Microsoft Classroom

[Dave_O]

Question to Phil N.

 

Do Capita intend to support the new Microsoft Classroom initiative both in terms of account and group provisioning and the writing back of data to SIMS?

 

Thank you in anticipation

[RLR]

Same question for Apple School Manager when it's released.

[PhilNeal]

We work closely with MS so you can expect movement here. We'd like to work closely with Apple but they aren't structured in that way.

[David_Grashoff]

Further to Phil's post Capita is working with Microsoft on bringing these new innovations to schools in potential school pilots over this summer and into the next academic year. As soon as we have something to report with Apple and Google I will post again.

[matt40k]

both in terms of account and group provisioning and the writing back of data to SIMS

 

Whilst you wait, you might want to look at SalamanderSoft. As they've been doing this (and more) for a long, long time.

[CyberNerd]

Whilst you wait, you might want to look at SalamanderSoft. As they've been doing this (and more) for a long, long time.

 

Wizzkids also has some fine integration tools for SIMS and classroom, calendars etc.

Mere tid til bedre undervisning - Wizkids

[Dave_O]

Whilst you wait, you might want to look at SalamanderSoft. As they've been doing this (and more) for a long, long time.

 

We use Richard's Salamander solution for account provisioning but I don't think this stretches to write back to SIMS (probably into assessment manager). I may be wrong.

[RLR]

We use Richard's Salamander solution for account provisioning but I don't think this stretches to write back to SIMS (probably into assessment manager). I may be wrong.

 

We have salamander write back a users email address once they've been created in ad.

[Dave_O]

We have salamander write back a users email address once they've been created in ad.

 

Same but MS Classroom has the ability to write class mark back to an LMS

[woodham]

any further news on this?

[zag]

Yeh axiously awaiting this one as well.

 

I think Microsoft Classroom is only in beta in the USA for now though.

 

Another 3rd party who have done this are Ruler | Connect Office 365 and Capita SIMS

 

Also I found this nice interactive demo of Microsoft Classroom here:

 

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ukschools/2016/09/26/mec-monday-introduction-to-microsoft-classroom/

 

Can't wait to test this out. Google had had a monopoly on this for too long.

Edited September 28, 2016 by zag

[mattgrimley]

I think Microsoft Classroom is only in beta in the USA for now though.

 

It's available now.

 

The process of getting data from SIMS to Classroom should be fairly simple, but i wouldn't hold your breath for help from Capita. If they were all about adding value, we'd have had staff timetables in outlook years ago!

[zag]

Awesome thanks!

 

 

- Open up a private browser

- login to portal.office.com

- Check you have both global admin rights, and office for education students in the licensing

- Add license to your admin user for microsoft license.

- Check health >> Service Health. You should now see a new item "Education Services". This means it worked.

- Assign that license to your admin user. Users >> choose your login or admin login >> licenses >> edit >> "Microsoft classroom preview"

 

More detailed presentation here

 

You can then browse to https://sds.microsoft.com and sync your MIS system with it. Of course we need to wait for Capita or whatever product you use to support it first