Group assignments, which will allow teachers to organize students into assignment group (coming in August)The ability of third-party apps to issue assignments directly from their apps inside of Teams (coming in August)New calendar integrations to allow students to see when their classes are and when assignments are due in the Teams and Outlook calendars (coming in August)More and better integration between Learning Management System (LMS) providers like Instructure and Blackboard, and Teams, Teams meetings and OneDrive (expected in August)Supervised Chat in Teams that will allow designated teachers to initiate and manage chats with students (coming later in May)
Microsoft also announced today more integration between Minecraft Education Edition and Teams and Flipgrid, Microsoft’s educational video platform, which will be available in at the end of May. . Microsoft also will be adding a new Minecraft for Camps and Clubs which lets students use Minecraft Education Edition outside the classroom. camps, clubs, homeschoolers and nonprofits can purchase licenses for Minecraft Education Edition.
