Windows 10: Meet Windows 11: Microsoft's new educational video series is now available

GHacks · Jul 19, 2022

Using an operating system such as Windows 11 is not exactly rocket science, but if you are new to Windows in general or could use a few tips, then Microsoft's new Meet Windows 11 video series may just be for you.

Microsoft published the first three videos of the educational series on its support website. It is unclear if more videos will be added at a later point in time.

The three videos highlight Windows 11 features to new and inexperienced users.

The first video, called "the basics", has a rather odd assortment of tips. It gives short descriptions of the built-in search, desktop groups, the usefulness of using a Microsoft Account, some keyboard shortcuts, OneDrive, and the Tips and Get Started apps.

Take the keyboard shortcuts that Microsoft mentions in the first part of the series. There is Windows+S to start searches, Windows+Left to display a window on the left side of the screen, Windows-V to open the Clipboard History, Windows-Semicolon to open the emoji panel, and Windows-H to open voice typing. The search shortcut is listed twice on the page. While some are certainly useful, others sound awfully specialized for an introductory video. A link leads to the master keyboard shortcuts listing, which is useful.

The one or two sentences that Microsoft uses to describe a feature lack depths. The Tips app description tells you that it may help you "discover surprising and useful things you can do with Windows". Some descriptions have links to support articles to learn more about the feature.

The second video focuses on Microsoft Edge's Collections feature, voice typing (again), digital pens, widgets, personalization and snap. There is even less text for each, and the digital pen description is just a link to a support page.

The third and final video talks about the Photos and Phone Link apps, refreshed apps in Windows 11, Microsoft Edge browsing, and the Microsoft Store.

Closing Words

The new Meet Windows 11 video series seems to targets a very specific audience and focuses on highlighting some of the features of the operating system. Some links are provided, at least for those who stumble upon the support pages and not just the videos.

The comments on YouTube appear to be positive for the most part, and the videos have thousands of views already.

Now You: do you find these videos useful? Which features would you have showcased?

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Brink · Jul 19, 2022

Microsoft Teams for Education 20 updates, 7x7 video and Breakout Rooms

Over the last few months, schools and institutions have been working tirelessly to enable distance learning. We’ve heard directly from many of you about engaging students in lessons, encouraging student-to-student collaboration, and facilitating staff professional development, all while remote.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas about how to improve Microsoft Teams for distance and hybrid learning. We continue to be inspired by you and are always exploring and implementing new ways for Teams to support student engagement and professional development.

We pulled together key learnings we’ve heard from customers, and announced new features designed to support you and your class. If you’d like to read more, check out the Remote Learning Trends blog here. Or read on to learn the specifics of what’s available and coming soon, and how students, educators, and IT can get the most of out Teams.

Getting back-to-school ready with 4 top-requested features

What is available now, what’s coming soon

Resources for educators

Guidance for IT admins

Getting back-to-school ready with 4 top-requested features

Just like in a physical classroom, students and educators will see up to 49 attendees in a 7x7 class meeting view, preview available at the end of June.

7x7 video view showing 49 screens

Coming in the Fall, instead of trying to work with the whole class, educators can create virtual breakout rooms so students can work within their smaller groups on a discussion or assignment, then easily be called back to the larger group.

To help educators focus on students and give informed feedback, the Class Insights tab, now available, uses intelligent data analytics to highlight how students are learning and engaging in meetings, communication, files and assignment activities. And in time for the fall, educators will see a new, tailored view that distills the key story and trends behind the data to better inform engagement with students and class outcomes.

New Class Insights dashboard

Eliminate background distractions and create a more focused online learning environment with a . This means you can upload any image you want as your background. And later in June, get ready for some fun new education themed backgrounds.

Use a custom background for your video

What's available now, what’s coming soon

We have been listening closely to educators and have already integrated your feedback into our product plans. Here are the features we have just shipped, as well as a bunch more that are coming soon. We have many more being active worked on in UserVoice for Teams and education that you can get the latest status on. Just look for the "Working on it" status in UserVoice items

Enriched classroom meeting experience – available now

Easily Change “Meeting Options” in the Participant Panel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBJ3hQx0-GE

https://youtu.be/_jj0XgB-P84

Enriched classroom meeting experience – coming soon

7x7 video support on desktop (see 49 people at once) –Preview starting in late June, coming this fall

Only Educators can start the meeting - Students must wait in the lobby – Coming this summer

Breakout Rooms – Coming this fall

Meetings attendee limit increasing from 250 to 300 – Rolling out in June

IT Admin meeting settings and policies

New IT Admin policy packages for remote learning and other education personas - Rolled out

Setting for the default role of meeting attendee - a policy setting to allow the default for meetings to be Educator is “organizer” and students are “attendees” – Rolled out

Do not let students join meetings unattended based on meeting creation policies – Coming this summer

Supporting educators and students with new classroom features

Class Materials available on Android – Coming in July

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ax3HQ4NYjc - Rolled out

Assign a OneNote page into a nested Section Group – Rolled out

Minecraft Share to Teams for Assignments – Coming in June

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZOD7IyQucE – Available now with new experience coming for fall

New integrations with top EdTech partners

Kahoot! is now available as an app in Teams – Rolled out now

Prezi is now available as an app in Teams – Rolled out now

Grade Sync comes to Infinite Campus Student Information System (SIS), and in the fall all OneRoster compatible SISs

Resources for educators

A how-to video or short webinar are convenient ways to learn directly from trusted experts. Below are a few that we recommend to help you quickly ramp up on Teams meetings.

Getting Started with

Teams for Education Quick Start Guide (PDF) overview that includes meetings and calls

Teams for Education Quick Start Guide for Students (PDF)

Teams for Education Quick Start Guide for Educators (PDF)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiluTszfwwMI9N-ZNqxlsqiSJ7yYQL8fu

Teams for Education video playlist

We’ve put together a few playlists to let educators quickly learn more about Microsoft Teams for Education. You can access our entire https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiluTszfwwMKicAo6agloFALEB5WvYNYs for more training, as well as this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdHjJccRYryNlNxlFJO7XiHVdr8ah5c_7 from Microsoft Education Product Manager Mike Tholfsen. Bookmark both so you can reference at any time.

These playlists are designed for you to quickly master tips for teaching in Teams. Below is a great Assignments video from our Teams EDU playlist with the #eTwinz, Alberto and Mario Herraez!

Webinar - Teams meetings for the classroom – what to use now, and what is coming soon

Gordon Chang from our product group demonstrates Teams meetings and discusses the future roadmap in this https://youtu.be/W-La0cigkqg (you can also review the https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=...Tk4MzYz&event=video_description&v=W-La0cigkqg).

IT admin guidance

We want you to be aware of and familiar with the different policy settings for Teams as you deploy. Here are two essential articles that all IT Admins should reference to get the most out of Teams meetings.

IT Admin guidance for setting up meetings

Explore the new IT Admin policy packages for remote learning and other education personas

Manage meetings policies in Teams

As we work to improve the Teams meetings experience for instruction, our top commitment is reliable service delivery to each school and university using Teams. We are also prioritizing features that ensure student safety by making it easier for educators to manage their online classes in Teams meetings.

Thank you again for making time to share your remote learning experiences with us! It is through your feedback that we can build a more useful education tool. Please continue to share your feedback and ideas through UserVoice and feel free to track all of these features on the public roadmap. We’ll continue to share updates on what we’re working on and what you can expect in the weeks to come.

Mike Tholfsen
Microsoft Education Product Manager
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Source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...o/ba-p/1457748

Frick · Jul 19, 2022

Meet Microsoft's New Take on Windows: The Windows 10 S

Windows meets Chrome OS
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This is exactly right.

Good article on why it's important.

Brink · Jul 19, 2022

New Meeting and Calling Experience in Microsoft Teams

You may have seen the recent announcement of new meeting features in Teams in Reimagining virtual collaboration for the future of work and learning (if not, check it out!). Today, we’re pleased to share that we’re making several of these features available to most users of Teams over the next few days.

We’re gradually rolling the features out. Once you’ve got the build that has the new experience (Teams desktop app only), you’ll have the option to turn it on. Read on to learn how to turn it on, what comes with it, how to use it, and answers to some common questions. Let’s get right to it!

Turn on the new experience

You do this via a checkbox in Teams Settings. Here’s how:

Select your profile pic at the top of the Teams app, then Settings > General. (General should be what’s showing when you open Settings, so you probably won’t have to select it.)

Select Turn on new meeting experience.

Restart Teams by doing the following:

a. Right-click or Cmd-click the Teams icon in the Windows task bar or Mac System Tray.
b. Select Quit.
c. Start Teams again like you normally would.
You might also see a notification that announces the new experience or reminds you to turn it on. Then it’s even easier—in that notification, choose Turn it on now if you’re ready at that point, or Maybe later if you’re in the middle of something.

What happens after you’ve turned it on

After turning on the new experience and restarting Teams, the biggest thing you’ll probably notice is that any calls and meetings will pop out into their own window, separate from the main Teams window. Like this:

If you’re still seeing calls and meetings in the main Teams window after turning the setting on and restarting, go to your profile pic again and select Check for updates. Once that is done, do the same quit and restart procedure per above. That should do the trick.

But wait, there’s more

Here are the other new things you’ll see and can try out:

Meeting controls are moved to the top of the meeting screen. They’re docked there so you always have access to them (without jiggling your mouse) and they’re out of the way of the content and video that’s being shared.

Large gallery view lets you see up to 49 video streams at once. This view is available when there are 10 or more attendees who are sharing video. To switch to large gallery, go to More options (…) in the meeting controls > Large gallery.

Here’s what it looks like—pretty cool to see all those faces!

Together mode lets you feel like you’re in the same shared space with everyone in the meeting. (It might be even more fun than Large gallery.) It’s in the same menu as Large gallery, just below it. Here’s Together mode:

Together mode is available when 5 or more participants are sharing video.

Both Large gallery and Together mode are being rolled out gradually over the next few weeks. If you don’t see them right away, check again later.

Meeting notes are now taken directly on the meeting’s Meeting notes tab in the main Teams window. (This is one of the benefits of having the meeting in a separate window.) To access or take notes from within the meeting window, select More options (…) > Show meeting notes and you’ll see the usual side pane come up. In the pane, there is a Take notes button that brings you to the Meeting notes tab.

Focus mode is available when content is being shared. If you’d like to pay close attention to content, without the distraction of seeing video feeds, Focus mode is for you. It’s available in the meeting controls under More options (…) > Focus mode. Give it a whirl!

Common questions

Has screen sharing changed? How do I share my screen?

No big changes here. In the meeting controls at the top, select Share screen. The screen choices you have will come up from the bottom of the meeting window just like they did before.

To stop sharing your screen, select Close screen share in the meeting controls. It’s the icon next to the Leave button.

Why are message extensions grayed out? I like to send polls in meeting chat.

We’re working on it! For now, if you want to send a poll or use other message extensions in the meeting chat, go back to the main Teams window, select the meeting chat (either via the Calendar or the list in Chat), and do it there.

What about InVision Freehand whiteboard?

Yup, we’re working on that, too.

Will live events also open in their own window?

No, not yet—that functionality is coming soon.

Focus mode is nice, but what about Full screen view?

We like Full screen view, too! (It’s available currently in meetings that happen in the main Teams window.) We’re working on bringing that to the new experience as well. When we do, you’ll have both Focus mode and Full screen view to choose from.

Is this available for any license type?

The new experience isn’t available for Teams for Government or Teams free just yet. But soon.

Which platforms?

The new meeting and calling experience is available for the Teams desktop client on both Windows and Mac. It’s not available for Teams on the web. (If you need to download the desktop client, go here.)

What if I don’t turn the new experience on?

We’d love for you to try it out. We’re making it available in this way partly because in the near future, we’ll turn the experience on by default. Eventually, the setting to turn it on and off will go away. At that time, the experience of meetings in separate windows, with the meeting controls at the top, will become the norm. So we want you to have ample time to get familiar with it.
That’s our overview and how-to for this new meeting and calling experience. We hope you’ll try it. Remember to check for updates and restart the Teams client after you turn it on. Enjoy!
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Source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...s/ba-p/1537581

Windows 10: Meet Windows 11: Microsoft's new educational video series is now available

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