Microsoft Teams for Education: A Guide for Teachers & Staff

Explore Microsoft Teams for education by understanding four workspace types: class, plc, staff, and other teams, and how they support virtual classrooms, collaboration, and school projects.

Create a workspace in Microsoft Teams for Education by selecting create team, choosing the workspace type, naming, describing, optionally using a template, and setting private or public access.

Add students and teachers to your Microsoft Teams for Education workspace by selecting the appropriate tab, typing names, and using add, skip, or remove options to manage member roles quickly.

Navigate Microsoft Teams workspaces by mastering general channels and default tabs, then learn how tabs link content and how to add apps like Stream, Planner, or OneNote.

Organize your Teams workspace by adding up to 250 channels (30 private) and up to 16 tabs per channel. Provide meaningful names and optional descriptions to clarify content.

the class notebook automatically appears in the general channel, with collaboration space, content library, and teacher's only section groups, plus per-student private sections for feedback and easy search.

Set up a one note class notebook in Teams by using the class notebook tab; see default sections, rename or remove sections, add new ones, then create the notebook.

Discover how to use the content library to store readings, worksheets, syllabus, and class rules; teachers add materials while students read or copy into notebooks and cannot modify.

Explore how the collaboration space in the class notebook enables real-time, read-and-write teamwork among teachers and students, with offline availability and secure project organization.

Enable the teacher-only section in the class notebook to host private curriculum planning, homework design, and observations, shared with teachers aides, supply teachers, or parents and guardians.

Discover how student section groups auto-generate from the member list, granting each student a private notebook shared with their teacher and enabling customizable sections for quizzes, notes, homework, and handouts.

Learn how to create and organize content in the class notebook with sections and pages, typing or dictating text, and using inserts, tags, drawings, and immersive reader for collaborative learning.

Distribute content from the teacher's notebook to student sections or groups in Microsoft Teams for Education, using five distribution options and cross-notebook sharing while managing private pages.

Learn how to share class notebook content with parents or guardians via read-only links in Microsoft Teams, choosing content library or individual student sections for easy access.

Schedule and host your virtual classroom with Microsoft Teams, broadcasting globally from any device and location. Choose between a standard meeting or a channel meeting for classroom sessions.

Learn how to join a classroom or meeting in Microsoft Teams, using channel views, class workspace, or calendar invitations, and adjust audio, video, and device settings in the virtual lobby.

Explore how to use Teams for Education to share content with students by selecting desktop, window, PowerPoint, or whiteboard, while managing video, audio, and call controls.

Learn how to present content in Microsoft Teams for education by sharing desktop, window, PowerPoint, or whiteboard, and manage controls with the presenting bar.

Explore the assignments view to schedule and distribute assignments and quizzes, attach rubrics, share resources, manage timelines and submissions, and view drafted, assigned, and graded work.

Create a new assignment for a selected class, add instructions, and attach resources from OneDrive or class notebook. Set due dates, points, rubrics, and distribution options.

Create customizable rubrics in Microsoft Teams to outline grading criteria, help students understand scoring, and attach criteria with columns, rows, points, and weights for automatic grading.

Open the assignment, view submission history and attached documents, then use the rubric to assign points and provide feedback before returning grades to students.

Export assignment data from Microsoft Teams to Excel, open the file, and use Excel features like charts to analyze and manage student work.

Create quizzes in the assignments area of Microsoft Teams with embedded Microsoft Forms, schedule distribution, and grade, using built-in analytics to evaluate results, then export data to Excel.

Learn how auto grading saves time on quizzes, when it assigns zero or full points, and why you must double-check results, including American and Canadian spellings.

Create your first quiz in Microsoft Teams for education by selecting assignment view, choosing a class, naming a new quiz, adding questions with media, and setting points and requirements.

Learn to add a text question in Microsoft Teams for education, set auto grading, and specify correct answers, with options like subtitles, ellipsis, restrictions, and branching.

Learn to add a rating question in quizzes with star or numerical ratings, set scale levels, use subtitles and labels, and access more options with ellipsis.

Add a date question to your quiz to require a date as the answer and note it may not support auto grading.

Learn how to add a ranking question in Microsoft Teams for Education, enter answers, add options, and ensure correct order for auto grading, with shuffling and subtitles.

Learn to add a Likert question in a quiz, configure options, add or remove choices, and match statements to options for surveys where auto grading isn't available.

Learn how to add a file upload question in Microsoft Forms, set max files up to 10, restrict file types, add subtitles, and access submissions via OneDrive folders.

Add a net promoter score question in a quiz by selecting net promoter, writing the question, and updating option labels. Use the ellipsis to access subtitle or branching options.

Learn to add sections to organize a quiz by dividing it into parts, group questions, and manage sections with duplicate, move, or remove options.

Learn to implement branching in quizzes to redirect students to relevant questions, provide skill reviews, and maintain seamless flow; plan and draw out your quiz before building.

Access and customize quiz settings in Microsoft Teams for Education to control visibility, scoring, timing, and submission options, including shuffle questions, start and end dates, and email notifications.

Distribute a quiz in Microsoft Teams for Education by selecting the class and quiz, setting the due date, and assigning to all or selected students, with scheduling for future distribution.

Review and grade quizzes in Microsoft Teams by inspecting auto-graded and manually graded responses, leaving feedback, and posting scores so students access results.

Review class quiz results to gauge comprehension and identify knowledge gaps by viewing questions and responses. Navigate questions, view per-student details and charts, and post scores; open Excel for analysis.

Manage student grades in Microsoft Teams by using the grades tab in the class workspace to view assignments and quizzes, export to Excel, and update individual scores.

Utilize Microsoft Teams to lead, inspire, and engage students in a remote online learning environment. Establish rules, procedures, and announcements; foster collaboration and projects, with profanity filters and channel moderation.

Stay connected with students through public conversation, private chat, and virtual meetings. Engage with faculty, staff, and parents via persistent chats, group chats, and meeting access via Teams.

Learn to create a safe, inclusive classroom by enabling channel moderation, muting disruptive students, assigning moderators, and configuring profanity and threat filters to enforce safe communication.

Explore how Microsoft Teams for Education enables remote learning, interactive online classrooms, and seamless integration with Microsoft 360, while outlining limits on teams, meetings, group chats, forms, and quizzes.