Microsoft Teams

At NIC, Microsoft Teams can be used to sup­port online teach­ing and vir­tu­al office hours. It enables instruc­tors to con­nect with stu­dents in real time through video, audio, and chat, while also sup­port­ing screen shar­ing, file shar­ing, and ongo­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tion out­side of sched­uled ses­sions. This makes it a flex­i­ble option for both course deliv­ery and stu­dent sup­port.

Overview of Teams

Cre­ate and sched­ule online class meet­ings, man­age set­tings and con­trols, and assign meet­ing roles.

You can set up either a sin­gle meet­ing or a recur­ring meet­ing. For class meet­ings, we rec­om­mend using a recur­ring meet­ing so that you can include the meet­ing links in your course out­line as well as a promi­nent place in your Bright­space course to make it easy for stu­dents to locate the link.

  1. Open Teams on your com­put­er
  2. Go to the Cal­en­dar with­in Teams
  3. Click the arrow on the right side of the New Meet­ing but­ton and select Class or Lec­ture
  4. The default behav­iour of a meet­ing is to add every­one as a Pre­sen­ter. The Class and Lec­ture options will add your stu­dents as Atten­dees instead
  5. Fill in the meet­ing infor­ma­tion and set the date and time
  6. If you want to set this as a recur­ring meet­ing, click Does not repeat and choose how often you want to repeat the meet­ing
  7. Click Save
  8. Click on the meet­ing in your cal­en­dar to see the meet­ing details and copy the link.

Teaching in Teams

Fea­tures that can be used for instruc­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion (Break­out Rooms, Screen Shar­ing, Chat, etc.)

Record Teams Meetings

Record meet­ings in Teams, then upload from OneDrive to Kaltura My Media to share with stu­dents.

Using Teams for Virtual Office Hours

Use the Meet Now fea­ture in Teams to quick­ly start and run vir­tu­al office hours. (MS Book­ings?)

Teams and Channels

Use Teams and chan­nels to orga­nize com­mu­ni­ca­tion, col­lab­o­ra­tion, and course con­tent.

Invite Guest Speakers

Invite guest speak­ers to join your Teams meet­ings for live par­tic­i­pa­tion and engage­ment.

Accessibility in Teams

Explore acces­si­bil­i­ty prin­ci­ples and how Teams sup­ports diverse learn­er needs.