Introduction This guidance applies to recordings of Teams meetings made since 10th July 2022, which are stored in the ‘Recordings’ folder of your institutional OneDrive (or a corresponding folder in a shared Team). It does not apply to Teams recordings made before this date which are stored in Stream. For…
There is no in-built annotation feature in MS Teams for presenting PowerPoint slides. However, you can work around this and still present PowerPoints effectively in your teaching by sharing the window on your screen displaying the slides, and using MS PowerPoint’s annotation features while presenting the slides. See below for instructions and guidance:…
Teams meetings provide a Live Transcript feature that creates a downloadable record of audio as text, with speaker attribution. You should be aware of the following: There is no way to technologically restrict students starting / downloading a copy of a Teams meeting Live Transcript during a Teams meeting. Once started, a text transcription of…
There a several types of Teams meeting. Scheduled meeting Scheduled meetings are for pre-organised online meetings that typically fit the same model as a regular tutorial, seminar or lecture. They will usually cover just a single topic and may involve active learning and breakout rooms. What are they for? 1 2 1 online meetings Sessions with external student groups Live…
When students join a webinar, it is good practice to have a welcome slide that introduces them to the session you are about to hold. It can be displayed before the start of the session to provide useful information and set expectations. What information should a welcome slide contain? This…
Invite through calendar The simplest way to make sure that your guest is able to join and have the permissions that they require in the session is to include them on the invitations of the calendar. You can invite them with their personal, or external organisation email address. If they…
Prepare your equipment You will need a PC (or Mac), desktop or laptop: Ideally with an Ethernet connection – or at least very strong Wi-Fi signal. Microphone – recommended part of a headset to reduce chances of audio feedback. Webcam – Built in or external, optional requirement but can create a more personal environment between you…
Important: Both Blackboard Collaborate and Microsoft Teams Meetings have the option to record live online interactive sessions. If you want to make a recording of an online session you need to follow the Policy for the Recording of Teaching and Learning Activities (Learning Capture). Start a recording in a breakout room To start a recording, click on…
Microsoft Teams meetings is a web conferencing tool. For a quick tour: Teams meetings: Interface overview How to use this checklist This checklist is designed to be a quick guide to help you get started with Microsoft Teams Meetings for teaching. The checklist includes links to useful resources and…
The information in this article is correct at the time of writing, please check our TEL Blog for the latest information on Technology at the University of Reading. The TEL video below gives outlines MS Whiteboard key functions, please see Microsoft support materials for most recent updated MS Whiteboard features…