Teams: Breakout Rooms
Breakout rooms is now available for academic staff to use for online meetings and this guide will show how to create a breakout room or rooms. Access a Word guide for Teams here. (or...
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Teams: How to make a guest a presenter
If you need to invite a guest into a session in Teams and want to give them the ability to present, the below instructions will show you how. (note this works if you add...
Teams: How to include a web camera and presentation slides
In Teams, if you present your desktop or an application, like a PowerPoint presentation, this will fill the screen space for the viewer or attendee. Some lecturers have wanted to include their web camera...
Teams: Creating breakout rooms
Whilst Microsoft Teams doesn’t have a specific ‘breakout room’ feature, we have found a method of being able to facilitate breakout rooms within Teams. (Dedicated breakouts should be coming in Dec) You can do...
How to include video audio when presenting
If you want to play a video whilst presenting in Teams to enable your viewers to hear the audio in the video, how do you do it? Or indeed, if you want to pre-record...
Digital hints and tips – Teams and more
We’re all working hard to continue to deliver lectures online and it’s been a huge undertaking for everyone and a learning curve too. To help staff with Teams and provide some further support, we’re...
Teams: NEW features – raise hand, manage presenters & download attendance list
Teams have recently provided three updates for the tool, which provide greater functionality within a live session. [Raised hand] [Manage presenters] [Download attendee list] Raised hand The raise hand option is now available on...
Students: How to join sessions/lectures using Microsoft Teams
If your lecturer has sent joining instructions (on the LearningSpace module page) for a Teams session or sent a direct email invitation (see below), this post will help you. Joining a session/lecture via a...
Important considerations when creating and running Team meetings/sessions
When creating a new meeting/session in Teams, there are a number of important considerations you should be aware of. One is how you can set presenting rights for the meeting/session, two is how to...
How to access Microsoft Teams to have conversations with students and colleagues
To access Microsoft Teams and be able to speak with students and staff, you should follow the below steps: 1. From your browser, visit Microsoft Office online. (www.office.com) 2. Click on the ‘Sign in’...
