Teams for Teaching

Introducing Teams for Teaching

The introduction of Teams for Teaching has helped encourage active teacher-student engagement, especially where this scenario demands flexibility in remote access to class collaboration. It delivers a rich collection of features, greater capacity than alternatives, and is proven as a reliable, secure space for this purpose.  

Teams for Teaching originated in 2020 when schools approached ISG seeking help to create and maintain them, along with establishing good practice guidance about their use.

A solution was delivered in 2021 with School Data Sync to auto-create Class Teams along with student enrolments which are aligned with the Student Information System. This ran for an extended period and was retired at the end of 2024. However, Teams for Teaching is still supported through courses in Learn Ultra.

Requesting Teams for Teaching

You should discuss any planned use of MS Teams with your School or College Learning Technologist. Once approved, your Learning Technologist will request a Class Team based upon your course and it will be created for you. 

Student course enrolments are refreshed automatically in Class Teams from the central Student Information System so you don't need to manually maintain student memberships in the Team. 

Guidance on using Teams for Teaching

See the following link for guidance on course-based Teams for Teaching:

Teams for Teaching Guidance