Integrate Assignments with calendar
It would be very useful for communication with parents to get a link of the dates assignments that they can add in their Phone Calendar (or Outlook calendar,...). Students also love to be able to see that on their phone home screen. No excuses...! ;)
When an assignment is created in a class, it only shows up in the assignment tab within that class. In Classroom when an assignment was created it also showed in the students’ calendars. This would be a great addition especially if students are in multiple classes they’ll be able to see all their assignments in their calendar.
Julie
shared this idea
Hello everyone, a quick update on our work to integrate Teams Assignments with the Microsoft Calendar - its coming! We’ll provide an update shortly with dates. We know this has been a top request for some time and there is a team working on bringing this to Teams for EDU as soon as we can.
171 comments
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Randolph F. Handel
commented
Not to be too acerbic here, but what is the point of telling us that you will be telling us later that there will be a later date in which you will be telling us when this will be ready? That translates to "This will NOT be ready by fall, but we are not willing to tell you that yet."
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J.H.
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Best would be an option for students to add it to their calendar, not a default add-in. Some classroom members are faculty that support several classes and do not need their calendars any more loaded down than they already are with 20+ classrooms schedules on their calendars.
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Marius Pretorius
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That is some welcome news - thank you.
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Anonymous
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will this ever be done...its almost 3 year since this fabulus idea was possted
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Randolph F. Handel
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Adding my name to the list of questions about whether this will be available in the Fall. All my classes will be online and I am wanting to only have Teams as an LMS, but no integration with the calendar makes it hard to defend agains my administration's complaint about user interface and ease of use. Hence, I will have to use TWO systems if this is not up and running (or I just bag Teams and go back to Canvas only).
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Matt
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Dear Justin,
Are we close to this being implemented? Some schools are making active decisions on whether or not to continue other 'homework setting' services such as 'Show My Homework' in the next academic year. These alternatives come at considerable cost, often thousands per year. Without similar functionality and, at a minimum, calendar integration in Teams Assignments, it is difficult to justify a move to using Assignments as an alternative. I know this is the strong view of many. Students and staff need to be able to see the assignments they have been assigned (or have set, in the instance of teachers). -
Chris Tabron
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Will support so many people and variables . Why wait ?
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Bill Legate
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@Justin Chandohttps://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/users/895033813-justin-chando, any chance of this being finished for July Summer School courses?
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Erling Nereng
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Yes! We really need an overall view of a student's assignments
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Anonymous
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Yes - and please only show assignments that are due, late or are coming up. If already completed and handed in then eliminate them from the calendar. If possible could you colour coordinate the items on the calendar? (different colours for different class/Teams?) Thank-you
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Jeremy Green
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The lack of an overall view of a student's assignments seems to be a basic piece of functionality, especially for a company like Microsoft with a well established calendar product. I was *very* disappointed to lose this view when my children's school started to transition from Class Charts to Teams - it means more work for my children and more work for me as a parent.
Looks like this has been moving through a process for almost three years - good to see it is now at 'Working On It' - how long does it generally take to move from 'Working On It' to availability?
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Ken_s
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Still no mention of this facility in this update announcement:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/20-updates-for-microsoft-teams-for-education-including-7x7-video/ba-p/1457748 -
Anonymous
commented
This is a popular request in our district. Parents, Teachers, Administrators, Students would like to be able to easily see their assignments by clicking the calendar to see an overview of all assignments. This enhancement is necessary before school starts vs in implementing the change in the middle of a school year.
Thank you!
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Anonymous
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updates on this would be good. a extremely useful feature which is lacking.
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John Bennett
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This is a basic export in Moodle, Blackboard and numerous other LMS. Is there a timeline to MS Team Assignments being linked to Outlook? It is a very important support feature for students completing multiple courses with multiple deadlines
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Anonymous
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Would be great to see this soon, especially with the new academic year looming- are there any updates on this please?
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Anonymous
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@JustinChando - do you have a date yet for this to be implemented or is it still a little early in the development process for that?
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Susan French
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This would sort out a major gap in Teams - our students, especially those with additional educational needs, have been finding it very hard to keep track of what assignments they have. If we could just point them to the calendar it would change everything. Any idea of when this might land?
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Ken_s
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Dear @Justin Chando, any updates, please?
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Anonymous
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This will be a very good feature. It is more organized and easier to spot assignments that are soon closing/due.