Teaching online, Session 4: Using Microsoft Teams to communicate your message

Welcome to Session 4: Using Microsoft Teams to communicate your message.

This session has been designed to help anyone use Microsoft Teams to communicate their message, whether it is in a meeting or in a teaching or training situation. The session develops the knowledge and skills you need to use the Microsoft Teams App and takes you further than the overview provided in Session 2 of this course (Teaching synchronously).

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• talk about the different online meeting and teaching apps available
• explain why Microsoft Teams is a good choice of meeting and teaching app
• identify the different elements of the Microsoft Teams App
• discuss the difference between a team and a channel
• set up a team
• set up a channel
• use the Teams Calendar to start an instant meeting
• use the Teams Calendar to set a meeting at a future time
• set up a meeting/teaching session
• identify and use the different buttons and options in a meeting/teaching session
• run a meeting/teaching session
• use the Chat Function
• use Files in Microsoft Teams
• add other apps in Microsoft Teams

We suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.