Microsoft Teams Meetings in MyClasses

Microsoft Teams Meetings is a video conferencing tool that has been integrated into MyClasses. You can schedule class meetings in Teams from your Canvas course menu, and users can easily find the links to those meetings. Students can also schedule Teams meetings among themselves, allowing and encouraging collaboration.

To Enable Microsoft Teams in MyClasses

1. Navigate to your class home page.

2. Click Settings at the bottom of the left menu

3. Click the Navigation tab

4. Scroll down until you see Microsoft Teams Meetings. Do not confuse Microsoft Teams Meetings with Microsoft Teams Classes.

5. Click the three dots to the right.

6. Click Enable

7. Click Save. You will have to scroll back down to the bottom of the page.

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To Create an MS Teams Meeting:

Once you have enabled Microsoft Teams Meetings, it will appear on the left navigation menu of your course. You can begin creating Teams meetings.

1. Click Microsoft Teams Meetings on the left menu.

2. Click +New Meeting in the upper right corner of the screen. You may be directed to sign in to your Microsoft account. If that happens, sign in using your SU credentials.

3. Add the details of the meeting.
   
   

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   1. This is the title that students will see on their calendars.

   2. You can add individual students or the entire class. You can also add guests by typing in their email addresses. Guests can be either SU or non-SU attendees.

   3. The date and time is added to the students' calendars. You can join the
      meeting before the scheduled time and continue the meeting after the scheduled time.

   4. You can choose to have the meeting recur automatically. For example, you can choose to have a meeting repeat every Tuesday at 2:00 pm until the end of the semester.

   5. The channel is connected to a class Team. If you do not use Teams Classes, leave this blank.

   6. The location refers to a physical location only. If your meeting is strictly virtual, leave this blank.

   7. You can include descriptions, links, documents, etc., or leave it blank if no details need to be included.

4. Click Save
   After the meeting has been saved, you can edit any of these options by navigating to Microsoft Teams Meetings and selecting Edit for the meeting.
   
   

Other Meeting Options

Once you have created your Teams meeting, you can adjust other settings

1. Click Microsoft Teams Meetings in the left menu.

2. Click the three dots to the right of the meeting
   
   

   1. Open a Teams chat with the participants outside of the scheduled meeting time.

   2. Copy a link to the meetings that you can send to the participants or guests.

   3. Cancel the meeting. If this meeting repeats, you will have the option to cancel the series of meetings or just this occurrence.

   4. The meeting options include Security, Audio & Video, Engagement, Roles, and Recording & Transcripts. A full description of all of the options can be found on the MS Support page.

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