Frequently asked questions

We have lots of resources on this website relating to Microsoft Teams. As a first point of call I would recommend you watch each of these short videos:

• How to create a Team within Microsoft Teams
• How to schedule / send a Microsoft Team meeting
• Microsoft Teams icons
• How to share screen using Microsoft Teams
• How to use breakout rooms within Microsoft Teams
• How to set up class notebook within Microsoft Teams

When you have become more confident you may want to look at some of these resources to further develop your skills and knowledge:

• How to guide using Microsoft Teams for assessment
• How a tutor can use Microsoft Teams breakout rooms with forms to engage learners
• Microsoft Teams adding channels and posting messages

We have lots of resources on this website relating to Zoom but these are what we would recommend you start with:

• Experts Guide Zoom Basics
• Experts Guide Template Recordings
• Experts Guide to breakout rooms
• Using Zoom Chat and Reactions

When you have become more confident you may find these helpful too:

• Experts guide Zoom polling
• Experts guide whiteboard

We have lots of resources on digital tools these are some of our favourites:

• Digital tools that support assessment
• Digital tools that support collaboration
• Digital Tools That Support Teaching – this webinar is a good introduction as it covers a variety of tools
• Using Microsoft Forms
• Using One Note Class Notebook for Teaching learning and assessment
• Quizzes for formal/informal assessment
• How to create a mentimeter presentation – Mentimeter is a great digital resource to gain information or feedback from students. This Word document will show you how to create an account and a presentation to use with your students.
• Use of Mentimeter to create interactive resources
• How to create engaging content using Powtoon
• How to use Baamboozle

We would encourage you to look at the content and engagement PowerPoint which includes a YouTube video on how to encourage students to turn up to remote learning. We would then suggest looking at the digital tools you are using, one example could be using a wheel of names to engage all students as Beth from The Manchester College does in this video for Directed questioning wheel of (mis)fortune. Also, we would suggest looking at David from The LTE Group’s video effective synchronous tips for teaching and learning.