Instructional video covering accessibility using Microsoft Teams:

Instructional video on how to create digital accessible PowerPoints: Microsoft Support: Accessible PowerPoints

Articles Accessibility in Teams Before using Microsoft Teams Creating a Teams Link in your Bb Course - Choose Word or PDF for download Getting Started with Microsoft Teams Request a Team Site - If you need a Team site for your VCSU group or office area. Start Your Course in Teams - (pdf will download to your device) Updates & New Features - What's new in Microsoft Teams  Using a Wiki with Microsoft Teams - (pdf will download to your device) What's New in Teams  Videos Microsoft Teams Training - Day 1 (07/07/2020) - NDUS and Microsoft hosted Teams Training - same content covered both days, just different Q/A Microsoft Teams Training - Day 2 (07/08/2020) - NDUS and Microsoft hosted Teams Training - same content covered both days, just different Q/A  Updates & New Features - YouTube video showing the latest updates and features for End Meetings, Focus Mode, Gallery & Together - 08.06.20 View All See all Teams Articles - Displays all VCSU One Stop articles related to Microsoft Teams

In Microsoft Teams, search under “Join or create team” in top right, and the “NDUS CTS COVID-19 Preparedness” will be the first option available (shown with the blue and white bubble symbol).  Once you have joined the team (available to all system users), you can click on “Hidden Channels” listed in blue, and find “Summer Showcase Presentations.” The recordings of the presentations recorded live are available in either the “Files” section or the “Summer Showcase Videos” (third tab). 

1.    Open the Teams site for your course, click the chevron next to Meet in the upper right-hand corner, and select schedule a meeting.  2.    Fill in the details about your class meeting schedule, then click Send. a.    If you enter attendees, this invite should appear in their Outlook Calendars. b.    You may want to enter attendees here so they have the calendar invite, but you DO NOT need to since you will provide them the link elsewhere.   3.    For courses that meet more than one day per week: a.    Where you select the recurring schedule, you will first want to choose Weekly. b.    Then, click that chevron again and select Custom. There you can select which days of the week the course meets. **If you do not select Weekly first and try to select Custom when the option initially said “does not repeat” you will not see these same options!                       4.    Select the days your class meets and the end date (week before finals), then click Save. **Any attendees you listed will receive an Outlook Calendar invite when you click Save.   5.    Upon clicking Send, you will be taken to the Posts section of your Teams page and you will see a record of your activity. Click the purple box/link.   6.    Scroll down until you see the Microsoft Teams link at the bottom of the screen. Right click the link and select Copy Link.   7.    In your syllabus, near where you provide your contact information and details about required textbooks/materials, you will need a section describing to students how they will access the course synchronously, in the event they need to do so. In this section, paste the link to this Teams meeting. **If you are using Bb Collaborate instead of Teams, please explain that in this section of your syllabus and include the Collaborate link. 8.    In addition to including the link in the syllabus, you may want to post the link in your Blackboard course shell. To do so: a.    Click the + in the upper left corner and select Web Link   b.    Create a name for your link, paste the Teams link into the URL box (the link that you copied in Step 6 above), and check the Available to Users box. Click Submit.  - To download a Word doc version of this tutorial see attachment below or click Creating a Team Link for your class.

Microsoft has released a new Meeting Experience for Teams users. All users will eventually see these features by default, but until then you must opt in to use them. Why switch to the New Meeting Experience for Microsoft Teams: Controls such as mute/unmute, camera on/off, chat and leave meeting are always visible at the top of the meeting window. Seven-by-seven video feeds — up to 49 total at a time — become available as Large Gallery Mode from the three-dots menu. At least 10 people must join the meeting for large galleries. Try Together Mode, which places a head-and-shoulders live avatar of your video feed into a virtual space, such as being seated in an auditorium with meeting participants. To turn on the New Meeting Experience for Microsoft Teams: Launch Microsoft Teams. In the upper right of Teams, click or tap your avatar or initials icon. A drop-down menu appears. Select Settings. The Settings window appears with the General section selected. Click or tap "Turn on new meeting experience (New meetings and calls will open in separate windows. Requires restarting Teams.)" In the upper right, click or tap the "x" icon to close the Settings window. Quit Microsoft Teams. Relaunch Microsoft Teams. 

In some cases it may be necessary to share your device or classroom web camera to your students as if you are presenting in full screen mode. In order to maximize your webcam for your students in a Teams Meeting you will need to run a camera prior to loading your Teams meeting.  For Mac / IPad users, see https://onestop.vcsu.edu/support/solutions/articles/10000053516  In Microsoft Windows, you can use the "Camera" application and follow these steps: Search and open the camera application on your device.   Select Video Choose the camera you wish to use for full screen by clicking the switch camera icon located directly above the Select Video button. NOTE: In the classroom, this is where may want to choose the PTZ or the document camera. Make sure you have the classroom cables plugged into your device in order to select the desired camera.  Start your Teams meeting. Turn off your webcam by clicking the camera image from your Teams tool bar. Click the "Share" icon in the Teams tool bar Select the "Camera" application listed under the Window column. You may have to scroll your mouse down to see the application. You should now be seeing your camera. For full screen just maximize the camera application window to get more of the camera area. From within the camera application you could switch to another camera just by clicking the switch camera button the we referenced above.

In some cases it may be necessary to share your device or classroom web camera to your students as if you are presenting in full screen mode. In order to maximize your webcam for your students in a Teams Meeting you will need to run a camera prior to loading your Teams meeting.  For PC users, see https://onestop.vcsu.edu/support/solutions/articles/10000053514  On a Mac / Ipad you can use the "Photo Booth" application and follow these steps: Search and open the Photo Booth application on your Mac / Ipad.  Change to video by clicking the movie reel icon on the bottom right corner of the Photo Booth window. Choose the camera you wish to view full screen by clicking "Camera" from the top menu bar. NOTE: In the classroom, this is where may want to choose the PTZ or the document camera. Make sure you have the classroom cables plugged into your device in order to select the desired camera.  Start your Teams meeting. Turn off your webcam by clicking the camera image from your Teams tool bar. Click the "Share" icon in the Teams tool bar Select the "Camera" application listed under the Window column. You may have to scroll your mouse down to see the application. You should now be seeing your camera. For full screen just maximize the camera application window to get more of the camera area. From within the camera application you could switch to another camera just by clicking the "Camera" from the top menu bar.

For course teams, students are synched automatically with data from BB so if you make any changes they'll get overwritten the next time a sync is run.  Please submit a ticket if a student should be added/removed from a course team. Teaching Assistants can be added by submitting a ticket in One Stop. Add Members Navigate to the team you'd like to add a member to, then select More options More options ... button next to your class team. Select Add member. Manage / Viewing Team Members   Navigate to the team you'd like to manage / view team members to, then select More options More options ... button next to your class team. Select Manage team. Click the Members and guests to show entire list. * note you can also add member to your team from within manage team by clicking the Add Member icon (see below).