Microsoft Loop | Learn the Basics

Microsoft 365

30 Mar 202301:52

Summary

TLDRThe script provides an introduction to Microsoft Loop, a collaborative workspace platform. It outlines key features like workspaces for organizing projects, pages for structuring workspace content, and simple ways to add new content or integrate existing files. The walkthrough demonstrates creating a new voting table page to engage teammates and get their feedback. It emphasizes Loop's capabilities for bringing teams together to think, plan and create collectively in one unified digital environment.

Takeaways

😃 Workspaces help teams organize projects by grouping all elements together
📝 Pages inside workspaces hold anything - docs, links, blanks - to structure info
🤝 Loop brings everything together in one place regardless of where it lives
➕ Adding a slash starts new content; the @ symbol finds existing content
📑 Templates provide content ideas to help get started
🗳️ A voting table collects team feedback
🔀 Components allow the team to concurrently view and edit content
🙌 Everyone is excited about the ideas shared in the workspace
👥 After basics, invite your team to think, plan and create together
🎉 Microsoft Loop enables seamless collaboration through linked components

Q & A

What are workspaces in Microsoft Loop used for?
-Workspaces in Microsoft Loop are used to group all important project elements together and keep track of progress.
Where can you view your recent Microsoft Loop workspaces?
-You can view your recent Microsoft Loop workspaces here, or click to get a bird's eye view of all your workspaces.
What can pages inside a Microsoft Loop workspace be used for?
-Pages inside a Microsoft Loop workspace can be used for anything, including documents, web links, or just a blank slate to organize content.
How do you create a new page in Microsoft Loop?
-To create a new page in Microsoft Loop, click the purple plus button and select New Page.
What are two ways to add content to a page in Microsoft Loop?
-Two ways to add content to a page are: 1) Typing the slash symbol to create new content, and 2) Typing the @ symbol to find and add existing content.
Where can you find templates to add content to your Microsoft Loop page?
-Templates to add content can be found at the bottom of your Microsoft Loop page.
What types of content can be added using the slash menu in Microsoft Loop?
-The slash menu allows you to add various content types including voting tables, AI capabilities, and future new capabilities.
How can you get feedback on content from your team in Microsoft Loop?
-Convert a content component into a shared component that your team can view, edit, and provide feedback on from anywhere.
What indication is there that the team is excited about the ideas in the Microsoft Loop workspace?
-The voting table shows the team is excited about all the ideas, as everyone voted for every idea.
What are the next recommended steps after covering the basics of Microsoft Loop?
-The recommended next steps are to invite your team, and use Microsoft Loop to think, plan, and create together.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introducing Microsoft Loop

The speaker introduces Microsoft Loop, a workspace where teams can collaborate by grouping project elements together and tracking progress. Recent and all workspaces can be viewed, and new workspaces can be created for any project. Inside workspaces, pages organize information and can contain documents, links, or blank slates.

😃 Creating and Adding Content to Pages

The speaker demonstrates how to create a new page by clicking the purple plus button and selecting New Page. To add content, type a slash to insert new content or an at symbol to add existing content. Templates are also available at the bottom of pages. As an example, a voting table is inserted to collect team feedback.

😄 Converting Pages into Shareable Components

The voting table is converted into a reusable component that team members can view and edit from anywhere. The speaker notes that the team is excited about the ideas and encourages the viewer to invite others to the workspace to think, plan, and create together.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Microsoft Loop

Microsoft Loop is the product being introduced in this video. It is described as an online platform that allows teams to collaborate by bringing different elements like documents, web links, etc. together in one shared digital workspace.

💡Workspaces

Workspaces refer to the digital spaces on Microsoft Loop where teams can group important files, links, and other content to work on projects collaboratively. They help users organize their work and track progress.

💡Pages

Pages are elements within Microsoft Loop workspaces that serve as canvases for organizing content. They can take different forms like documents, webpages, blank slates, etc. Pages help structure information within a workspace.

💡Content

Content in Microsoft Loop refers to the different files, media, text, and other data that users can add into workspaces and pages to facilitate collaboration. It encompasses documents, web links, table data, etc.

💡Templates

Templates in Microsoft Loop provide pre-made page layouts and content samples that users can select to quickly get started building their workspaces and organizing information.

💡Components

Components allow Microsoft Loop users to encapsulate parts of a page like tables as reusable building blocks that team members can jointly edit and update in real-time to enable collaboration.

💡Real-time collaboration

A key value proposition of Microsoft Loop is enabling real-time collaboration through features like components that allow multiple people to simultaneously access and edit content, with changes synchronizing automatically.

💡AI capabilities

The video script mentions artificial intelligence capabilities available in Microsoft Loop to aid with tasks, highlighting advanced features to be added to the product in the future.

💡Voting tables

Voting tables are a type of component in Microsoft Loop that allow users to easily create polls to collect feedback from team members on workspace pages regarding project tasks, ideas, options etc.

💡Templates

Templates in Microsoft Loop provide pre-made page layouts and content samples that users can select to quickly get started building their workspaces and organizing information.

Highlights

Workspaces are where you and your team group all important project elements together and keep track of your progress.

You can see your recent workspaces here, or click here to get a bird's eye view of them all.

Workspaces can be created for any type of project.

Inside your workspace, you and your team can use pages to organize everything.

Pages can be anything you want, including a document, a web link, or just a blank slate.

With Loop, you can bring everything together in one place no matter where it lives.

Let's create a brand new page.

To start adding content to your page, remember these two things.

Typing the slash symbol creates a new piece of content and typing the at symbol helps you find and add existing content.

We also provide templates here at the bottom of your page in case you need some ideas.

Here you'll see a list of content types, including new and future capabilities, such as AI.

Let's add a voting table to get some feedback from the team.

We can convert this to a component and send it to the team.

They can view and edit it whenever in from wherever they are. It's that simple.

Now that you have the basics, invite some of your team and go think, plan, and create together.