance classroom engagement

[Microsoft]

The 4 updates to Microsoft Teams for Education:

1. Mindful Coloring Book in Reflect: Reflect, a Learning Accelerator in Microsoft Teams, now includes mindful coloring activities featuring the Feelings Monster. This helps students explore emotions through art and supports wellbeing and engagement.
2. Clickable Cards in Reading Progress: Reading Progress now features clickable cards that provide insights into each student's reading progress in areas like speed, accuracy, and prosody, making it easier for educators to tailor support.
3. Background Noise Suppression in Reading Progress: A new feature that uses AI to filter out background noise during student readings, improving the accuracy of auto-marked scores.
4. Clickable Insights Cards in Search Progress: These new cards in Search Progress allow educators to assess students' research habits and progress, helping to identify those who are doing well, those on the right track, and those needing more support.

The article announces the general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac, offering a faster, simpler, and more flexible experience.

Educators are encouraged to explore the new features in detail in the October and November 2023 updates for Microsoft Teams for Education and to take advantage of the free online training, "Master Microsoft Teams for any learning environment," available on Microsoft Learn.

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