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Teams Junior - Microsoft Teams for EYFS/KS1 would be amazing! with a more user friendly interface for our youngest learners.

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  • Andy Duffy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I completely agree with this. If Teams is going to be used across the different year groups, it needs to have a simpler interface for younger users. We are a small MAT of 5 schools and are struggling to encourage our Primary schools to use O365 over GSuite and Google Classroom. You are not going to succeed in making this area unless you cater for this group of users too.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I need my third graders to be able to create an array on a quiz that does not change into groups. I also need them to be able to use a division symbol that they can find easily.

  • Lucia Sanchez commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There was a 2020 Hackathon project (It takes a village...) that had some suggestions with regards to this

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    YES!!!!! This would be amazing! We are using it with first graders, and while we have had success, parents are having to do so much for the kids. They are not quite ready or able to figure teams out on their own.

  • Lisa commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I support this EXCELLENT suggestion!!
    Hats off to early childhood educators!!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    So true! Teams was built for business, and its adaptation for use in education has been clunky. It is really difficult to use with elementary students, but my district is Seattle is forcing us to. Many of the features in Teams are not applicable to a K-5 class, and in fact hamper usability and get in the way of easy, efficient usage by teachers and students. Meanwhile, there are features we K-5 teachers really need.
    Please make a "Teacher Teams" or "Teams Jr"!

  • Veronica commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes! More simple layout, very clear buttons with recognizable symbols, and fewer clicks to get to an end goal.

  • Diego commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please, give more attention in this idea. As a colleague said here, starting with a simpler template for younger ages would be a nice beggining.

    Children love the animations of the Assignments, for example. I'd also quote ClassDojo as an inspiration, because of its easiness.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is an amazing idea but it may take some time as they not only have to remove the additional features but also change the existing features and make them simpler. Also, we can treat this as an opportunity to learn.

  • Tina commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Well said! Young children need simplified tools and fewer steps to get there.

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