diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/abstract_span.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/abstract_span.py
index 9b7ca6753c0a..e5597d48df5e 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/abstract_span.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/abstract_span.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 try:
     from typing_extensions import Protocol
 except ImportError:
-    Protocol = object
+    Protocol = object  # type: ignore
 
 
 class AbstractSpan(Protocol):
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/common.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/common.py
index b0e425a14d10..22cea6315e73 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/common.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/common.py
@@ -36,11 +36,30 @@
     TYPE_CHECKING = False
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Any, Optional
+    from typing import Any, Optional, Union, Callable, List
+
+
+def get_function_and_class_name(func, *args):
+    # type: (Callable, List[Any]) -> str
+    """
+    Given a function and its unamed arguments, returns class_name.function_name. It assumes the first argument
+    is `self`. If there are no arguments then it only returns the function name.
+
+    :param func: the function passed in
+    :type func: `collections.abc.Callable`
+    :param args: List of arguments passed into the function
+    :type args: List[Any]
+    """
+    try:
+        return func.__qualname__
+    except AttributeError:
+        if args:
+            return "{}.{}".format(args[0].__class__.__name__, func.__name__)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        return func.__name__
 
 
 def set_span_contexts(wrapped_span, span_instance=None):
-    # type: (AbstractSpan, Optional[AbstractSpan]) -> None
+    # type: (Union[AbstractSpan, None], Optional[AbstractSpan]) -> None
     """
     Set the sdk context and the implementation context. `span_instance` will be used to set the implementation context
     if passed in else will use `wrapped_span.span_instance`.
@@ -58,7 +77,7 @@ def set_span_contexts(wrapped_span, span_instance=None):
 
 
 def get_parent_span(parent_span):
-    # type: (Any) -> Tuple(AbstractSpan, AbstractSpan, Any)
+    # type: (Any) -> Optional[AbstractSpan]
     """
     Returns the current span so that the function's span will be its child. It will create a new span if there is
     no current span in any of the context.
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/context.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/context.py
index f8761cd71502..ecf822bf6fd7 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/context.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/context.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     TYPE_CHECKING = False
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Any, Callable
+    from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Type, Union
     from typing_extensions import Protocol
 else:
     Protocol = object
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 try:
     import contextvars
 except ImportError:
-    contextvars = None
+    pass
 
 
 class ContextProtocol(Protocol):
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class ContextProtocol(Protocol):
      Implements set and get variables in a thread safe way.
      """
 
-    def __init__(self, name, default):
-        # type: (string, Any) -> None
+    def __init__(self, name, default):  # pylint: disable=super-init-not-called
+        # type: (str, Any) -> None
         pass
 
     def clear(self):
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ class _AsyncContext(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, name, default):
+        # type: (str, Any) -> None
         self.name = name
-        self.contextvar = contextvars.ContextVar(name)
+        self.contextvar = contextvars.ContextVar(name)  # type: contextvars.ContextVar
         self.default = default if callable(default) else (lambda: default)
 
     def clear(self):
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class _ThreadLocalContext(object):
     """
     Uses thread local storage to set and get variables globally in a thread safe way.
     """
+
     _thread_local = threading.local()
 
     def __init__(self, name, default):
@@ -115,8 +117,10 @@ def set(self, value):
 class TracingContext(object):
     def __init__(self):
         # type: () -> None
-        context_class = _AsyncContext if contextvars else _ThreadLocalContext
-        self.current_span = context_class("current_span", None)
+        try:
+            self.current_span = _AsyncContext("current_span", None)  # type: Union[_AsyncContext, _ThreadLocalContext]
+        except NameError:
+            self.current_span = _ThreadLocalContext("current_span", None)
 
     def with_current_context(self, func):
         # type: (Callable[[Any], Any]) -> Any
@@ -141,4 +145,5 @@ def call_with_current_context(*args, **kwargs):
 
         return call_with_current_context
 
+
 tracing_context = TracingContext()
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator.py
index 3986dcaf31ed..7b6ebb26cf45 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator.py
@@ -31,15 +31,23 @@
 from azure.core.settings import settings
 from azure.core.tracing.context import tracing_context
 
+try:
+    from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+except ImportError:
+    TYPE_CHECKING = False
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Callable, Any
+
 
 def distributed_trace(func=None, name_of_span=None):
-    # type: (Callable[[Any], Any], str) -> Callable[[Any], Any]
+    # type: (Callable, str) -> Callable[[Any], Any]
     if func is None:
         return functools.partial(distributed_trace, name_of_span=name_of_span)
 
     @functools.wraps(func)
-    def wrapper_use_tracer(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        # type: (Any) -> Any
+    def wrapper_use_tracer(*args, **kwargs):
+        # type: (Any, Any) -> Any
         passed_in_parent = kwargs.pop("parent_span", None)
         orig_wrapped_span = tracing_context.current_span.get()
         wrapper_class = settings.tracing_implementation()
@@ -50,18 +58,18 @@ def wrapper_use_tracer(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ans = None
         if parent_span is not None and orig_wrapped_span is None:
             common.set_span_contexts(parent_span)
-            name = name_of_span or self.__class__.__name__ + "." + func.__name__
+            name = name_of_span or common.get_function_and_class_name(func, *args)
             child = parent_span.span(name=name)
             child.start()
             common.set_span_contexts(child)
-            ans = func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+            ans = func(*args, **kwargs)
             child.finish()
             common.set_span_contexts(parent_span)
             if orig_wrapped_span is None and passed_in_parent is None and original_span_instance is None:
                 parent_span.finish()
             common.set_span_contexts(orig_wrapped_span, span_instance=original_span_instance)
         else:
-            ans = func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+            ans = func(*args, **kwargs)
         return ans
 
     return wrapper_use_tracer
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator_async.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator_async.py
index 4df65fee77ef..0719a9c016c3 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator_async.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/decorator_async.py
@@ -31,15 +31,23 @@
 from azure.core.settings import settings
 from azure.core.tracing.context import tracing_context
 
+try:
+    from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+except ImportError:
+    TYPE_CHECKING = False
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Callable, Any
+
 
 def distributed_trace_async(func=None, name_of_span=None):
-    # type: (Callable[[Any], Any], str) -> Callable[[Any], Any]
+    # type: (Callable, str) -> Callable[[Any], Any]
     if func is None:
         return functools.partial(distributed_trace_async, name_of_span=name_of_span)
 
     @functools.wraps(func)
-    async def wrapper_use_tracer(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        # type: (Any) -> Any
+    async def wrapper_use_tracer(*args, **kwargs):
+        # type: (Any, Any) -> Any
         passed_in_parent = kwargs.pop("parent_span", None)
         orig_wrapped_span = tracing_context.current_span.get()
         wrapper_class = settings.tracing_implementation()
@@ -50,18 +58,18 @@ async def wrapper_use_tracer(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ans = None
         if parent_span is not None and orig_wrapped_span is None:
             common.set_span_contexts(parent_span)
-            name = name_of_span or self.__class__.__name__ + "." + func.__name__
+            name = name_of_span or common.get_function_and_class_name(func, *args)
             child = parent_span.span(name=name)
             child.start()
             common.set_span_contexts(child)
-            ans = await func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+            ans = await func(*args, **kwargs)
             child.finish()
             common.set_span_contexts(parent_span)
             if orig_wrapped_span is None and passed_in_parent is None and original_span_instance is None:
                 parent_span.finish()
             common.set_span_contexts(orig_wrapped_span, span_instance=original_span_instance)
         else:
-            ans = await func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+            ans = await func(*args, **kwargs)
         return ans
 
     return wrapper_use_tracer
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/ext/opencensus_span.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/ext/opencensus_span.py
index 7aeb79c77e36..c1fd6eb6a4e0 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/ext/opencensus_span.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/tracing/ext/opencensus_span.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 """Implements azure.core.tracing.AbstractSpan to wrap opencensus spans."""
 
 from opencensus.trace import Span, execution_context
+from opencensus.trace.tracer import Tracer
 from opencensus.trace.span import SpanKind
 from opencensus.trace.link import Link
 from opencensus.trace.propagation import trace_context_http_header_format
@@ -34,10 +35,8 @@ def __init__(self, span=None, name="span"):
         :param name: The name of the OpenCensus span to create if a new span is needed
         :type name: str
         """
-        if not span:
-            tracer = self.get_current_tracer()
-            span = tracer.start_span(name=name) # type: Span
-        self._span_instance = span
+        tracer = self.get_current_tracer()
+        self._span_instance = span or tracer.start_span(name=name)
         self._span_component = "component"
         self._http_user_agent = "http.user_agent"
         self._http_method = "http.method"
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ def to_header(self):
         :return: A key value pair dictionary
         """
         tracer_from_context = self.get_current_tracer()
-        temp_headers = {}
+        temp_headers = {} # type: Dict[str, str]
         if tracer_from_context is not None:
             ctx = tracer_from_context.span_context
             try:
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ def get_current_span(cls):
 
     @classmethod
     def get_current_tracer(cls):
-        # type: () -> tracer_module.Tracer
+        # type: () -> Tracer
         """
         Get the current tracer from the execution context. Return None otherwise.
         """
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ def set_current_span(cls, span):
 
     @classmethod
     def set_current_tracer(cls, tracer):
-        # type: (tracer_module.Tracer) -> None
+        # type: (Tracer) -> None
         """
         Set the given tracer as the current tracer in the execution context.
         :param tracer: The tracer to set the current tracer as
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_context.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_context.py
index 984d2ad480d3..875c98105348 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_context.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_context.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # ------------------------------------
 import unittest
+
 try:
     from unittest import mock
 except ImportError:
@@ -11,28 +12,10 @@
 from azure.core.tracing.context import tracing_context
 from azure.core.tracing import AbstractSpan
 from azure.core.settings import settings
+from tracing_common import ContextHelper
 import os
 
 
-class ContextHelper(object):
-    def __init__(self, environ={}, tracer_to_use=None):
-        self.orig_sdk_context_span = tracing_context.current_span.get()
-        self.os_env = mock.patch.dict(os.environ, environ)
-        self.tracer_to_use = tracer_to_use
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        self.orig_sdk_context_span = tracing_context.current_span.get()
-        tracing_context.current_span.clear()
-        settings.tracing_implementation.set_value(self.tracer_to_use)
-        self.os_env.start()
-        return self
-
-    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
-        tracing_context.current_span.set(self.orig_sdk_context_span)
-        settings.tracing_implementation.unset_value()
-        self.os_env.stop()
-
-
 class TestContext(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_current_span(self):
         with ContextHelper():
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_decorator.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_decorator.py
index 764c09396255..5c5a1df7b9e6 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_decorator.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_tracing_decorator.py
@@ -68,7 +68,17 @@ def check_name_is_different(self):
         time.sleep(0.001)
 
 
+def random_function():
+    pass
+
+
 class TestCommon(object):
+    def test_get_function_and_class_name(self):
+        with ContextHelper():
+            client = MockClient()
+            assert common.get_function_and_class_name(client.get_foo, client) == "MockClient.get_foo"
+            assert common.get_function_and_class_name(random_function) == "random_function"
+
     def test_set_span_context(self):
         with ContextHelper(environ={"AZURE_SDK_TRACING_IMPLEMENTATION": "opencensus"}):
             wrapper = settings.tracing_implementation()