According to sources as part of the collaboration, Microsoft will bring the best of the Chalkup features, like its original rubrics system, to make it easier to assess and grade student assignments into "Microsoft Teams". Sources have stated that the move is a part of the tech giant's continued investment to "help save teachers time, build collaborative classrooms and drive better learning outcomes for students".
Meanwhile Eran Megiddo, CVP, Education said in a blog post that Microsoft has also hired Chalkup Co-founder Justin Chando. Further like Chalkup, "Microsoft Teams" includes seamless class discussions, chat and integrated assignments and grading functionality, including Microsoft learning tools. Accordingly these are free tools that implement proven techniques to improve reading and writing for students regardless of their age or ability.
Further Chalkup will be ending its services on June
30, 2018 and its customers will have continued support through the end of June
and an easy transition path to Microsoft Teams. Accordingly Microsoft began its
Teams for Education collaboration service in March 2017. It is a free add-on to
Office 365 Education for users with an Education, Education Plus, Education E3
and/or an Education E5 suite plan.
