Microsoft Teams: the Digital Hub for the Hybrid Learning Environment

In-Person Microsoft Teams Virtual Interactions

Interactions Tool
Day-to-day Posts tab Students and instructors can interact with
interactions, one another through the Posts tab.
conversations, Educators can pose discussion questions for
dialog, and students to participate in throughout the
questions week; students can ask questions about
content or assignments; classmates can
socialize and share ideas.

Lecture, Teams call Students and instructors can join a Teams

demonstrate, • Raise-hand call for class meetings; students can use the
collaborate, • Chat raise-hand feature or the chat window to
discuss in class • Share Screen ask questions, share insights, or answer the
meetings • Whiteboard instructor's questions. Instructors can use
Share Screen or use the Whiteboard feature
to offer visuals to support their content
delivery.

Distribute Files tab Instructors can share read-only content and

handouts and resources in the Class Materials folder in the
resources to Files tab. Students and instructors can
students; facilitate collaborate on Word, PowerPoint and Excel
collaboration files shared in the Files tab. They can offer
among students comments with the file, and each file has a
chat feature to allow for conversations
about the file.
Distribute Class Notebook tab OneNote Class Notebook is a digital three-
handouts and ring binder for a course. Instructors can
resources to share read-only content and resources in
students; create a the Content Library of the notebook.
workspace for Educators can also create workspaces for
students; facilitate students to complete assignments. Students
collaboration can collaborate on projects or share
among students resources with one another in the
Collaboration Space of the notebook.
 Students also have an individual workspace
where they can take notes, document
learning, and complete assignments.

Distribute and Assignments tab Instructors can distribute and collect

collect assignments with the Assignments tab. They
assignments and can attach a OneNote page for students to
provide students complete, a link, or other files. Students can
feedback on their turn in the assignment through the
work Assignments tab. Once turned in, instructors
can review the work and offer feedback.
They can either allow students to revise the
work based on feedback, or finalize and
return the grade.

Communicate Grades tab Once finalized, instructors return graded

graded assignments. Students can see their grades
assignments in the Grades tab; instructors can review an
individual's grade or the class's
performance on an assignment.

Create learning Channels Instructors can create a structure for their

centers and/or virtual learning space with channels.
organizing Channels can be organized by week, topic,
materials and or assignment. Educators can create private
resources for channels for students to collaborate on
students projects. Additionally, instructors can create
virtual learning centers with channels and
direct learners to specific channels for
meetings, questions, or socializing.

Evaluate student Insights With the Insights tab, instructors can review
participation real-time data regarding students'
interactions in assigned discussions,
participation in meetings, and completion
of assignments.
Lecture, Microsoft Stream Instructors can upload their instructional
demonstrations videos and demonstrations in a Stream
channel and then add the channel as a Tab
in Teams.

Entrance and exit Microsoft Forms Instructors can connect a Forms quiz to
tickets; quizzes; instructional videos. They can also create
surveys/polls assignments with a Forms entrance or exit
ticket, or a Forms quiz. Additionally,
educators can collect information from
students (and even parents or guardians)
through Forms surveys, which can be added
as a Tab or shared in a conversation in the
Posts tab.