Microsoft Teams

Teaching made easy

Collaborate and connect with colleagues and students inside and outside of the classroom in one simple platform. Manage course materials, send out assignments and tasks, grade work, call, chat and much more.

Collaborate – Hold meetings, video calls and chat with up to 300 users for free.
Organise – Manage assignments and classrooms, share files and more.
Manage – Gain insights into performance and workloads of staff and students with analytics functions.

Assignments

Confidentially assign, monitor and mark student work.

Screen Share

Share your screen during calls and meetings.

Immersive Reader

Easily read conversations in a personalised way.

Whiteboard

Your traditional whiteboard gone digital.

Raise a Hand

Let others know you need to ask a question without disruption.

Together Mode

See the whole class as if they are sat in front of you.

Accessible

Great for remote and class working.

Customise

Create your own classroom experience.

Custom Background

Appear on video with a blurred or picture background.

Insights

Use a dashboard to monitor student engagement & more.

Breakout Rooms

Put students in groups to support learning.

Mute

Take control of who is and isn’t muted.

Make submission and marking easier

“The dog ate my homework” is now a thing of the past as students can complete and submit work within Microsoft Teams as well as receive their feedback, marks and grades confidentially in one place. Plus, it’s all located in the cloud, so you can be assured that school work is kept safe and won’t get lost.

Improve file management

Lesson plans, marking, students work and documents, all located and managed in one place. Not only this but you can remain organised by managing your files in specific teams such as year group or subject, share work when needed and work collaboratively on documents with students or colleagues.

Distance learning made more effective

Teaching students at home as now better than ever. Microsoft Teams has developed so many ways to improve teaching should it need to be done from a distance. See your class face to face with video calls, share your screen, use a digital whiteboard, manage the mute function, share files with your students, allow students to raise a hand or add questions in the chat and much more.

Easily monitor student performance and engagement

Use the insights dashboard to easily monitor student’s grades, performance and engagement. Whether it’s monitoring the average grade of your entire class or assessing individual student performance, you’re provided with easy to view graphs and charts to give you the information you need.

Quick start guide on Microsoft Teams for education.

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Western Support

We’re here to support you on your Microsoft journey. At Western Business Systems we want to learn about your school and find the right solution to suit your needs. We’ll help you plan, setup, rollout and manage Microsoft Teams across your school and offer training services so that all of your staff are equipped to use the platform to the best of its ability and potential. Not only this, but we’ll provide ongoing support for your ICT solutions into the future so that you can work effectively with colleagues and students for years to come.