Class Teams

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What are Class Teams?

Microsoft Teams is the digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place. Class Teams are one of the types of Teams that can be made in Microsoft Teams. A Class Team is automatically created for each course section from Moodle once the instructor makes the Moodle course visible. Instructors with a “teacher” role in Moodle will have the “owner” role in the Class Team and must activate the Team. See how to activate a Class Team below. Unlike Moodle, once activated these Teams are visible to all the members of the class prior to the semester beginning.

Within Class Teams, instructors can converse with students, share files and websites, utilize the OneNote Class Notebook, and distribute and grade assignments. Let’s explore some of the key features of Class Teams below to see why it is a central hub for learning and engagement.

Key Features of Class Teams

Every type of Team is made up of Channels, Posts, and Files. For example, Channels are where you hold meetings, have conversations, and work on files together. In each Team, you will see, the tabs at the top of each channel link to favorite files, apps, and services. The links below will guide you through the educator and the student view of the Class Teams features. Here are the key features for Class Teams:

View the interactive click-through guides on how to use Class Teams

See the MS Teams Education Quick Start Guide for Educators PDF

This Remote Learnings with Microsoft EDU PowerPoint Deck (start @ slide 6) (with accompanying webinar) covers the before, during, and after of Online Meetings 101 for your Class Team.

Permissions in Class Teams

Instructors have more permissions than student members. Within the Class Team:

Feature Updates

Microsoft blog article What’s New in Microsoft Teams for Education | November 2023

✍️ Annotate PDF
📅 Extend due dates
🎡 Batch updates of grades and feedback
🔇 Noise Suppression in Reading Progress
🔔 Send Assignment reminders
🏠 Class Home calendar webpart

List of Feature Updates

Resources

The resources are curated from Microsoft Education and Educational Technology.

Playlists for YouTube videos

Visit our Microsoft Teams post for an overview of Teams features.

Visit our Microsoft Teams Meetings post for details on using live calls for meetings.

Activate a Class Team

  1. As an instructor, select your Class Team.
  2. You should see a message that members are waiting to join and you should activate to let them in.
  3. Select the Activate button at the top of the window.
An instructor’s view of being prompted to activate a Class Team created from a Moodle course.