Microsoft Teams is a chat-based digital workspace that integrates conversations, files, and tools to provide a single collaborative space. It allows teachers and students at a Catholic primary school to access lessons, projects, and resources in one place from any device. The principal uses Teams to stay informed about curriculum discussions and decisions from off-site. Consultants use it to organize notes and exemplars shared across schools. Teams provides an easy way for educators to communicate, work on shared documents, and access materials irrespective of location.

1. An introduction for educators
Microsoft Teams
Digital Transformation Team: Catholic Education Western Australia

2. LEARNING INTENTION
To provide an overview of
Microsoft Teams and explore
its use case for education.

3. SUCCESS CRITERIA
A clear, enthused and
practical understanding
of TEAMS and its use in
education

4. Teams is a chat-centred workspace in Office
365. It brings people, conversations, files, and
tools into one place, so everyone has instant
access to everything they need.
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Dudes @ Microsoft

5. Purpose
Use Case
Function
Collaboration
Communication
To create a single space
where teams
collaborate easily with
immediate access to all
their resources
Application
curation
A
comprehensive
digital meeting
room
Scenarios
Teacher
Student
Consultant

6. 1
Scenario
Howdy folks. Ms. G here. I
teach Year 5 at Sacred Heart Catholic
Primary school and I use Teams with my
kids. We have a class team and many different
Channels that cover topics and work groups. We
use to lose a lot of time logging students on to
different programs. Now, with Teams, we have all our
programs and resources in one place. Many of my
lessons sit in the Teams’ browser as PowerPoint
presentations or OneNotes. My students can open
those on any device. This works well in our
BYOD environment as we all get the same
experience irrespective of device.

7. ‘Sup guys. I’m Jamie. I’m in Year 5
at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School.
Our teacher uses Teams with us. We
have heaps of projects that we work on in Channels.
I reckon it’s good because I never lose anything
anymore. All my stuff is in one place. I can just
call up a OneNote or PowerPoint to work with
friends. I like making team meetings most.
It’s just one click away. Sometimes we
Skype our Grade 4 teacher. Mr J, because
he’s really good at Maths and he tells
the worst Dad Jokes. Teams is just easier
Than looking for everything
2

8. 3
Howdy folks. I’m Ali. I work at
the CEO Office in the Directorate of School
Improvement. I use Teams to organize my notes
about the schools I work with. I share those
notes through OneNote which is now
embedded in Teams. I upload mages and videos
of exemplary practice in the files Tab. Our team
co-edits school improvement presentations in
the Team’s browser and we use chat and skype
to communicate because we work in different
locations. Teams is the digital meeting room I
carry in my backpack and pocket.

9. 4
Good Evening. I’m Peta the principal.
It’s late and I shouldn’t be up but the buck stops
with me so yes I’m flicking through my Team
Channels. I use Teams a lot because I am offsite
often and I must be involved in all key decision
making. I must have visibility over what my staff
are thinking and sharing. For example, I am
included in all Key Learning Area Team and also
their major curriculum channels. Teams
provides the easiest way for me to have input
into the school that I’m charge of. In the past, I
could not see the conversations that were
happening behind closed doors and influence
those so that they are aligned with our school
values and direction. But with teams, I can.

10. Let’s explore TEAMS

11. 1. Download the Teams client software for your PC at:
https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads
2. Open and run the software
4. You can now login either through:
a) You client software on your desktop (or)
b) your web login in: teams.microsoft.com
Downloading the client software
3. Pin the Teams application to your taskbar or dock

12. Log into Teams here.
LOGGING IN
Login
1. Log on to: https://login.microsoftonline.com
2. Your username for this service is your
Surname.firstname@cathednet.wa.edu.au
Password: cathednet password

13. Your identity syncs
with 0365 (AD)
This is your Channel
A work based chat

14. This is your Channel
Instant video call to group
These tabs connect to 0365
services: OneNote, Sharepoint
Your TEAM

18. These files come from your OneDrive and OneNotes.

19. The user has clicked on the TEAMS’ menu to (1) access the
Team he belong to called (2) LEADing Learning. He then
explores the (3) Channel Playbooks where he finds the (4) files
uploaded by another team member. They are working on a
publication together.
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3
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4

20. Favourited channels
listed first. Additional
channels listed here.

21. These meetings will
be drawn from your
normal outlook
calendar

23. Mr T-Bot is your best FAQ.
He/she is the future of
computing interfaces by
text, voice and AI. Mr T-
Bot is very boring now
but give him a chance,
he/she/it learns and is
also very accurate.
TEAMs even comes with
its own video user
guides making people
like the person who
made this slide deck
scarily redundant. The
singularity is near!

24. Teams is the digital meeting
room I carry in my pocket ”
“
Dr Ali Ava-tar, Directorate of School Improvement

25. REVIEW
What’s the purpose of Teams?
How would you use it?

26. SUCCESS CRITERIA
A clear, enthused and
practical understanding
of TEAMS and its use in
education

27. WANT MORE RESOURCES..?
• Teams video overview ; video overview
• Teams quick guide
• Satya Nadella introduces rationale for Teams
• Teams as the future of productivity
• Teams Product Review