Microsoft Education announced a suite of new tools at their ‘Reimagine Education’ event on Thursday. To see the full announcement visit the recording page HERE. The new tools include a new category called ‘learning accelerators’ – in addition to Reading Progress and Coach which is already available. There will be Math, Search and Speaker Progress and Coach.
Most of these tools will not be available until later in the year. However one very useful tool is now available to be added to all class teams. It is called ‘Search Coach’ and it is essentially a search engine designed to teach learners the important skills of information literacy in a safe way.
It is the perfect place to show learners how to research effectively by giving hints about their search queries, allowing them to filter by domain, date and file type. As an educator you can also customise the results learners receive.
Installing Search Coach (instructions from Microsoft.com)
Any class team owner in Microsoft Teams for Education can install Search Coach today!
- From the general channel of any class, select +.
- Search for and select Search Coach.
- Select Add then select Save.
- Search Coach will appear as a tab app in your class. Repeat these steps for any additional classes you want students to have Search Coach in.
More information about search coach can be found HERE. There is also a Microsoft Learn Course available HERE.
