MS Teams

This updated Teams basics tutorial recorded by FoST team member Amanda Argento reviews the Winter 2022 interface and demonstrates how to manage your class, schedule meetings, assign breakout rooms, and more. 

Teams Basics Tutorial Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only.

Create an online space for your classes on MS Teams in 3 easy steps. 

Teams Basics Tutorial

Log into MS Teams with you John Abbott College credentials.

How to get Started Using Teams Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

This Quick Start Guide will walk you through all of the basics of MS Teams for Education such as navigation, scheduling meetings, participating in a meeting, assignments, grades, posting, and much more. 

Microsoft Teams for Education- Quick Start Guide

This screenshot of the MS Teams interface identifies the most commonly used basic features available such as channels, new chats, composing messages, and more.

This document contains answers to the most frequently asked questions surrounding basic MS Teams procedures such as setting up meetings, recording classes, uploading files, and creating channels.

MS Office Teams Online Training-FAQ Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

Get answers for MS Teams most frequently asked questions on topics related to set-up, file upload, class recordings, additional teams features, and IT Support available. 

FAQ Teams to Post Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

This recorded MS Teams classroom Q&A is presented by members of the FOST team. 

Teams Classroom Q&A? Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

Explore the many accessibility options provided by MS Teams such as live captions, dictation, immersive reader, and more. 

Accessibility Features

Class teams have unique permissions and features for teachers and students. As an owner of the team, learn how to assign work, share class content, start meetings, and control who can post in the team. 

Adding and Seeing Classes on MS Teams

Track student activity in MS Teams with the Insights App. 

Tracking Student Activity in Teams Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

Review the general settings available in MS Teams such as turning on new meeting experience and enabling spell check. 

Settings- To Show Multiple Participants on Teams Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

Determine whether a student or other staff member has left the MS Teams meeting.

Left the Team Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

Review assignment settings in MS Teams such as setting timelines, notifications, and turn in celebrations. 

Teams Screenshot Settings for Assignments Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to record, share, and access your recordings in Microsoft Teams.

Once you have recorded your lessons, you can use Microsoft Stream to share them with your students. Microsoft Stream is a video streaming service where educators can upload and share videos securely with others within their organization.

Review the different member permission options for members in the same MS Teams. This option is only viewable for the team owner. 

Settings in Teams to Enable the Uploading and Deleting of Apps Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

This guide to MS Teams videoconferencing meetings is intended for staff to familiarize themselves with MS Teams features that specifically apply to videoconferencing. 

Teacher Employee- How to Participate in a Teams Meeting with Symbols Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

This screenshot displays the use of the search function in MS Teams to find specific mentions in previous messages or content shared. 

Search Function on Teams Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to open and close smaller groups during a meeting or class.

Mute student comments in MS Teams by following these simple steps outlined by the University of Houston’s Instruction@UH website.

Description: Learn how to manage your notifications to suit your personal preferences and reduce unwanted alerts.

3 Ways to Manage your Notifications

Build a custom website directly in MS Teams using Sharepoint by following this video tutorial.

Discover how to implement post moderation in your Teams Channels to enable new posts to be created by the MS Teams owner exclusively. 

Click here

Quickly learn how to start a meeting in your class on MS Teams. 

Inviting Individual Students to Meetings Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

Schedule meetings that work best for everyone’s schedule. 

https://findtime.microsoft.com/

Watch a recorded workshop session on managing MS Teams meetings and scheduling classes using the MS booking app. This will allow other team members to book meetings directly through this app.

Manage Bookings and Schedule Classes (bilingual) Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only. 

This presentation describes OneNote Class Notebook as a collaborative note sharing tool for online classrooms and details the steps to access and set it up. 

Introduction to Onenote Class Notebook Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only.

Create a OneNote Class Notebook in MS Teams and learn how to create pages.

In this tutorial video for beginners, learn how to create and use OneNote Class Notebook in MS Teams. 

This document outlines the steps to implement a Class Notebook starting from creating or opening and MS Teams class to editing the Class Notebook.

Class Teams- Class Notebook Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only.

Copy or move files from one channel or team to another on MS Teams by following these steps and screenshots. 

Copying or Moving Groups of Files from one Channel to Another

Learn how to manage access and editing permissions with SharePoint in MS Teams. 

How to Manage File Access with Sharepoint in MS Teams 

Learn the basics of file sharing in MS Teams in the video tutorial. 

This table demonstrates file size limits and specifications for MS Teams to consider when uploading content. 

MS Teams File Size Upload Limit Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only.

Review settings that should be in place in order to screen record from MS Teams on a Mac computer. 

Screenrecording Settings for Mac Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only.

Open your recorded videos or classes on MS Stream through MS Teams. 

Deleting a Recording in Teams Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only.

For sharing content that includes audio such as videos during a MS Teams meeting, be sure to include the system audio option in the share tray as shown. 

Include System Audio before Sharing Video Link currently available to John Abbott College employees only.

In this step-by-step tutorial video, learn how to create assignments and then grade those assignments in Microsoft Teams. 

Create assignments, grade and track student progress all within MS Teams by following these steps and screenshots. 

Class Teams-Assignments and Grades 

Add Turnitin to a MS Teams assignment as well as tailor similarity report settings to your assignment needs. 

https://help.turnitin.com/integrity/instructor/microsoft-teams.htm