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Getting Started with Microsoft Teams
Welcome to Microsoft Teams
This is the view you will spend most time within.
The teams view shows a tile for each of your classes
or teams.
From here you can manage your classes, hide teams
that you don’t use often, or join and create new
teams.
You can use the navigation menu on the left to jump
between the main features which we’ll cover on the
next page.
Join or create a new team. Use
team join codes here as well.
Hidden Teams
Show teams that you have hidden.
Search
Search your teams and chats, and
use @ commands to speed up tasks
Your Classes and Teams
Each tile is a class or team that you are a member
of. You can drag and drop to organise them or use
the hide option to stop them cluttering your view.
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Navigating Teams
Activity
A chronological list of important notifications.
Teams
Shows your class teams and lets you
create new ones.
Chat
Hold one-on-one or group discussions
using text, video, audio, and screensharing.
Assignments
Set and mark assignments.
Calendar
View your personal calendar and
scheduled meetings.
Calls
Make audio and video calls.
Files
Access your Teams and OneDrive files.
Apps
Install and access apps to add features to
your classes.
The Navigation Menu
The left-hand navigation bar gives you access
to the main features. From here you can
access your classes and communicate with
students and colleagues.
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Your Classroom in Teams
Each of your class teams has a similar layout,
which you can customise, add files and
resources, and hold conversations with your
students.
Each class is private to those teachers and
students who are members.
Your Classroom
Jump back to view all
your class teams.
Team Channels
Each team can contain several
channels, each with their own
posts and files.
The General channel always
exists and is the only one
which contains assignments
and grades.
Everyone in the class can
access any normal channels.
Private Channel
The padlock means this is
a private channel which is
managed by the teacher.
Private channels are only
visible and accessible by
people that the teacher
permits.
Try… using private
channels to create staff
working areas, or student
breakout rooms.
Posts: Class discussions
and notifications.
Files: You class teaching
resources and files.
Class Notebook: A OneNote notebook
containing a section for each student.
Assignments: Set and
access assignments.
Grades Your
online mark book.
Add a Tab: Add links to teaching
resources, documents, and apps.
Posts & Announcements
Use this box to chat, share
announcements, notifications, and
resources with your students.
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Assignments
Setting Assignments
Each class has an assignments tab within the
General channel. From here you can set new
assignments, view completed work, and give
feedback.
Create an Assignment
Current and Completed Assignments
View and provide feedback on current
assignments.
Setting an Assignment
When setting an assignment you can provide a
title, add teaching resources, and set the work
for just a single student or multiple classes.
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Class Notebook
OneNote Class Notebook
Each class team has its own OneNote Class Notebook setup which
has several useful sections:
• Collaboration Library – both students and teachers can
collaborate and edit pages.
• Content Library – the teacher can add teaching
resources which students can view but cannot edit.
• Teacher Only – an optional section which only the
teacher can access.
• Student section – each student has their own private
section which only they and the teacher can access.
Teacher Note
A teacher needs to access and set up the Class
Notebook before students can access it.
View OneNote Sections
Open in Browser or OneNote App
The Teams OneNote view can be awkward to
use. Break out your Class Notebook into a web
browser or the full OneNote app.
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Files Files
Each class team has a Files tab which the teacher can store their
teaching resources in. Unless you choose otherwise, students can
view but can’t edit files stored here.
Sync this Channel’s Files to OneDrive App
If you use the OneDrive app on Windows or Mac, you
can sync your class files to your computer for easier
direct access.
New
Create new documents and folders.
Copy Link
Create a link that you can share with
others.
Add Cloud Storage
If you store teaching resources in a cloud
service such as SharePoint, Google Drive,
or Dropbox, you can create a link to
them here so that you don’t have to
copy everything across to Teams.
Open in SharePoint
Behind each Team is a SharePoint site
which has additional features for you
to take advantage of. You can also sync
the files for every channel in your team
from here.
Upload
Upload files and folders to your class
team.
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