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As more schools begin to make the transition to distance learning and online classrooms, we want to help. Microsoft has created resources, training, and how-to guides that we hope will help educators and their classrooms make this transition.<\/p>\n
Microsoft Education is committed to helping all teachers, students, and staff stay engaged and focused on learning. Creating an online classroom is an important step in moving to a remote learning experience.\u00a0Free for schools, Microsoft Teams, provides a secure online classroom that brings together classroom management features, collaborative workspaces like OneNote Class Notebook, and virtual face-to-face connections in a single digital hub that keeps students engaged.<\/p>\n
Information included are Microsoft’s top resources on distance learning<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Web Pages with\u00a0tools to connect remotely,\u00a0<\/a>Microsoft Teams quick start guide for EDU<\/a> (PDF). Webinars designed for educators<\/a>, Blog posts, and Free Training,\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR2c4qMfVhOdCngYnH0quosFUNUw1SjdQQ1FBSEw0WUlPTkcyOEVXUEFMTSQlQCN0PWcu” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Sign up today for the Microsoft Learning Community to share best practices and connect with peers from all over the globe who are enabling remote learning with Teams.” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_text_color=”#592c88″ button_border_color=”#592c88″ button_border_radius=”3px” button_font=”|700|||||||” button_icon=”%%73%%” custom_margin=”0px||52px|||”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”87px” custom_margin=”8px|||||” custom_padding=”0px|||||”]<\/p>\n \u00a0These resources have been provided by the Microsoft Corporation and are included in this post for the convenience of WCU faculty who want to use Office 365 to facilitate online learning.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To see the full message sent by Microsoft to subscribers on March 23, 2020, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As more schools begin to make the transition to distance learning and online classrooms, we want to help. Microsoft has created resources, training, and how-to guides that we hope will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1483,"featured_media":14377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Microsoft Education is committed to helping all teachers, students, and staff stay engaged and focused on learning. Creating an online classroom is an important step in moving to a remote learning experience.\u00a0Free for schools, Microsoft Teams, provides a secure online classroom that brings together classroom management features, collaborative workspaces like OneNote Class Notebook, and virtual face-to-face connections in a single digital hub that keeps students engaged.<\/p> Information included are Microsoft's top resources on distance learning<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Web Pages with\u00a0tools to connect remotely,\u00a0<\/a>Microsoft Teams quick start guide for EDU<\/a> (PDF). Webinars designed for educators<\/a>, Blog posts, and Free Training,\u00a0<\/a><\/p>As more schools begin to make the transition to distance learning and online classrooms, we want to help. Microsoft has created resources, training, and how-to guides that we hope will help educators and their classrooms make this transition.<\/h4>
To help support you during this time, we\u2019ve created a support page for O365<\/a> with the information Microsoft has provided.<\/strong><\/h4>