I have been attending trainings on Microsoft Teams since last year but I am still struggling to use it. Of course, some of my students had become my guinea pig to experiment the Microsoft Teams features. Well, take it this way. When I show them what I am setting for their classes etc., they also learn new things.
I still remember one of my RS2 students (Master student) who was my first “sample” in my little experiment. Together we learn that, in order for her to access materials that I put in Microsoft Teams, she needs to have live.utm.my account. It is not an account which is assigned to them automatically. Students need to request or I can request (as an instructor of a course) to UTMDigital team – Email them at software@utm.my. Pssstt it is better if the students request it themselves.
From the training conducted by Dr Azizul yesterday, I learned from Dr Marlia and others (participants) about new features that Microsoft Teams has. Dr Azizul even said :”Saya pun baru tahu benda ini“. It makes the learning process less solitary.
Often than not, when I am stuck with something, I would google it up but nothing beats human interaction. So, like yesterday, when Dr Azizul encountered certain glitches like (Take Over) during the demonstration of Microsoft Meet, there were other participants who gave their opinions (possible solutions) and Dr Azizul even used us to experiment with new things. The session became interactive. But being a lecturer, there were times that Dr Azizul instructed us like his students. Well, some of use were a bit unruly to try out things to the point Dr Azizul’s slides “went” missing. Whose fault is that? So many of us were clicking the Take Over button at that time. It was kind of difficult to find the culprit.
But it was so cool! I feel that we are learning together and there is no air or feeling of superiority exists during the training. I feel assured that we are struggling together in learning new things. I feel supported as there are regular users like Dr Marlia and others who shared their experience, tips and certain valuable information. I find that I become more confident in using Microsoft Teams (even though it is still a baby step for me).
After the session, I tried out few things on my own. I told one of my juniors that we can experiment to use Microsoft Teams next semester. She later shared with me videos created by Mike Tholfsen. Wow, there are so many new videos! I like it so much! In sha Allah I will try my best to prepare my Microsoft Teams classroom (errr… a term that I use as it has similar features like Google Classroom).