Microsoft Teams
What is it?
UAB faculty, staff, and students have access to Microsoft Teams as a part of Microsoft Education. With Microsoft Teams students and instructors can chat, meet, call, and collaborate all in one place. It integrates with OneDrive and Canvas. More information can be found on UAB IT's Teams website opens a new website.
Microsoft Teams In Canvas
Teams is available in Canvas through Microsoft Education. It allows instructors to create a Microsoft Teams group, called Teams, containing all participants in a Canvas course with the click of a button — creating a space to chat, meet, call and collaborate with OneDrive documents in real time. Meetings allow virtual Meetings to be scheduled & launched from the Canvas Course Navigation Menu.
How to Access
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The Microsoft Education (A) Course Navigation in Canvas provides access to both Teams (B)and Meetings (C).These links must be enabled and set up by the course instructor.
Classes
Meetings
Downloads
Faculty and students can access Microsoft Teams through Canvas, or through an app for mobile, web and desktop.
Download Microsoft Teams Opens an external link.
Tip: Installing the Mobile or Desktop app is recommended for access to all features.
FAQ
All students will be in the main course’s Microsoft Teams class. Private channels can be manually created in this Class Team for each section if desired.