| Name of Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Forms Updates (10/21/2020) | You can now print forms, include a progress bar and more. Mike Tholfsen explains it all in this update on Forms. |
| Immersive Reader Comes to More Apps (10/7/2020) | Immersive Reader is now available in more apps including PowerPoint and OneDrive |
| What’s New in Microsoft Teams (9/22/20) | Take a look at upcoming features, especially to Meetings, Calling, and Chat and collaboration |
| Don’t allow attendees to unmute in Microsoft Teams meetings | Also known as “Hard audio mute,” a meeting organizer can toggle “Don’t allow attendees to unmute” on and off during a meeting. |
| How to use Focus mode in Microsoft Teams meetings | When someone is screensharing, an attendee can select Focus remove their view of others’ video feeds. Also, the upcoming Full Screen mode which gives the Teams meetings screen more real estate (hides the computer task bar). |
| How to use Spotlight in Microsoft Teams meetings | a new capability that allows a meeting “presenter” to lock the “spotlight” focus on a particular person during the Teams meeting – either themselves or an attendee. |
| Transcription is now available in MS Word online | Now you can record your conversations directly in Word for the web, and Transcribe detects different speakers and transcribes them automatically. You can revisit parts of the recording by playing back the time-stamped audio and edit the transcript. |
| PowerPoint: Record inking while recording your presentation | You can now record inking while recording your presentation and play it back after. (Mac) |
| New Insights, Spotlight video and 6 other updates for Microsoft Teams for Education | August 2020 | 1) Use data insights to improve teaching and learning 2) Run engaging classes through online meetings 3) Do more with OneNote and Class Notebook in Teams •SDS update to the OneNote Class Notebook •Set Channels to create Collaboration Space or Content Library •“Teacher Only” section group will be enabled by default •Add blank OneNote page in new Assignment – expected September •Notification in Teams for OneNote Page Distribution – expected late September |
| 25+ updates for Microsoft Teams for Education for Back to School | July 2020 | 1) Run engaging classes through online meetings Large Gallery view (aka 7×7) – expected in August available now (New) Together Mode – (New) Dynamic view – expected in August expected later this year (New) See more videos on iOS or Android devices – (New) Attendance Report post-meeting download – expected in September (New) Whiteboard in Teams features – available now (New) Digital Whiteboard without student access – expected in September (Update) Teams meetings now 300 interactive participants – available now (Update) Virtual Breakout rooms – no later than early Q4 2020 |
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