Microsoft Teams for Your Class
This article includes:
How to Request a roster synced Microsoft Team (MS Team) for your class
See Requesting a Roster synced MS Team after creating your LEARN course
After the rostered team is created, the MS Team will contain the same registered student roster as the LEARN course, as of the first day of classes for the term and every day thereafter.
Note: Manually created groups and TAs need to be added manually by the instructor.
How to Schedule a Teams meeting
After the MS Team has been created and the student list has been incorporated you can schedule a meeting for the class from within the class Team.
Go to Teams
Select the Team you want to schedule a meeting for
On the top right, click on the down arrow beside Meet, select Schedule a meeting
This article shows several ways to schedule a meeting in teams- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/schedule-a-meeting-in-teams-943507a9-8583-4c58-b5d2-8ec8265e04e5 .
Note: If you created a meeting in Teams at the beginning of the term, and linked the channel, then you would need to update the meeting to ensure students being added during the add/drop period would have access.
How to Join a Meeting in Teams
The scheduled meeting you have created will show up in the student’s Teams calendar as well as in their Exchange calendar. They can click on “join” to attend the meeting. More information is available here specifying how to join via desktop or mobile: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/join-a-meeting-in-teams-1613bb53-f3fa-431e-85a9-d6a91e3468c9
Attendance Report
You can save a record of who attended the meeting. See this Microsoft support article, View and download meeting attendance reports in Teams
Comparison of Roster-synced Team versus Regular Team
Note: Other than the fact that the students are automatically added or removed based on QUEST rosters, there is no difference between roster synced and “standard”, non-roster synced Teams
| Roster-Synced Team | Regular Team |
Microsoft 365 Group Settings:
| ||
Members of the Team can send email to the group email address | Yes | Not set |
Email notification to new members of the Team | Turned off | Not set |
Team calendar entries | can only be modified by Team owners to prevent students from mistakenly deleting or changing meetings | Not set |
Teams Settings (*team settings can be modified by the owners after creation*): | ||
Members can create private channels | No | No |
Members can create or update public channels | No | Yes |
Members can delete public channels | No | Yes |
Members can add or remove Apps to the Team | No | Yes |
Members can create, update or remove Tabs (such as a website tab) | No
| Yes |
Members can create, update, or remove connectors (for linking 3rd party data) | No | Yes |
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