Dashboard rather than Conversation as the home page of each Team
Rather than see a conversation as the starting point of each Team, I'd like to see a dashboard. That is, recent conversation activity, Assessments due, calendar events, recent files, homework reminders etc ...
Vince Papa
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Thank you all for your continued feedback on this feature! We are still evaluating options, so for now the ‘Posts’ tab remains the default first tab for every team.
Great suggestions so far in the comments, but please do continue to share how you would use this feature so we can better understand the use case for our planning.
34 comments
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Chris thomas
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I think tat creating a standard dashboard would frustrate many teachers as we are approaching Teams fro different directions.Id love a tiled approach where there is one tile for assignments, one for channels etc where each tile could be customised
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KA
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Thank you very much for your greatly appreciated work!
The dashboard should provide quick access (one click/tap) to the most frequently used functionalities by students and teachers respectively. It should appear at the top level on the user's Teams account (instead of teams tiles).
- dashboard home button always accessible, leading directly to dashboard
- one single inbox containing all assignments and planner tasks from all teams with filter and sort options (sender, title, date assigned, due date, tag, unread, working on, handed-in, graded); handing-in own files by adding them to assignments should be prominently visible (not tiny plus)
- curriculum progress bar per goal, e.g. fulfilled assignments and quizes from all teams belonging to a specific curriculum goal
- calendar with ability to display and hide multiple calendars (assignments and planner tasks from all teams, personal planning, lesson timetables, school events, ...) in individual mode, overlay mode and side-by-side-mode
- bulletin board showing important messages and announcements from all teams in full; auto-scrolling/auto-sliding through all posted messages on the board; customizable expiry date for each message
- "message center" containing a quick-access list of all types of messages from all teams and sources (teams chats, posts on teams channels, emails, ...) which are directed at the recipient (personal, member of a group, member of a team, @-mentionned, etc.) with filter and sort options (date, unread, sender, title, type of message, flagged, ...)
- "call center" -> calling individual persons/groups/ad-hoc meetings on teams channels, joining scheduled team meetings, joining ad-hoc meetings on teams channels, joining ongoing group calls (which the user is a member of)
- materials and information repository -> all teams AND all OneNote notebooks directly accessible by list/tiles with filter and sort options (name, frequently used, lockable user-defined order, ...) -
Amy
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As an elementary teacher, the kids are used to looking at our schedule and morning message board when they come in. A dashboard/homepage with ability to link would be a great "one stop shop" for kids. One place to see all their daily info!
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Anonymous
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1. 3-4 To Do assignments
2. Teacher homepage with information for the teacher to customize -
Becky Gentile
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Especially with remote learning, teachers need a way to provide the most useful information to their students on the opening page. This is DOUBLY true for elementary and intermediaate students and classes in K12 environments. When we are discussing engagement for younger users, we cannot expect them to "hunt" for the information they need. SharePoint is a very flexible platform, and we should be able to create this type of environment with - calendar, most recent activity, assignments due soon etc on this Dashboard. If you want widespread adoption in K12, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make it easy for our kids. This app still screams developed for business users even in and EDU tenant.
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J. Palmer
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As many have already said, a class "dashboard" would be something to see the most important things for the class at a glance. The next few assignments due, Maybe the most recent few posts or additions to the Team. Maybe a spot for teacher contact info/office hours. I also like the idea of being able to pin things to the dashboard.
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Anonymous
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I would use a dashboard feature to "pin" important messages, would like to see upcoming calendar for the day, channels that have new announcements, etc. A landing page with a one stop shop would be amazing! It's confusing to open as it does now and is intimidating for new users.
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Brian Cargnelli
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What about using a share point landing page as the first page. Bake it into teams options. I already can set it as a tab. Make the tab options as what the teacher wants. Some may want class notebook as first page, others may want the conversations. More options please.
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Bernice
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The dashboard can feature a Welcome message for new members where teachers can leave directions/file/video of how the yeam works. An agenda that lists upcoming due dates from assignments/calendar. An announcement board where I can post a day or weekly message that is archived into files/conversation/ tab so students can see old posts.
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Jose
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Would it be possible to use some of the functionality already available in Teams with the help of Sharepoint to create a dashboard, a member of our instructional Team came up with a mock up. He was able to create a SharePoint page using some of the options in Teams. Ideally, a user friendly interface that would allow teachers to customize labelled areas such as Todo's,Upcoming Assignments, or even the ability to display modules for assignments. We need and all in one landing page.
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Julie Langston
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When my sixth graders select our class tile from their list of classes, it opens to our class conversation. That's not helpful for a sixth grader. It would be MORE helpful if it opened to a page with directions from the teacher. For example, the teacher could post instructions for the day/week. Almost like a PowerPoint slide with Classwork for the day, homework for the week, bell work, the daily goal and any important instructions students need to follow.
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Anonymous
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If not a dashboard, then at least a homepage which provides a description of what the team is all about. Why are we forced to have a General Channel when that channel does not fulfill this need and cannot be renamed? Why are we forced to have the HUGE "welcome to the team" graphic at the top of the posts tab taking up a ton of space that could be used for something valuable to the team.
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Dean Verstegen
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Anyone at Microsoft notice that the thread I'm commenting into right now has the most recent posts first?
Hello? Any signs of intelligent life out out there in Washington? -
Anonymous
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Any updates about this?? This is a crucial feature for newcomers into a Team!!
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Alex Juback
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That would be a good idea
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Jose
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Since Teams is based on Sharepoint, looking at some of the capabilities that SharePoint already provides. Would it be possible to have a similar welcome page available in Teams.
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Jose
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Is there any update on this feature being rolled out. Teachers would like students to have a starting point that keeps them focused on the tasks at hand . The ability for teachers to re-arrange tabs at the tab is also greatly needed. its been over a year, since the review and over 2 year since this was posted.
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Ionel Ursu
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When clicking on a teams in MS Teams, rather than land in the General channel smack bang in the middle of conversations, can each team have an overview tab, outlining most active conversation, most recent files, most active members, a channel message pinned at the top, tasks, etc
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Allan
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I frequently observe people clicking on the team’s name expecting to see content, instead of it expanding/collapsing channels. I think people think of it like file explorer, where any folder you click has its own content, and if you want to expand/collapse you click the little icon.
So I’ve often thought that a dashboard of sorts would make much more sense. The most obvious way to do this, to me, would be to just show the home page of the underlying SharePoint site.
Obviously that page would need to be changed a bit. But it already needs some work anyway, since there isn’t an obvious way to get to the team if you somehow end up on the SharePoint site. The homepage needs a way to go directly to a certain channel in the team, for instance.
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M. Mulder
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Or the PowerBI reports. General: Move new tabs to the starting point (drag and drop for re-arrange). That would be awesome. We miss this feature on our school. We have more than 140 separate teams running right now, so this customization would be great! When does the status 'under review' go in to the 'developement status'? ;-)
