{"id":1410,"date":"2020-08-12T14:06:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T19:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/?page_id=1410"},"modified":"2020-08-26T14:46:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:46:38","slug":"ms-teams-at-brandon-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/students\/im-a-new-student\/ms-teams-at-brandon-university\/","title":{"rendered":"MS Teams at Brandon University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This resource is built to provide everything you need to use Teams at Brandon University, from first getting connected all the way to the training resources required to master all aspects of using Teams, or wherever you need to be in between.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone with a Brandon University email address and password can use that password to login to Office 365 and use any of the tools there, including Teams, Word, Excel, and others. It also allows you access from there to install those tools to your personal laptop\/desktop if desired. The instructions below will explain how to do that.<\/p>\n<h3>Connecting to O365 web portal<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Open a web browser<\/li>\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.brandonu.ca\">portal.brandonu.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Login with your BU email address and password when prompted<\/li>\n<li>Choose the O365 tool you wish to use, in this case \u201cTeams\u201d<\/li>\n<li>You will now have Teams open and running through your device\u2019s browser<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Adding O365 tools to your device(s)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For phones and tablets\n<ol>\n<li>Open your device\u2019s App Store<\/li>\n<li>Search for the O365 tool you want(in this case MS Teams)<\/li>\n<li>Install the App to your device<\/li>\n<li>Open the App<\/li>\n<li>You will be prompted for a login, use your BU email address and password<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>For laptops\/desktops\n<ol>\n<li>Connect to the O365 web portal through <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.brandonu.ca\">portal.brandonu.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Open the Teams app<\/li>\n<li>In the lower left hand corner there will be an icon to download the \u201cDesktop App\u201d, click on this.<\/li>\n<li>Run the downloaded Desktop App installer<\/li>\n<li>Open the new Teams app from your desktop and you should get a prompt to login with your BU email address and password<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Join a team<\/h3>\n<p>A team is a collection of people, conversations, files and tools \u2013 all in one place<\/p>\n<p>Your instructor will either send you a <strong>Join Code<\/strong> or add you to a team manually<\/p>\n<p><em>Joining a team with at Join Code <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>Teams <\/strong>icon<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Join or create team<\/strong> in the upper right hand corner of the screen<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Join a team with a code<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enter the code from your instructor<\/li>\n<li>The team will show up when you click the <strong>Teams<\/strong> icon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your instructor manually added you to the Team, you will see the Team show up when you click the <strong>Teams<\/strong> icon<\/p>\n<h3>Collaborate in channels<\/h3>\n<p><span>Channels within a team help organize the work of the team based on topic, project, or group. Each team has a <strong>General<\/strong> channel by default<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>General <\/strong>to explore conversations, files and tabs<\/li>\n<li>Instructors may added more channels that will appear below the <strong>General<\/strong> channel for organizing the class<\/li>\n<li>There may be some channels used for instructor communication only, and other channels used for class discussion; your instructor will let you know which channel can be used for class discussions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Start a conversation<\/h3>\n<p><em>With the whole <\/em>team\u2026click <strong>Teams <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick a team and channel, write a message and <strong>Send <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>With a person or <\/em>group\u2026click <strong>Chat <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the name of someone you previously chatted with from the recent list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 or<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>New chat<\/strong>; type the name of the person, write your message and click <strong>Send <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Start an instant meeting in a channel<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the channel you wish to have the meeting in<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Meet<\/strong> in the upper right hand area of the screen to start the meeting<\/li>\n<li>Enter a name for the meeting and invite people to join<\/li>\n<li>Once a meeting has started, a large <strong>Join<\/strong> button will appear in the channel. Other team members may click the <strong>Join<\/strong> button to enter the meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Make a video call in chat<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>Chat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Video <\/strong> in the upper right hand area of the screen to start a video call in chat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tool Tray when in a Video Meeting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tool tray appears towards the bottom of your screen when you move your mouse in a meeting<\/li>\n<li>Includes meeting duration, ability to turn on\/off your camera, mute\/unmute your mic, share screen, more options, raise your hand, chat show participates, and the button to hang-up\/leave a meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Work with files<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>Teams<\/strong>;<span> pick a <strong>channel<\/strong> and click the <strong>Files<\/strong> tab toward the top of the middle screen<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Choose to create, share, and co-edit files or links with others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h3>Assignments<\/h3>\n<p><em>Method 1:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>Assignments<\/strong> <span>on the left hand toolbar<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Select the Class you want view assignments in<\/li>\n<li>Listed will be what has been <strong>Assigned<\/strong> and what has been <strong>Completed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Method 2:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the Team you wish to view assignments in<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>General<\/strong> channel (default channel when you enter a Team)<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Assignments<\/strong> towards the <span>top of the middle screen<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Listed will be what has been <strong>Assigned<\/strong> and what has been <strong>Completed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Access Teams training resources<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft has built a wealth of excellent training resources you can access anytime online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Topics based Teams training videos including Getting Started are available <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/microsoft-teams-video-training-4f108e54-240b-4351-8084-b1089f0d21d7\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instructor led online training sessions by topic are available <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/MicrosoftTeams\/instructor-led-training-teams-landing-page\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Training tailored specifically to Education sector are also available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This resource is built to provide everything you need to use Teams at Brandon University, from first getting connected all the way to the training resources required to master all aspects of using Teams, or wherever you need to be in between. 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