Teams Junior - Microsoft Teams is amazing but it is complicated for younger children to use a simplified version
Teams Junior - Microsoft Teams for EYFS/KS1 would be amazing! with a more user friendly interface for our youngest learners.
Sophie Lamb
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Lisa
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I support this EXCELLENT suggestion!!
Hats off to early childhood educators!! -
Anonymous
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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"! -
susan weinstein
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As it is now, Teams is soooo difficult for 5 year olds to navigate!!!
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Anonymous
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TEAMS is NOT user friendly for 5 and 6 year olds. They need things simplified.
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Veronica
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Yes! More simple layout, very clear buttons with recognizable symbols, and fewer clicks to get to an end goal.
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Caroline Feldman
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Yes! And ask teachers what would be useful for them!
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Anonymous
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Turn off create a team on the elementary option
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Anonymous
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This is a great idea! Well articulated in PDF uploaded by Sophie Lamb.
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Diego
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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.
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Anonymous
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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.
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Tina
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Well said! Young children need simplified tools and fewer steps to get there.
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Louis-Philippe Lavigne
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Even for older students (secondary schools 12 to 18) the interface is complicated.
A better french interface (with better choices of terminology) would also be nice.
More possibilities to annotate documents other than office, like PDFs for example.
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Anonymous
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Maybe we could use a template?
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Manon
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Serait très utile!
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mel
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Avec un outil genre portfolio pour laisser des traces de travaux.
Avec les paramètres de sécurité (par défaut) facile à gérer pour le prof.
Avec la possibilité de voir tous les élèves à la fois. -
Christian Therrien
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Oui quelque chose de convivial et dattryant pour les plus jeunes, crée en collaboration avec des professionnels de l'enseignement...
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Anonymous
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Pour que l’utilisation de Teams aille au delà de la pandémie. Rendre son interface plus convivial et jovial est nécessaire pour les plus petits (5-112 ans) Il faut que cela soit plus simple pour se connecter et rejoindre une réunion ou encore juste plus simple de créer la réunion et de partager facilement auprès des parents. J'ai beaucoup de parents qui se plaignent que c'est difficile de rejoindre la réunion ou de se connecter. Qu'ils ne me voient pas ou qu'ils voient que quelques enfants seulement.
Thank you to take time at getting a better version more enjoyable for younger kids (5-12 years old). Definitly need to be more attractive (emoji, stickers..) for them. Less connection problem. An easier way to join a meeting or to create one and them send the info for the parents.
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Nathalie Petit
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Il serait vraiment important d'avoir une version simplifiée pour les enfants de 4 et 5 ans.
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Isabelle Moutquin
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S.v.p Développez un outil plus facile d'utilisation pour les enfants de 5 ans en ajoutant des images pour toutes les actions. Ajoutez la possibilité de voir tous les enfants de la classe de 20 élèves. Merci!
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Anonymous
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Il serait vraiment intéressant d'avoir une version simplifiée avec des pictogrammes