Parent view
Need to put assignments into pupil's Outlook calendar so that they can share a read only link with parents. This would enable parents to see all upcoming assignments for their child, i.e. a parent view of assignments.
Alternatively, give parents a code linked to their child's account that will allow them to see selective team content including all assignment details. Teachers should be able to select whether parents can see everything, particular channels, or just assignments.
Kayzad
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J.D.
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Yes... and not just viewing assignments. Specifying access to a particular "class news" or "homework" channel would be incredibly valuable.
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Needed if it is going to replace systems like Show My Homework.
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Anonymous
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Having used Teams during lockdown, this is one of the game changing developments that would make Teams a fantastic system for schools. It is vital of importance that there is an easy to view assignment / homework front end that can be easily used by both parents and students.
Additionally, further development in terms of sharepoint, to make the sharing of resources more seamless would be the icing on the cake.
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Melanie
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I agree with that.
I know there is already a weekly email digest, but this is not enough.
I would like to be able to check at anytime when needed: assignments status? has my child join the call? I don't want to have access to everything (agree children need some privacy), but just a few things to know if I need to get more involved.Of course the current situation is very special, but that would help us with juggling between working at home and checking that kids are all set-up properly (especially as the new year starts)
Even like a simple green/red light. Green everything is fine, no need to get involved. Red, be careful your child is not doing it right... -
Tom
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This already exists, ask your IT dept to set it up: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/599053-schools-and-universities/suggestions/19732312-add-ability-for-parents-gaurdians-to-view-assignme
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Anonymous
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This is a very good idea and exactly what we need here.
We have used other platforms for setting homework for students which also had a parent view\ notifications for parents to notify and allow them to see any assignments set for students -
Sunderland
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It will be important for parents to have an access code so that they can help our middle school students and so they know what is going on in our classrooms. We are trying to streamline where our families go to access information, and without this ability, we are not able to do so.
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Team player
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Students, PARENTS, and teachers have to be able to work together!!!
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Mick Flaherty
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Microsoft and Google have both focussed on Teacher/Pupil interactions when all educators rely on parental engagement. We cannot exclude them from the education system. Come on Microsoft, get ahead of the competition.
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Anonymous
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School administrator here, over 1000 users. Our previous student assignment package had a parental view, since we've moved to Teams this functionality is missing. I'm told the functionality isn't in the powershell tools to map parents to even have the digest email working (since the withdrawal of SDS, used to work then....), really need this working, either the digest email or better still, a parental view of assignments.
It's one thing Microsoft pushing Teams to all schools, it's another thing when half the tools we need aren't there or are coming soon(ish)
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Anonymous
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I am a teacher at a school looking to adopt Teams as our shared learning space.
The lack of an easy way to share assignment details with parents is a major problem for us. Staff do not have the time to enter the information into two different systems. This is likely to lead to a reluctance by staff to make full use of Teams. -
Anonymous
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Parental engagement is key for our school. It would be great if parents could access their child's Teams/ OneNote so that they can see what their child is doing.
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Anonymous
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Need the function for parents to see assignments, rubrics, feedback and grades for their child
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Grant
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Have many teachers asking for this functionality.
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Miss kaur
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Yes
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Fraser Mearns
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Definitely like the idea of parents being able to see pupil's assignments due in calendar format on a weekly briefing! Our parents' biggest complaint about teams is that they have no way of seeing what work their child has to do without getting the child to log in which with secondary pupils often causes a bit of aggro!
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Anonymous
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Do you accompany your child to school? Do you do their homework with them?
No?
My school has a policy strictly restricting parents access to teams because it is invasive, unhelpful and unnecessary. If you think you're child is too young to be using teams your school probably shouldn't be using it.
The comment about including parents in chat channels is particularly awful, what child wants their patents to chip in on their lesson or spectate other children taking?
If you really just want to see your child's assignments, just ask them and if they lie or refuse you clearly have other problems that teams doesn't need to fix -
Donna Montgomery
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I know this thread started 2 years ago but the world has changed and the parent access needs to be reviewed. I read that there is a way for parents to get updates about their child's work on Teams. But that does not work for me. There is one other teacher in my entire district (that I know about) who is using Teams. Majority of people use Google Classroom and others use Schoology. As a result my tech dpt is not going to turn on the sync feature just for 2 of us. There needs to be a parent or read only view of everything the kids see! Teachers in my school are today learning how to sync parents with Google Classroom...Teams needs to have an easy way as well!!! Even if it is a code that we give interested parents then they sign up on their own. We need something!
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Jonathan Hunt
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The school I work at wont switch away from our MIS really rubbish homework setting system, just because it allows parents to see a live view of outstanding homework.
It also makes setting shorter duration homework difficult as the parents won't know about it until it is too late (Set on Monday for hand in on Thursday for example).
This feature is really needed - the weekly digest isn't enough.