Teams for Classroom Engagement

Video from Teams Basic Training  

 

Questions from previous session

How long are recorded meetings stored?

120 days (current O365 default)

Where does the recoding go?

The meeting organizers OneDrive 

Recording Location

and link to Stream in teams in the meeting details

Teams Meeting link

also a link in stream

https://columbiacollege-my.sharepoint.com/personal/skerns_colum_edu/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fskerns%5Fcolum%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FRecordings%2FTeams%20Basics%20Development%20Session%2D20250114%5F090238%2DMeeting%20Recording%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview%2E589a23b2%2D7d43%2D43e5%2D97dd%2Daf340ab1df70&ga=1 

If a singer is designated in a meeting then moved to a breakout room are they still a singer when they return?

Couldn't find information in documentation https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/offbreak roomsice/use-sign-language-view-in-microsoft-teams-c6c11f67-0747-4598-ac27-c90801b94434

Tested and Yes When you add singers to Manage Singers they remain signers in break out rooms and when they return. It might be best to assign the signers to breakout rooms individually to make sure one goes to each rooms.

Can I delete or hide a message from Team Chat?

after some research only the user that posted the message can delete it. 

Can I easily do private messages in a teams Chat?

In the Teams Roadmap https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=Microsoft%20Teams

Private moderator replies in teams

If there is no outlook plugin can I still schedule meetings in outlook?

The teams calendar section makes meetings that add and invite people using a standard calenday email invite. YOu can also make teams meetings right in outlook no plugin is needed

 

Is there a way to set up a "class" profile for when we use this for teaching with all the security settings?

There is are some templates from Class, Professional Learning Community, Staff and Other. If you start with on of the templates and make changes to an empty team you can use the From another team to copy those setting to the the new team. So kind of

Can you show the Live Powerpoint and Excel settings?

The Private View Button Stops the attendees from being able to click through the slides. Notice the presenter can also see the presenation view in teams

Teams for Classroom Engagement'

One of the first things I do about two weeks before class starts is to create the team and invite the class. I try to do this at at the same time the course is published in canvas. I usually start chatting in the Class well before the semester starts. Maybe welcome the students and provide some interesting meida posts about our subject or offer to answer any questions before class.

Since my courses also require some special software I post information about the software we will be using and the versions of the software that will be required. This ensures that students are ready for the course and there are no surprises on the first day.

  • Creating a Team I just follow the regular class template

Create a Team

The Class Template creates a singular channel called General. Channels are similar to discussions forums they can help break up the different chat by topic or use case.

Class Template

  • Adding Teams to SharePoint Site/Group

This also makes a share point site with Course Member ie Jeffs Awesome Course site URL is

https://columbiacollege.sharepoint.com/sites/JeffsAwesomeCourse/SitePages/ClassHome.aspx?csf=1&web=1&share=Ecyndp69uM5FpbO5FtH3MZIB8X5aeJJpnL3JABmAjU1u7g&e=LIBGGg&CID=c4796e67-5b33-4ef8-b594-3bdb7b75fb59 

You can see the home page in teams is that same as the home page in the sharepoint site. The same is true about the files section in teams. Its really the default document library in the sharepoint site. 

  • Adding team members manually
    • To add team members manually I just add them one at a time from the canvas page if its a smaller class <20 or copy to an excel doc and use flow to automate if its a larger class
    • adding members in team you can use the Add Member from the Teams Settings

This opens that Add Member Control similar to the one in Sharepoint. The main disadvantage here is that you need to search and add members on at a time

Adding class of 20 members usually takes about 5-10 mins. The issue is keeping it in sync as add drop happens and adding new members if the course students change.

There are two teams LTI integrations in Canvas that can help with this. I'll discuss later.

I have also uses PowerAutomake or Flow to import groups of students from an Excel spreadsheet getting the students into the spreadsheet is also an issue. I've done it two ways.

Canvas List

or better to use the CX couselist from jenzebar

Email List

this gives you an email with all the students in it then you can then make a spreadsheet and use flow to automate import. This may be harder than just adding them 1 by 1

I've made a spreadsheet in the past and used it with flow but since they added the CoPilot propts I couldn't get it to work again.

Canvas LTI for Teams

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/?view=o365-worldwide

These tools include:

  • OneDrive LTI : Integrates OneDrive into Canvas
  • Teams Assignments LTI : Sync and intergrate assigments from Teams Classes into Canvas (preview)
  • Teams Meetings LTI : Microsoft Teams Meetings LTI app incorporates Teams meetings into LMS courses. Educators and students can view past and upcoming meetings, schedule individual or recurring meetings, and join team meetings related to the course, all from within their LMS.
  • Teams Classes LTI : The Microsoft Teams Classes LTI app helps educators and students navigate between their LMS and Teams. Users can access their class teams associated with their course within their LMS.
  • Microsoft Reflect LTI : Integrate Reflect into your LMS to create impactful check-ins, gain wellbeing insights, and build a happier, healthier learning community.
  • Adding Links on Canvas
    • Team Link in Modules

Get a link from the Team page settings

Add to canvas as a link in the modules

  • Individual Meeting Link : Adding the Channel in teams Channels and switching on the Send personal invites send a calendar invite to the special hybrid meeting

  • Teams Channel Invite for recurring meetings

 

  • One Drive, Files and Default Document Library
    • SharePoint Document Libraries vs OneDrive

 

I've used OneNote before with a designated note taker for accommodation. The other students also loved the shared notes. It is possible to set up a private notebook if that is desired.

  • Teams Apps : Channel Calendar, Math, Polls, Planner,  YouTube, Whiteboard
  • AI and Insights
  • Live Captions vs Transcription

Teams Rooms

 

Teams Room 1 Teams Room 2

 

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