Microsoft Teams

How to Find Microsoft Teams at Home:

Go to our school district web page (comoxvalleyschools.ca)
Click on Office 365 (on the top right)
Your username is your school email address (for students: Student#@www.learn71.ca)
Your password is the same one that you use at school
You can click on the purple icon for Teams

Should I Download the App?

Yes, if you can, it is great to have all the office apps on your computer and/or your personal device. Notice when you go in to Office 365 online you can click on Install Office in the top right of your screen. Go for it!

Microsoft Teams Video Training

Click here to go to a Microsoft page of video training for Teams

How to Mute Students Chats:

While you can’t mute the student’s private chats, you can mute the chats that take place in your classroom Team. Here are some instructions to help you:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/mute-student-comments-in-a-class-team-a378de16-ffc0-420c-b08d-e17ec08e7c17

How to Turn off The Meeting Chat:

Click here for the Tip Sheet for Turning of the Chat in Meetings and How to Schedule a Meeting for a Channel.

Note: It is slightly different if you are using a channel you created yourself. Please look at the handout above for instructions.

How to Share Your Screen on an Ipad in Teams:

This video also shows you how to record your screen.

How to Create a Screen-Cast in Teams and post it to a channel:

Creating a recording of yourself or your screen in Teams is also really simple and the recording can be made right in a Team that you are using along with your assignments and lessons. You can also send a link to the video for people to view it.

Click here or on the picture for instructions:

Screen Sharing Control on Windows Laptops:

Click here or on the picture to open instructions:

Some Quick References to Get You Started:

The ultimate cheat sheet right at your fingertips:

Download the Microsoft Teams quick start guide for EDU.

Teams Quick Reference for SD71

Here is a super short Quick Start Guide with just the basics:

How to Get a Link for a Teams Meeting in Outlook Webmail:

If you would like to send parents a link to a meeting or post a meeting link somewhere for people to use to join a meeting, you need to set up a meeting and then copy the link for it. Here are some instructions for how to do this in the Online Outlook:

Open your Outlook Webmail
Click on the Calendar link in the bottom left
Find the time that you would like to have the meeting in the calendar and click on it
A pop out appears with meeting information – click on More Options in the bottom right of the pop out
Fill in the meeting information – you don’t really need to have a recipient but you can put yourself if you would like
Click Send to create the meeting
Click on the meeting link that you now see in your calendar
Highlight the “Join Microsoft Teams Meeting” link and copy it (Press CTRL + C or right click and click on “Copy Hyperlink”)
Now you can paste this link in an email to the people that you would like to attend the meeting. This link can go into your MyEd BC email or you can post it on an website.

How to get a link for a Teams Meeting in Outlook Desktop Version:

Open your Outlook email Desktop App
Click on the Calendar link in the bottom left
Find the time that you would like to have the meeting in the calendar and click on it
A pop out appears with meeting information
Fill in the meeting information – you don’t really need to have a recipient but you can put yourself if you would like
Highlight the “Join Microsoft Teams Meeting” link and copy it (Press CTRL + C or right click and click on “Copy Hyperlink”)
Click Send to create the meeting
Now you can paste this link in an email to the people that you would like to attend the meeting. This link can go into your MyEd BC email or you can post it on an website.