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August 24, 2016

Microsoft Classroom (Preview) – New addition to Office 365 Education Subscription

Summary
Microsoft Classroom is a hub for Office 365 Education that lets teachers manage classes, create and grade assignments, and collaborate through Professional Learning Communities. Every class includes an integrated OneNote Class Notebook, Outlook calendar events, and automatic group provisioning via School Data Sync. Students collaborate using Sway, Office Online, and Microsoft Forms.

What is Microsoft Classroom?

Microsoft Classroom is your homepage for managing all of your classes. Organize multiple class sections, create and grade assignments, collaborate with other teachers in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and provide feedback to students.

What can be done with Microsoft Classroom?

Classes & Assignments in a snap

Microsoft Classroom has a OneNote Class Notebook built into every class, allowing teachers to create assignments with due dates, complete with Outlook calendar events and reminders. School Data Sync saves teachers time by automatically creating groups and enabling single sign on to apps in Office 365.

Engage students in new ways

Let your students learn in more ways . You can help them to express their inner creativity, and make learning more effective and engaging with new tools like Sway for interactive class materials or dynamic presentations. New Learning Tools help students improve their reading and writing skills across a broad range of unique student abilities and learning styles.

Better Collaboration

With OneNote Class Notebook, students can show their creativity and collaborate with handwritten notes, sketches, typing, photos, videos, voice, and links. Teachers can provide personalized individual feedback along the way. Students can collaborate on assignments and co-author documents in Office Online, Office desktop, or Office mobile. Microsoft Forms is now available in preview for teachers to easily and quickly create basic surveys, quizzes, questionnaires, registrations and more.

Learn how to add Microsoft Classroom Preview in your Office 365 Education subscription here.

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