It would be great if students could private message teachers, but NOT each other.
It would be great if students could private message teachers, but NOT each other.
Nick
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208 comments
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anonymous
commented
Well Microsoft you only have to wait another couple of weeks as we will be returning to normal schooling and will be moving away from remote learning using TEAMs. You have managed very well in upsetting many teachers and students alike in not getting this resolved in under 3 years. Unfortunately it is the minority again that has initiated this request from teachers and administrators. This has affected the good students who have been prepared to abide by the rules and have had the ability to chat sensibly removed
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Charlie Griffiths
commented
If possible - I would suggest the following control in the Admin interface:
Able to message users with this policy: (Multi tick box of available call policies)
e.g. a user with the education_Teacher policy would be able to message education_Teacher & education_Student
a user with education_student would only be able to message users with education_Teacher policy
In the case where an education_Teacher user added 2 education_Student users to a chat, the chat would need to allow the 2 education_student users to see each other's messages
This leaves scope for allowing some students to chat to each other if a school allows it - e.g. An education_SixthForm user may be able to message education_SixthForm and education_Teacher
This would also be great in the other sections - such as calls and meetings.
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Carol
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I cannot believe this has not been addressed in over 2 years. YES, GIVE TEACHERS MORE CHAT CONTROL. Teachers need to be able to turn chat on and off per Meeting, per schedule (on and off hours), and per student (as some children just abuse the feature). For some reason you allow us to have the on/off student posting control for the General Channel, but not the chat. Why?
We also need to be able to hide student chats that are inappropriate. Why allow students to go back and keep seeing what others did wrong? We do not leave cuss words and rude graffiti spray painted on the sides of our buildings for all to see. It gets removed or hidden. Seems easier to do digitally.
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SH
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As a student, it is crucial for us to connect with our classmates, not just as leisure, but for matters concerning education. The Chat feature has been largely helpful for students as they can seek advice from others who are more on their level than the teacher. For example, I recently got a message from one of my classmates (who I don't generally converse with). She asked me for some mystery book recommendations and I was glad to deliver. This is just one example of how crucial it is to be able to exchange information between ourselves.
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D Brouwer
commented
This could be devastating to a lot of kids who cannot connect with their peers otherwise. Perhaps a feature that allows monitoring would be more appropriate
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Joann
commented
Students need to share ideas as they create products or work together on a project. It has been researched by many educators that students learn through collaboration.
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Joann
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Yes, Students should be able to private message teachers. It is crucial so no bullying can take place.
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Jess
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flagged as inappropriate if this happens all us students will boycott Microsoft
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Jess
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I think students should be able to chat to each other but teachers to if they want to but if we cant message each other no student will go on this apart from lessons therefore you'll lose lots of money.
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Felix Malombe commented
Teachers are not control freaks..please allow students to chat with each other because if you don't do it in Teams and Teams Chats, they will still do it elsewhere but you wont have any clue.
Let the Digital citizenship guidelines cover and protect us as teachers..... We cannot keep controlling people please. Bullies will always be with us and that's why expectations, rules and guidelines are made.
If you can manage and train students on etiquette and allow them to make mistakes, you should be fine.
Let's stop the FEAR for the unknown and teach kindness..virtually or physically!
Lets stop running away from our responsibility.
Finally, school is not a military camp!
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Anonymous
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Teachers are not control freaks..please allow students to chat with each other because if you dont they will still do it but you wont have clue.
Let the Digital citizenship guidelines protect you protect you..... You cannot keep controlling people like in 1920s. We are in 2020 please.
If you can manage and train students on etiquette and allow them to make mistakes, you should be fine.
Stop the FEAR for the unknown and teach kindness..virtually or physically!
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anonymous
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How do we get this moved up the review list as it is becoming a big concern in schools
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Kal
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Microsoft say this is under review, but I'm not sure they fully understand the safeguarding issues that led people to support this feature request.
If we have a feature where one student can send an inappropriate message to another student, and we as a school have enabled that we are complicit in the abuse. We either need
No student-student chat or
A safety net where chat messages cannot be deleted/edited and school staff can see them when needed -
Anonymous
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Yes
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David
commented
This is desperately needed in a school wide setting! Please do this ASAP.
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Terry Stubbs
commented
Its the inappropriate comments and bullying that needs to stop, you can't monitor all chats, you need some form of restriction, it may not apply to all students, it's a feature needed which can be switched on and off at will
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ryley
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no
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ryley
commented
nick I think you are being a bit silly and were drunk when you posted it
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ryley
commented
huh
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ryley
commented
this is against human rights we should always be allowed to talked what if we don't have peoples phone numbers how do we contact them