Beedle

Beedle is a comprehensive solution designed to streamline teaching and learning in Microsoft Teams for Education. According to Beedle Solutions, this tool is specifically tailored for educators, offering features that enhance the functionality of Microsoft Teams. The primary target audience for Beedle includes educational institutions such as schools and other organizations in the education sector. It aims to cater to the needs of teachers, school administrators, and educational professionals, providing them with the necessary tools to plan lessons, organize assignments, assess student progress, and engage with students and parents.

Key Features

Lesson Planning: Beedle provides a comprehensive solution for creating, organizing, and sharing lesson plans within Microsoft Teams. Teachers can easily create flexible lesson plans and duplicate them across different Class Teams. The platform also includes a dedicated space for evaluation and objectives.

Calendar: Beedle offers a built-in calendar that allows teachers to schedule and associate lessons with specific teaching slots. Teachers can easily share the calendar with students and navigate between the calendar view and individual lesson plans.

Classroom Management: Beedle provides a range of tools to support classroom management, including attendance registration, group management, random student selection, and assessment records. Teachers can efficiently take attendance, create random groups, and record assessment data.

Journal: Beedle includes a journal feature that enables teachers to record and share notes, comments, and feedback. Teachers can make journal entries for individual students, tag them for reference, and easily sort and download them for further analysis.

Attendance Management: In Beedle, teachers can conveniently record and manage student attendance within Teams. The platform allows teachers to add comments, schedule future absences, and view attendance history.

Assessment: Beedle provides digital grade books for each class, allowing teachers to record ad-hoc grades or grade against objectives. Teachers can easily track student performance with average and total columns. The platform also allows for linking assessments with specific groups for a comprehensive view of student progress.

Objectives: Beedle's objectives feature enables teachers to define and share success criteria, learning goals, and curriculum statements with students. Objectives can be linked to lesson plans or assessed separately. This feature helps align teaching with learning objectives and allows for effective tracking of student progress.

Shared Resources: Beedle offers secure and reliable sharing of plans and resources with students. Teachers can share learning objectives, provide feedback, publish key deadlines, and share details of Microsoft Teams Assignments. This feature ensures that students have access to all the necessary resources and information.

User-friendly Interface: Beedle provides an intuitive and user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate for both teachers and students. The platform is designed to ensure quick access to information and features.

Course Management: Beedle offers comprehensive course management capabilities, allowing teachers and administrators to create, organize, and manage online courses. Teachers can easily create course content, including lessons, assignments, quizzes, and multimedia resources. Course materials can be organized into modules or units, providing a structured and organized learning experience for students.