Microsoft Teams

Software/tool

App

Website

Video conferencing

Digital communication 

Digital collaboration

Online learning and behaviour monitoring 

Collaborative learning online 

Screencasting 

Virtual feedback 

Virtual assessment 

Virtual learning environments

Data storage and sharing

 Planning (calendar) 

Teams is a cloud-based video conferencing platform that can be used for video conferencing meetings, audio conferencing, webinars, meeting recordings, and live chat.

The videoconferencing platform can be used for organazing and implementing distance teaching and learnning activities, where teachers and students can communicate sinchronously.

In order to use this tool teachers and students should access Microsoft software using web application or download the software to computer (this is advisable for better program operation).

Teacher should schedule lessons meeting time and provide the invitation links to students throught their communication channels: email, virtual learning environments, messenger, etc. 

Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork in Microsoft 365. The Teams service enables instant messaging, audio and video calling, rich online meetings, mobile experiences, and extensive web conferencing capabilities. In addition, Teams provides file and data collaboration and extensibility features, and integrates with Microsoft 365 and other Microsoft and partner apps.

Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, meetings, files, and apps together in one place. Because Teams is built on Office 365, schools benefit from integration with their familiar Office apps and services. It delivers enterprise-grade security and compliance that is extensible and customizable to fit the needs of every school.

With Microsoft Teams, your school or institution can create collaborative classrooms, connect in professional learning communities, communicate with school staff, coordinate research across institutions or more easily facilitate student life efforts like clubs or extracurricular activities – all from a single experience in Office 365 for Education.

Microsoft Teams for Education comes with all the powerful communication and collaboration tools that are available to other Teams users. 

Teams is a video-conferencing app can stream high-quality HD video and audio

Particinats can share their video and stop sharing 

Participants can join with audio and turn off their audio

• Meeting sheduling, meetings can be synchronized with the calendars
• Waiting room – meeting host can put participants that attempt to join the meeting into a waiting room and admit participants (one at a time or all together)
• Meetings can be recorded locally to computer or to cloud (paid)
• Chat: instant messaging, non-verbal ways of communicating, this can be used effectively during meetings for participants to communicate without interrupting the presenter.
• File sharing: in-meeting file transfer lets you send files to other meeting participants during the meeting using the meeting chat. You can also send files via chat directly to a single user or a group

• Search chat: feature lets you easily find parts of a conversation or files that have been shared. This can really help with navigating chat to find instructions you’ve been given, files that have been shared with you, and other specifics you need to find quickly.
• Contact channels (chat groups): you create groups of contacts that can be public or private. It can be used to quickly join an instant meeting with those invitees.
• Virtual hand-raising: the virtual hand-raising feature lets participant to raise hand to alert the meeting host or speaker that they would like to speak.
• Breakout Rooms: this feature can be used can be used during a meeting to create smaller rooms for the meeting participants for egxample for group work.
• Multi-share: participants can share their screens simultaneously during a meeting, using the share screen function for multiple screens. Hosts will need to allow this for participants in the meeting, which helps them control and manage who is able to do this. To get the most from this feature, you will want to enable dual monitor options in the client settings.

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 Web-based

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Linux

Desktop

Tablet

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