Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a hub, bringing together chat, files, apps, and online meetings into one space. Seamlessly share information, work together, and keep each other up-to-date with informal chat.

Microsoft Teams is a hub, bringing together chat, files, apps, and online meetings into one space. You can seamlessly share information, work together on documents and projects, and keep each other up-to-date with informal chat. Staff and students can create Teams sites and invite others to join the Team.

Additionally, Microsoft Teams can be fully integrated within Canvas courses.  The integration includes the following features: 

  • Creation of a Microsoft Teams class team from your Canvas course.
  • Automatic enrolment of team owners and members from your Canvas “People” list.
  • Microsoft Teams menu links in your Canvas course to give you and your student’s easy access to the class team and to Teams meetings.

For more information on using Teams in education, you can read a case study from the Teams Champion Programme.

Use the Microsoft Teams Quickstart Guide and the IT Services knowledge base to get started with Microsoft Teams, or view the checklist below to see if Canvas or Microsoft Teams would be the most appropriate platform for your teaching needs.

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Canvas

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Teams

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Collaborative projects

 
create a cloud environment of collaboration. Tick icon
(Use O365)		 Tick icon 
assign projects to individual or group of students. Tick icon  Tick icon 
monitor students’ contribution to group work. Tick icon  Tick icon 
use a seamless environment of collaboration. Tick icon Tick icon 

 

Try: Collaboration (with O365), Assignments

Try: Team/ Channel/ File tabs/ Assignment tab (in classroom type of team).

Lectures, seminars and meetings

 
seamless notetaking. Tick icon
(Use O365)		 Tick icon 
keep everyone in the loop without endless emails/link sending. Tick icon Tick icon
set up a video call with a group of demonstrators, research students, or undergrads. Tick icon Tick icon
add your slides, images, notes and handouts. Tick icon Tick icon

 

Try: Conferences, Studio, Calendar, Inbox

Try: Calendar, Meetings, Record meeting, Screen sharing, Class Materials folder (in classroom type of team).

Assessment, assignments & feedback

 
create, assign, collect, and give feedback on summative assessments. Tick icon Cross icon
(Needs Turnitin)

create, assign, collect, and give feedback on formative assessments.

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create and assign folders for individual or group of students. Tick icon Tick icon 
students submit work. Tick icon  Tick icon 
create, save and use rubrics. Tick icon Tick icon
create a private space for individual students. Cross icon Tick icon
peer evaluation. Tick icon
(Use Buddycheck)		 Cross icon

 

Try: Assignments, Quizzes

Try: Assignment tab (in classroom type of team), Private channels, Chat.

Participation and communication

 

  
level opportunities to contribute for all students     

 

Try: Discussion, Inbox

Try: Conversations tab/ Private and group chat