{"id":6133,"date":"2020-06-03T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/ICTFalkirkPrimaries\/?p=6133"},"modified":"2022-04-01T17:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T16:37:04","slug":"build-an-interactive-virtual-classroom-in-microsoft-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/digilearnfalk\/2020\/06\/03\/build-an-interactive-virtual-classroom-in-microsoft-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitmoji Classrooms: how to"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You’ve no doubt seen lots of teachers sharing their interactive virtual classroom images – a visually-friendly way to connect with your learners via an online platform where they can click on elements in the picture to view details of learning activities, or view videos, or read books chosen for the class, or click on a link to online resources to support their learning.
\nClick on this link to see the image above as an interactive virtual classroom shared as a PowerPoint show<\/a>
\nClick on this link to see the image above as an interactive virtual classroom shared as a PDF<\/a>
\nYou can set up an interactive virtual classroom image in several online platforms and using a variety of digital tools. This blogpost is specifically looking at how to do so if your school uses Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n

\"\"What you need to set this up in Microsoft Teams<\/h3>\n

You will need the following to set up your interactive virtual classroom image:<\/p>\n

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  1. PowerPoint <\/strong>in which the interactive virtual classroom image will be built<\/li>\n
  2. Images<\/strong> which you are free to use (this post will show where to access these) to create the background and items in the classroom.<\/li>\n
  3. Your Bitmoji character<\/strong> (though if you don’t want t use a cartoon-style Bitmoji character you can alternatively use the inbuilt stock character images in PowerPoint online, or a cartoon-style image you have created with another digital tool).<\/li>\n
  4. The links to the resources<\/strong> you will be adding as interactive links to the image (whether that’s videos or online resources, whether somewhere in the class files in Microsoft Teams or shared somewhere external to the class Team).<\/li>\n
  5. Microsoft Teams for your class <\/strong>– where you will share the pdf with clickable links (you can also choose to use PowerPoint online from your OneDrive if you prefer to share it as a PowerPoint show).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"How to set up you virtual classroom image in PowerPoint<\/h3>\n

    View this super detailed step-by-step video by Brian White showing how to create the virtual classroom slide in PowerPoint online<\/a> – this includes how to use the Bitmoji plugin in the Chrome browser, how to search within PowerPoint online for transparent backgrounds, how to add items for the class scene, how to add a video from YouTube as an embedded video, and how to create the link from a shared PowerPoint link which makes it a play-only view for pupils to interact with it – by adding &amp=&action=embedview<\/strong><\/em> to the end of the weblink from your shared PowerPoint link.<\/p>\n

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