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Teams and EdTech (Staff Guide)

Microsoft Teams is your hub for teamwork in Office 365. All your team conversations, files, meetings, and apps live together in a single shared space. Teams is supported by IT Services

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Staff information about storing teams recordings in panopto
Getting started with Microsoft Teams at LJMU
IT Services: Using Microsoft Teams Guides
Create a new Team

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Using Teams as a shared communication space for your students

Within a Canvas course you can use discussion boards to create a space where students can communicate around a theme, topic or question. Discussion boards allow students enrolled on that course to engage by posting and viewing comments and replies.

However, if you would like to provide a shared space for communication and collaboration between students enrolled on different Canvas courses, at different cohort levels, or for interprofessional learning, then Microsoft Teams can provide this option.

MS Teams allows students to chat, share files, and create impromptu and scheduled online meetings, and can also facilitate external guests.

You can request a new team from the IT services at their Creating a New Team page and it should be ready to use within the hour.

More details on Teams can be found at the Getting Started with Microsoft Teams at LJMU.

If you would like to discuss any of this with the TEL team, please raise a helpdesk ticket at helpme.ljmu.ac.uk.

Teams features to make teaching sessions engaging

Screen sharing. Share your presentations or computer screen, while still being able to see your participants and chat at the same time.
Breakout rooms. Split your students into groups for collaborative work. Unlike Zoom, you will see breakout room chat in Teams.
Chat. Use the chat tool in the sidebar to allow discussion, collaboration, and information sharing between participants.
Reactions. Participants can raise hands and give non-verbal feedback using reactions so, you can get a sense of engagement.
Whiteboard. Participants can draw, sketch, and write together on a shared whiteboard.
Polling. You can use chat for basic polling or the integrated Vevox polling app for more powerful engagement.
File sharing. Share documents in the chat window and collaborate on documents in real time.
Recording. Easily start recording and allow students to review at their own pace after the session has finished. You are also advised to set up Panopto to store recordings.
Edit recording. You can then use Panopto’s editing tools for the recording.
Live transcript. Promote understanding by enabling real-time transcripts.
Invite guests. External guests can be simply sent a link to join the session. Unlike with Zoom, they do not need an account
Manage access. You can control who has access to the session via the lobby.