Microsoft Teams: These new features fix remote classroom shortcomings

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The back-to-school season is usually about discounting Chromebooks and Surface laptops for students after the long summer break, but in this peculiar year software and online services are just as critical for Microsoft and its customers. One feature of Teams where people need more product training is Together Mode, an alternative to the 7x7 grid that uses artificial intelligence to superimpose meeting participants heads and shoulders in a virtual lecture hall. But, as Microsoft warned in July, Together Mode isnt cut out for a speaker using a physical whiteboard or meetings communicated through a PowerPoint presentation – a key consideration for Office 365 users. In September, when classes should be back in full swing, Microsoft Teams will have the Attendance Reports feature to show teachers which students joined and when they left a meeting. "Through quick check-in questions and polls, students and colleagues can share how they are feeling in general, or about a specific topic, such as learning from home, an assignment, current events, or a change within their community.

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