 Microsoft Teams

Here is a quick overview of creating a single, or recurring Microsoft Teams meeting in the Canvas LTI, and other alternatives.

Learn how to use Word's track changes feature within share Teams documents.

Microsoft Teams is an easy way to pull together a group to share, collaborate and communicate in one central location without the use of phone calls that take time away from our day or emails that can easily get buried.  From directly within Teams we can bring everyone together to share information, securely edit files live and at the same time, bring together Microsoft Office 365 apps (OneDrive, OneNote, Planner, Forms, etc) and third-party apps and websites in one place, tag members of the tea

Microsoft Teams no longer automatically uploads videos to Stream, instead, it saves them to your OneDrive. Here is how you access the videos, and how you can upload them to Stream or share them from OneDrive.

Each semester, the Office of Information Technology will be automatically creating, and populating your Class Teams for you.

Here is a quick overview of getting started with your Class Team.

Microsoft Teams can be very flexible when it comes to meeting settings and management. But when you need help, you can add someone! You may need to have more than one person as an organizer to a meeting.  Here is how you add someone.

Each semester, the Office of Information Technology will be automatically creating and populating your Class Teams for you.  However, while we can automatically add individuals, we cannot remove them.  This article will help you add missing individuals, and remove those who have dropped your course.

This article will detail the system specifications for organizers and attendees of Teams Breakout Rooms.

There are times that an attendee will report not seeing the chat bubble, or having any access to the in-meeting chat.  This is an issue on the attendee's device or with their internet connection.  There are various reasons that the chat function can be missing for someone in a meeting. Here are some steps to help troubleshoot the issue.

The Office of Information Technology recommends using the most up-to-date version of Teams for all Teams activities.  Even though the Teams Desktop application will update itself, sometimes you might find that it is slow to update.  Here is how you force Teams to check for, and apply updates.

From time to time, the local Teams cache becomes corrupted and needs to be cleared.  Here is that process.

It is important that we continue to meet with our students regularly, whether they are on-campus or remote.  We can create a virtual office with office hours through a few steps, and settins changes - and have a consistent link for students to use when they need to meet with you virtually. This article helps you create a Virtual Office in Teams for Virtual Office Hours.

Microsoft Teams is an easy way to pull together a group to share, collaborate and communicate in one central location without the use of phone calls that take time away from our day or emails that can easily get buried.  From directly within Teams we can bring everyone together to share information, securely edit files live and at the same time, bring together Microsoft Office 365 apps (OneDrive, OneNote, Planner, Forms, etc) and third-party apps and websites in one place, tag members of the tea

Microsoft Teams now allows for the easy downloading of attendance reports from meetings of all types. Here is a quick overview of how to download an attendance report from a Teams Meeting.

You can access Microsoft Teams on many different platforms.  These include Microsoft Windows, Apple's MacOS, Apple iOS (iPhone/iPad), Android (phone/tablet), and web browsers (we recommend Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge).  Because there are several different ways to use Teams, this link should help figure out if the platform you are using is capable of doing what you are trying to do.

Teams is dynamic and can host a large number of participants. Here are the current limits to participation in different Teams activities.

You may find that you are on an instructor station computer that does not have Microsoft Teams installed, or cannot find the Teams icon on the Desktop.  Here is how you update or install Teams on the computer you are using in a classroom.  Because Microsoft Teams is an individualized application, the Office of Information Technology can no longer pre-install Teams on these shared computers. Remember: In a pinch, you can log in to https://office.com, click on Teams to access Teams from a browser.

Individuals with Apple computers running MacOS later than 10.12 might encounter issues sharing their screen if they missed a key question when installing Teams, or if that question was not asked by the system for one reason or another (we have seen both behaviors).  To fix this issue with Teams (and any other application that shares your screen to someone else), you need to enable screen recording for Teams (or the application in question). Here is how you do that.

Microsoft Teams is a great way to hold online meetings, events, and discussions.  There are times that you may want to invite individuals without Microsoft Teams accounts.  Here are instructions for how they will join your Teams meeting.

If necessary, you can launch Microsoft Teams from either Edge or Chrome web browsers and still have many of the same features that the desktop client application has.  While we recommend the desktop client, the web browser version can function in a pinch.  Here is how you do that.

Here is a quick overview of how to share PowerPoint in Teams effectively.

Here is a quick overview of getting into Teams from a college-owned computer.

Within Microsoft Teams, recording things for your own private use is easy, fast, and a great way to archive videos for your own use.  Here are our suggestions on the best way to make recordings, and use them in other places (classes, editing, etc).

Did someone delete files in Teams? Need to get something back? Here's how!

Setting options in Microsoft Teams meetings is an important step to making sure you have the most control over the meeting while it is in progress.

Here is a quick overview of how to share the content (PowerPoint, Whiteboard, videos, desktop, etc) you wish to share with others in a Teams meeting.

Microsoft Teams is an easy way to pull together a group to share, collaborate and communicate in one central location without the use of phone calls that take time away from our day or emails that can easily get buried.  From directly within Teams we can bring everyone together to share information quickly, and easily. There are multiple ways to share files from within a Team to those who need access to those files.

Within Teams, there are a number of options for meetings.  Some of the newer features (Large Gallery, 3x3, All Together Now, and more) are only available if you turn on the New Meeting Experience in Teams.  Here is how you turn on New Meeting Experience, and what's is different about it!

Microsoft Teams is an easy way to pull together a group to share, collaborate and communicate in one central location without the use of phone calls that take time away from our day or emails that can easily get buried. This article will show how to create and use breakout rooms in Teams.

Microsoft Teams is an easy way to pull together a group to share, collaborate and communicate in one central location without the use of phone calls that take time away from our day or emails that can easily get buried.  From directly within Teams we can bring everyone together to share information, securely edit files live and at the same time, bring together Microsoft Office 365 apps (OneDrive, OneNote, Planner, Forms, etc) and third-party apps and websites in one place, tag members of the tea

Directions on adding your availability in the Team's Shifts app.

Directions on how to request to work an open shift.

Microsoft Teams Live Events is a great way to present to a large audience when you do not want direct interaction with the attendees.  Teams Live Events are great for presenting to those both internally, and externally -- and have internal and external (guest) presenters get their message across.  Sometimes you may be called upon to be a Presenter at a Teams Live Event.  This might be to present content, be a speaker, or moderate the Q&A.  Here is how you navigate the duties of a Presenter.

Microsoft Teams Live Events is a tool similar to GoToWebinar that allows for a presenter or series of presenters to share information with a large group of people (up to 10,000).

Microsoft Teams Live Events is a great way to present to a large audience when you do not want direct interaction with the attendees.  Teams Live Events are great for presenting to those both internally, and externally -- and have internal and external (guest) presenters get their message across.   In order to assist the campus community produce live events, the Office of Information Technology has a request form that needs to be filled out at least three weeks before the event.

Microsoft Teams Live Events is a great way to present to a large audience (up to 10,000 people) when you do not want direct interaction with the attendees.  Teams Live Events are great for presenting to those both internally, and externally -- and have internal and external (guest) presenters get their message across.  The method for allowing those outside of our organization to present is not as simple as inviting them to the Live Event.  Here are the steps.

Microsoft Teams is an easy way to pull together a group to share, collaborate and communicate in one central location without the use of phone calls that take time away from our day or emails that can easily get buried.  Teams is a great platform to hold meetings with both Cedar Crest constituents and those from outside the College.  However, there are times that guests can encounter issues connecting to Teams Meetings or Live Events

Using Teams in our classrooms can sometimes require settings to be changed to meet your class needs.  This article will help you pipe sound through the speakers in the classroom if you are not hearing it currently.  Please try the sound before changing any settings.​​​​​​​

Using the Teams plug-in in Outlook can be a great assistant when scheduling Teams meetings.