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2019 |
Microsoft Teams (Office 365): Overview and Usage
Microsoft Teams is an application offered within the Office 365 Suite. Microsoft Teams is a place for individuals to collaborate via threaded chat or video/voice calls. Teams has the ability to pull documents and other information for viewing and discussing from other Microsoft applications. Teams can help reduce the number of emails being sent by capturing conversations and documents all in one location for easy viewing and collaboration.
Within a team, you can have a channel to further break out your projects or goals. For example, within the Team "Information Technology," you may have two channels: one for Academic Training and one for Information Security. Only members of these specific channels see the chats and files.
Suggested uses for employees:
- Collaboration with fellow faulty, staff, or administrators
- Collaboration on department projects
- Collaboration and sharing of common resources for the courses you teach
Suggested uses for students:
- Collaboration space for group projects via chat, file sharing, and synchronous calls
- Student club collaboration space
General Resources:
Overview of Microsoft Teams
Team Creation and Management Resources:
Set up and customize your team
Collaborate in teams and channels
Differences between Standard, Shared and Private Channels
Working with posts and messages
Upload and find files in a Team
Chat and Communication Resources:
Start chat and calls
Chat Options
Sharing a file in a chat
Microsoft Loop
Manage activity feed
Meetings and Live Events Resources:
Scheduling a Meeting
Joining meetings
Using Video
Sharing Screens
Recording sessions
Advanced Features Resources:
Explore apps and tools
Mobile use of Teams Resources: