Mike Tholfsen
This channel is dedicated to "how to" videos showing Microsoft product features, with an angle towards new features and updates. I'm a Product Manager on the Microsoft Education team and I want to help you save time and learn new things in a concise, no-frills way. I have a lot of quick tips on new features in Microsoft Teams, Office apps like OneNote, Word, and PowerPoint, plus many more tutorials. Keep up with the latest Microsoft Education product updates at aka.ms/EdTechBlog
I'm particularly passionate about inclusive & accessible technology, and I have a set of playlists that focus on this type of assistive tech. I work on building many of these products at my Microsoft day job, and I've seen how much these tools can positively can impact people's lives. As I like to say - "Built-in, mainstream, non-stigmatizing and FREE!"
If you're short on time and want to get up and running quickly on Microsoft products, subscribe to this channel!
Mike Tholfsen
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Mike Tholfsen
I just hit an exciting milestone on my YouTube channel - the 100K subscribers mark 🎉
I began the channel during the early pandemic to help out educators, and I’m thankful for the support from this community over the last few years 🙏
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Mike Tholfsen
Get ready for the new school year with my Top 25 tips and tricks for Assignments in Microsoft Teams. The is the "Ultimate Guide" for Assignments, and great for educators and professional development. I cover everything from the basics to advanced, new features and hidden gems. We've added a ton of updates over the past year or two, and this video can ensure you are taking advantage of all the great new education features in Assignments! Also be sure to share this video with others in your school or district who are looking to learn everything there is to know about teams Assignments.
2 years ago | [YT] | 8
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Mike Tholfsen
My channel recently crossed an exciting milestone at 10 million views! 🎉 Thanks for the continued support, lots more to come and the next milestone is (hopefully) 100K subscribers 🥳
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Mike Tholfsen
My channel just crossed 50,000 subscribers this morning! I started this channel during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns with the goal of helping educators, students, parents, and anyone else with Microsoft products for remote learning and remote working. More recently I've been trying to highlight some of the product updates across the M365 product suite.
I hope you find these videos helpful, and would love to hear more about what you'd like to see in the future 🔮 Thanks for the continued support!
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The product I've been working on, "Reading Progress" in Microsoft Teams, has just finished rolling out globally 🌎🌍🌏 I'm the Product Manager of Reading Progress and have been working on it since the inception so I'm incredibly excited about this. Reading Progress is a free tool that allows educators to assign reading fluency passages that allows students to independently record themselves reading the passage out loud. Educators can then review the audio and video with assistive AI, and gather insights automatically on student progress.
1) Blog with more details: techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/read…
2) End to end demo video is below 👇
3 years ago | [YT] | 10
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Mike Tholfsen
My channel recently crossed an exciting milestone at 5 million views! 🎉 I started this channel during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns with the goal of helping educators, students, parents, and anyone else with Microsoft products for remote learning and remote working. More recently I've been trying to highlight some of the product updates across the M365 product suite. Thanks for the continued support!
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Mike Tholfsen
This week we announced "Reading Progress" in Microsoft Teams for Education. I'm the Product Manager of Reading Progress and have been working on it since the inception so I'm incredibly exited about this announcement. Reading Progress is a free tool that allows educators to assign reading fluency passages that allows students to independently record themselves reading the passage out loud. Educators can then review the audio and video with assistive AI, and gather insights automatically on student progress.
Reading Progress can be used with early readers, struggling readers, non-native speakers, foreign language learners and even adult literacy. We've seen an incredible response so far and we're excited to do a lot more in this space!
1) Blog with more details: techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/read…
2) End to end demo video is below
3 years ago | [YT] | 9
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Mike Tholfsen
Join the maiden voyage of the "Ask Mike Anything" (AMA) series. I am a Product Manager on the Microsoft Education team and I'll be taking questions about anything Microsoft, including Microsoft Education, our products, future directions, or anything else on your mind. I'll even tell you the origin story of the OneNote cape if you ask! The AMA is on January 20th at 2:00pm PST, link to the YouTube Live session below, be sure to set the reminder 🔔
I also encourage people to reply to this post and add questions you have as I will also be pulling questions directly from this post.
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Mike Tholfsen
Hey folks - an exciting milestone today. My channel just passed 10K subscribers! I started this channel during the spring COVID-19 lockdowns with the goal of helping educators, students, parents, and anyone else get up and running fast with Microsoft products for remote learning and remote working. I hope you find these videos helpful, and would love to hear more about what you'd like to see in the future 🔮 Thanks for all the support!
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Mike Tholfsen
Over the weekend I hit a fun double milestone for this channel. 5000 subscribers and 500,000 total views! A big thanks to the folks watching this channel, and I plan to keep putting out the quick tips to help educators, students, or anyone else trying to get up and running fast.
Keep the feedback coming on what quick tips you want to see in the future!
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