Case Study: Florida State University achieves personalized, engaging student learning with Microsoft Power Apps

Florida State University reimagines student learning with Microsoft Teams

Florida State University (FSU) set out to reimagine student engagement for digitally native Gen Z learners and to ensure continuity when COVID-19 forced rapid shifts to remote instruction. FSU’s Campus Reimagined initiative needed scalable, easy-to-use technology to personalize learning, enable two-way interaction, and support hybrid classrooms; they partnered with Microsoft, deploying Microsoft Teams alongside low-code solutions built with Microsoft Power Apps.

By combining Microsoft Teams for collaboration with custom apps created in Microsoft Power Apps, FSU delivered a gameboard-style syllabus, 100+ short on‑demand lectures, real-time polling and voting, personalized recommendations, and video reflections. The approach minimized disruption during the pandemic, sustained high student engagement (many called it a favorite course), and produced a repeatable, scalable model that FSU is expanding with Microsoft Power Apps and the broader Power Platform to deepen personalization and data-driven teaching.

Florida State University

Bill Lindner

Florida State University