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Microsoft Teams feature updates

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Emily Armour (she/her)

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The article provides an overview of the new features introduced in Microsoft Teams, with a focus on updates specific to Teams for Education. Included are tutorial videos showcasing new top features. You are welcome to visit Microsoft’s announcements including the Teams Blog, Teams articles on the Education blog, and their Teams YouTube playlists.

New features in Microsoft Teams

Spring 2024

Watch this tutorial video showing the top 6 NEW features in Microsoft Teams. Updates include:

  • Images for Custom Announcements (back again!) 0:10
  • New UI for Posts 1:16
  • Forward a message 1:54
  • Audio/Video drop down controls 2:24 (blog post)
  • Annotations in Whiteboard, etc. 3:27
  • Right click on icon to set status 4:16

Fall 2023

Watch this tutorial video showing the top 8 NEW features in Microsoft Teams. Updates include:

  • 🆕 Improved Hoverstick with Replies and Edits, 0:08
  • 🎥 Improved Video Backgrounds, 0:42
  • 🔍 Setting Office vs. Remote Status, 2:06
  • 🎨 Folder Colors in Files, 2:40
  • ✅ Webinar Improvements, 3:17
  • 📝 OneNote Notes Integration, 6:33
  • 🙋GroupMe Integration, 8:27
  • 👥 Grid View on Teams Mobile, 8:50

Summer 2023

Watch this tutorial video showing the top 8 NEW features in Microsoft Teams. Updates include:

  • 👀 New look for MS Team channels, 0:10
  • 🔎 Improved navigation and zoom features for meetings, 2:02
  • 🎆 Additional backgrounds for meetings, 2:37
  • 🤳 Filters for meetings, 3:17
  • 📝 Automatic creation of Notes tab in newly created channels, 4:08
  • 🗳️ The ability to create a voting table in channel chats, 4:59
  • 🔈 Spatial Audio feature for meetings, 6:55

January 2023

Watch this tutorial video showing the top 12 NEW features in Microsoft Teams. Updates include:

❌ Delete Chat
🔐 Co-organizers for Breakout Rooms
🧏 Sign Language view in Meetings
😍 Expanded Chat reactions
✅ Poll improvements

October 2022

Watch this tutorial video showing the top 14 NEW features in Microsoft Teams including Schedule Message for Chat, Excel Live in Teams meetings, Video chat, and Whiteboard in Teams updates.

September 2022

Watch this tutorial video showing the top 9 NEW features in Microsoft Teams including improved search for chat, Soft Focus in meetings, Pre-assign Breakout Room members in Channel meetings, Microsoft Teams and Outlook integration, and Polls and Forms improvements.

New features in Microsoft Teams for Education (Class Teams)

July 2024

  • Watch this tutorial video showing 5 new AI features in Microsoft Teams for Education

Updates include:

  • Assignment instructions with AI 0:15
  • Rubric creation with AI 2:21
  • Classwork modules with AI 4:09
  • AI in Reading Progress 6:46

May 2024

Updates include: (see the 📝 Table of contents in the YouTube tutorial video)

  • AI generated Assignment instruction
  • AI rubrics
  • Reading Progress (Passage generation with AI, Comprehension Questions AI)
  • Classwork Reuse
  • Search Progress updates, and lots more.

January 2024

Updates include: (see the 📝 Table of contents in the YouTube tutorial video)

  • Annotate PDF
  • Mark as Excused
  • Reflect updates
  • new features in Reading Progress, and lots more.

October 2023

Updates include:

  1. New Features in Assignments
  2. Feature Updates in Classwork
  3. User Experience Updates in Reflect
  4. Insights Improvements for Learning Accelerators
  5. Teams General Updates

January 2023

Updates include:
📊 Insights updates
🐍 Python and CS integration
😄 Reflect updates
📝 Microsoft Forms and Quiz support images in multiple choice questions
📖 Phonics Rules Challenge Assignments for Reading Progress

November 2022

Updates include:

🔒 Hide feedback comments until Assignment is returned

📊 Export grades improvements

😊 Staff Teams Reflect

💜OneNote Class Notebook viewer on mobile

🌏 Translate Chat

September 2022

Check out the September 2022 Microsoft Education blog post

August 2022

Check out the August 2022 Microsoft Education blog post