Faculty_HowTo: MS Teams Training

MS Teams Training

The College has licensed Teams for students, so they can use it's fully.

To use Teams fully, your computer needs a webcam, microphone, and speaker/headset.

The College currently supports the Join by Link option.

If you use the Join by Phone option, you would need prior approval for the costs to be covered.

If you have problems with Teams, please contact the IT Help Desk, local 3702

Quicklink to Workshop Video: MS Teams for Teaching & Learning

Link to edit: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=COTRemailaddress to edit this link you can use MS Word or Notepad.
Replace the word “COTRemailaddress” with a College of the Rockies’s email address in the link above.

Create a label for your signature (e.g. Chat with me via Teams ) then highlight the label created and hyperlink the label to the edited link above with your email address in it.

Create a class Teams list (one for each section) to encourage collaboration. Create your list in a Moodle Page, hyperlink each student's name using the directions above.

Using Excel to Create the List

add student information to columns A, B, and C
add formats identified to columns D, F and G (add the formats to the first row and drag down)

A	B	C	D	E	F	G
firstname	lastname	email	Teams root	student full name	Teams link	hyperlinked name
Jack	Benimble	jbenimble@cotr.bc.ca	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=	Jack Benimble	=CONCAT(D2,C2)	=HYPERLINK(F2,E2)
Tweetie	Bird	tbird@cotr.bc.ca	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=	Tweetie Bird	=CONCAT(D3,C3)	=HYPERLINK(F3,E3)

Teams link will display like this:

Hyperlinked name will display like this:

Copy and Paste column G into a Moodle Page in your course
Save and make visible to students (restrict by section Group or Grouping as appropriate)
Repeat for each section using your course page.

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