The application Microsoft Reading Coach is offered as a separate and free application to all users who have an account associated with the company, while enhancing and expanding the available tools for teachers on Teams platform.
Reading Coach relies on Reading Progress, an add-on to Teams for Education, an education-focused platform designed specifically to help teachers improve students’ reading skills.
Microsoft launched the reading education service in 2022 as part of the Teams for Education program and Immersive Reader. This service works to help individuals learn language and understand reading through Microsoft technology.
The new application was developed as part of the Reading Progress suite to support students in developing reading and writing skills in school and during remote learning.
Artificial intelligence technology is used to provide users with personalized feedback on how to improve their reading level, and to offer specific suggestions on how to enhance their pronunciation skills.
After using artificial intelligence for a period of time, the tool marks specific words that the reader mispronounces or consistently misunderstands during reading sessions.
The program asks the reader to choose prompts that can change the story as it progresses, in order to maintain student engagement.
Microsoft indicates the possibility of integrating their program in classrooms through learning platforms starting from the spring term, providing the tool for teachers to access this month.
Teachers can monitor students’ feelings towards assignments using the “Reflection” tool within the program.
This type of feedback can help teachers identify tasks that students are interested in and lessons that they find unhelpful.
The new features of the Microsoft Teams for Education platform work to assist teachers in preparing lesson content that includes interactive videos and assignments, as well as tracking student performance.
Microsoft has introduced new enhancements to the Teams for Education application, designed to enhance teachers in creating content for digital learning platforms.
The Classwork AI tool ensures the verification of certain specific messages in task instructions according to the goals set by the teacher for the lesson.
When using the Tasks tool, artificial intelligence is relied upon to facilitate the creation of assessment criteria, and the teacher can design the general framework based on the grade level, assessment style, or other factors.
