I have been lucky enough to partner with Microsoft to create quick guides that support educators to navigate different tools.
View and download the Microsoft Quick Guide PDF versions below.
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Immersive Reader can improve reading skills and comprehension through the use of the Read Aloud function and grammar options to adjustable reading and text preferences.
Microsoft Translator helps bridge communication gaps and is good for Modern Languages Students to practice speaking fluently.
Office Lens is an app by Microsoft that captures notes and information from whiteboards, menus, signs, handwritten memos, or anything with a lot of text.
Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author content in Office with a microphone and reliable internet connection.
Microsoft provides live captioning and subtilties, including translated subtitles. Many languages are supported, including English.
These are some of the digital accessibility tools explained in a presentation I have delivered.
Use emojis and illustrated representations of emotion words to share your personal experience with teachers.
Reading Coach provides students with personalized and independent practice of words that Reading Progress identifies a student has mispronounced.
Students receive real-time search query coaching, reliability ratings, and interactive filtering support that helps them learn to discern fact from fiction on the web.
Speaker coach evaluates your pacing, pitch, your use of filler words, informal speech, euphemisms, and culturally sensitive terms.
Planner allows you to work on group tasks and see what progress others have made.
Math Solver helps you solve any mathematical problem and shows you step-by-step solutions.
Microsoft To Do is a cloud-based app for task management. You can use it as a daily planner or professional task manager.
Microsoft Flip is a video discussion and sharing app that is free
Microsoft Editor can help students improve their writing skills and communicate more effectively.
OneNote Class Notebook is a digital notebook that allows teachers to organize and manage their lesson plans, course content, and student work in one place.
Microsoft Edge provides a comprehensive suite of tools that can unlock your creativity, promote teamwork, and provide a safe experience for education.
Co Pilot is built into the Microsoft Edge sidebar where you can ask complex questions, find comprehensive answers and get summarized information.
Reading Progress is a free tool built into Microsoft Teams designed to support and track reading fluency in your class.
OneNote desktop lets you capture and embed web content, audio, and video to create interactive lessons for students.
Search Coach is a free tool that helps develop information literacy skills.
Create powerful lesson plans and presentations with media, charts, design help, and more.
Microsoft Word helps educators create, edit and share documents with their students.
Microsoft Stream is a video management service that lets you organize, create, store, share, and view videos.
Microsoft Loop is a co-creation app that lets you and your team work together across your apps and devices using components, pages, and workspaces.
Minecraft Education is a game-based platform that inspires creative and inclusive learning through play.
Classwork is a one-stop shop to create and organize class resources, including Assignments, OneNote Class Notebook pages, web links, files, and Teams channels.
Reading Coach uses artificial intelligence and built-in fluency detection to personalize reading content.
Check on your students reading fluency with at-a-glance views for accuracy rate, most challenging words, and words per minute data.
Use Education Insights to get at-a-glance views on your class's emotional state and wellbeing.
With Microsoft Teams for Education you can use AI tools to create personalized and interactive learning experiences.
Microsoft Forms simplifies assessment for educators. Create quizzes, surveys, and polls, track student progress, and collect feedback.
With Speaker Progress, educators can easily create assignments for students to practice presenting and get real-time tailored coaching.