This is the transcript of the "Setting up a class team" video.
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In this video, we're going to have a look at how to set up a class team for you and your students to collaborate, share, and engage in teaching and learning content. To begin, we need to create a new team. If your Teams in grid view, click the Join or Create button here in the top right of the screen. Then click Create Team. If you're in list view, you need to click on the plus button at the top of the Teams column on the left. For this video, I'll return to grid view. You have three options when making a new team. Option one is to make a new team from scratch. Option two, use an existing team as a template. Choosing this allows you to instantly reuse elements such as the same channel structure from a previous team. And option three allows you to make a new team from a group.
Let's begin by making a team from scratch. Choose class from the list of templates, and then click on the use this template button. Give your team a name. If you choose, you can enter a description. Click Create. You'll be now prompted to add members, AKA students to the class. If you have a young class, you may wish to enter each student's email individually followed by the add button. If your students are capable, the easier option is to display a code on the main classroom display and have students join the class themselves. If this is the case, click Skip. Your team is now ready to use. If you've chosen to have students join themselves, you'll need to click on the three dots next to the team name and choose Manage Team. Here you can modify the members and owners of your team. As a side note, it's always wise to have more than one owner in every team. Consider adding a supervisor or a member of executive as a second owner.
We are looking for the Setting tab. Here you can set a variety of elements in your team. To display your class team code, choose Team Code. If your code does not appear, you can click the Generate button. For ease, click Full Screen and allow your students to join. Students join by clicking on the Join or Create button seen earlier and entering this code. Sometimes it can be a good idea to remove the join code once all the required members have joined the team to avoid unwanted students joining your space. If you need a join code, again, simply generate a new one. While we're here in the Settings tab, note your ability to add custom team icons, enable or disable features, as well as modify team permissions. Let's return to the main team view.
Earlier in this video, we talked about making a team based on another team. To do this, click on the New Team button. Select the From another team option. Next, choose the existing team you wish to base your new team on, modify the team name, and choose which elements from that other team you wish to reuse. Note this doesn't bring over any files or folders from the previous team. Finally, click Create. Let's have a look down the left column of your new team as there'll be a few options that don't appear in other team templates. In list view, these options will appear across the top of the window. The first one is homepage. Here you can design a unique homepage with elements to support your students. This could be anything from a list of rules to common links used in the classroom, timetables, or assessment rubrics. It's anything you want it to be.
To make changes or add content, click the Edit button in the top right of screen. You can now make changes to any of these default web parts. Add new web parts using the square plus button on the left of the screen or, in each panel, use the circular plus buttons. Once completed, click Republish in the top right corner and it'll make the changes available to your students. If you're not ready to publish, click Save as draft in the top left corner. Continuing down the left column, you'll see the class notebook. This is a OneNote notebook where every student has a private workspace that only they and the teacher can see. The next element is called classwork. This is a space where teachers can set up units or modules of work for students to work through. Assignments is an area that you most likely use very heavily. This is where you can send out a task to all students or a differentiated task to a small group and receive back their completed tasks for feedback and assessment.
Grades is an area where you can view, track, edit, and record grades from students based on the work you've sent them in Assignments. Reflect is a fun space where teachers can create check-ins to gain insights into the learner's well-being. You can also find, play, and share relaxing music clips, fast finishing activities, and lesson break activities. Lastly, the insight section is a space where you as the owner or your class can see all the data of your Teams usage at a glance and gain a better understanding of how your students are engaging in your Teams space. Like any learning space, structure is important. All Microsoft Teams have a general channel. To add additional channels, click the three dots next to the team name and select Add Channel. Give your channel a name.
Again, the description is optional. You can choose between a standard or a private channel. For the most part, standard channel is what you want to choose. All members can access any standard channel. If you choose a private channel, we recommend adding a second owner such as a supervising teacher to the space as best practise. As seen in all channels, you have a post space and a file space associated. Notes relates to the collaboration area in your Class One Note notebook. To learn more features about a class team, see the other videos on classwork assignments, reading progress, reflect, and insights on this page.
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