• Configuring Lync Custom Statuses To Support Assessment for Learning

    In our last post our guest contributor Mandeep Atwal talked about using Lync client to support assessment for learning strategy in the classroom. I thought this was a great post as Lync Online is part of Office 365 for education and users can use Lync...
  • Office 365 University

    With emphasis of services and devices our priorities are adapting to Office on your terms illustrated by today’s announcement of Office 365 University! Office 365 is the next bold step in Microsoft’s transformation to a devices and services...
  • Managing Office 365 for education using PowerShell

    PowerShell is cool – at least I think it is! We’ve been talking about using PowerShell to manage Live@edu since the early days of Exchange Labs , and several times since. As more and more customers complete the upgrade from Live@edu to Office 365 for...
  • Contoso Learning Companion – check it out

    “The Contoso Learning Companion is a modern Windows 8 application built to work with SharePoint 2010 and 2013. It uses SharePoint sites as collaboration spaces for classes and study groups and integrates with the popular OneNote application for lessons...
  • Snow Day? Try Office 365 for education on for size!

    If you’re in the UK (other countries are available) you’ll probably look out of your window this morning and see something like this: Teachers and pupils up and down the country tune into their local radio stations eagerly awaiting news of school closures...