Join Lara Sorrell from Microsoft on Thursday 12 January at 4 pm to find out all about the built in accessibility features available in Microsoft. Book your space on CPD Manager, Course ID 80982.

It is that time of year again when you can put all your Microsoft knowledge into action and apply to become a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert! Check out these slides to find out what you need to do.

A great tip from Malcolm Wilson on using Microsoft Translator. Thanks @claganach for sharing. #MIEExpert.

MIEE Edu Bites – Microsoft Translator App For Conversations

Great news! The Reflect Wellbeing app is now available within Glow. To find out more, head to Glow Connect and see how you can start using this great tool with your learners! https://glowconnect.org.uk/reflect-well-being-app-within-teams-and-onenote/

Handy tip on how to quickly edit a pdf document – check out our video below!

Some great new features now available in Glow with Microsoft Forms! You can now import a quiz into Forms which can save you time on creating quizzes. Why not make it self-marking when you share it with learners?

You can also now set a time limit on a quiz – great for supporting learners who need to work under timed conditions. Thanks @Sarah Clark for sharing this image to show it is found under collect responses.

These great ideas could be used during Scottish Digital Literacy Week 2022 #SDLW22 – what will you do?

Have you spotted it yet? The new Class Homepage is now available in Glow. Check out these useful guides and a great video from @mtholfsen

Microsoft Guide to Class Home Page

Using the new Microsoft Teams Class Homepage

There is now a new feature available in Teams – Co-Organiser.  This is a really helpful feature if you are sharing a class with another teacher and want to organise a meeting together. Some points to note if you have created a Team and made a pupil an owner.

• Students can be added as a co-organiser if they are already an invitee to the meeting.​​
• Students cannot edit the meeting invite itself. All options are unavailable other than Meeting options at the bottom of the invitation. If the student has been added as a co-owner the meeting options will open, if they have not been or have been removed they will receive an error page when trying to open.​​
• If a student is a co-organiser they can admit anonymous and/or external users to the meeting, increasing possibility to have a student and external attendee alone.​​
• If a student is a co-organiser they can open and admit other students to the meeting without the supervision of the meeting organiser resulting in unsupervised learner to learner interaction.​​
• If a student is a co-organiser they can change the bypass lobby settings for the meeting eg. Change from organiser and co-organiser to Everyone. This would enable any invitees to enter the meeting, bypassing the lobby.  ​​
• A student that is an existing co-organiser can add another co-organiser to the list however they cannot invite new attendees to the meeting via the invite and therefore the individual would already have to be invited by the owner.​​
• Teachers could create meetings that are attended and managed solely by students​​

The news is coming to an inbox near you! If you are a Renfrewshire new or returning MIEExpert please let us know @DigiLearnRen and we can make some local connections! Don’t forget to join #TeamMIEEScotland to learn more about #MicrosoftEdu