Illustrated emotions will help students express themselves in Microsoft Teams
Illustrated characters from Microsoft will help students share their emotions with educators.
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Microsoft will soon launch a feature for Microsoft Teams that will provide a new way for students to share their emotions with educators. Later this month, Microsoft will introduce 51 illustrated characters within Reflect in Microsoft Teams. These characters aim to expand students' emotional vocabulary and help students associate words for emotions with facial expressions.
Reflect in Microsoft Teams launched earlier this year. It helps students express themselves in different ways. It supports polling to help educators gather information and insight into students while also helping build relationships. Educators can also review non-numerical data to better understand the emotional well-being of their students and the ecosystem of their classroom.
Aneducation blog postshares insights about the importance of engaging with students. Here are the preliminary insights shared by Microsoft:
Reflect in Microsoft Teams helps educators engage with students in various ways, including sharing feedback and encouragement. The new illustrated emotions add another method of communication for educators and students. Since people differ in how they express themselves, one student might find illustrations a more effective way to communicate while another student would prefer a poll.
Microsoft Teams has several features that help educators communicate with students. Soon, it will include 51 illustrated emotions.
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