Teams Class Notebook Management

Question

I'm struggling to understand how the class notebooks are supposed to function.

I set up the class notebook for my class. When setting it up, Teams had 4 preset tabs already loaded into each student notebook. I could change the names, but not delete the notebooks in mass.

Is that right?

Then, after I changed the names, I went and checked the notebooks of the students; some of the old tabs are still there, some of the new ones are missing, and each students notebook is arranged differently.

Is that how this is supposed to work?

Help?

Answer 1

Hi J240h446,

Welcome to the Answers Community

In each student's private space in their Class Notebooks, there are default sections i.e. Handouts, Class Notes, Homework and Quizzes. These sections can be deleted when we setup notebook for the first time.

Once the notebook is setup, we can change the names or add new sections via Manage Notebook in Class notebook tab but cannot delete the existing sections.

Regarding “each students notebook is arranged differently”, I tested this on my end and it appears that student’s section may not appear in the same order in the students notebook, the arrangement of the sections is random.

Further, you mentioned that after changing the names of the section, in student notebooks the old section names are still appearing, I believe this is because the changes are not synced yet. Depending on the network connectivity and size of the notebook, it might take few minutes to sync the changes to the student’s notebook, but the changes will apply. Also, if you are using Teams desktop application, please check in Teams for the web to verify.

To make sure the new names of the section are saved properly, please go to Manage Class Notebook, check if you see the new name of the section.

Besides, please check with the students to confirm if they can see the new section name or additional section (in case if you have added any) on their end. This will help us confirm if the changes are applied successfully.

Let me know the status. Have a nice day and stay safe😊

With warm regards,

Neha

Answer 2

Neha,

Thanks for the timely and useful response.

This is exactly what I needed to know.

jch