How to use Microsoft Teams

How to Use Microsoft Teams 1. Use the desktop shortcut to launch Microsoft Teams

2. To schedule a meeting / online lesson select CALENDAR from the menu on the left and double click on the required date and time for the meeting

3. Complete the form with the required information (channel, location and detail are optional)

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4. At the time of the meeting the calendar with show a ‘Join’ button. To launch the meeting click on this

5. Click the ‘Join’ button to go live

Once ‘live’ this is what you will see

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6. The tool bar towards the bottom of the screen shows that your camera and microphone ore active (unless you select them, and they appear with a line through them)

7. Sharing a document: Ensure you have the document already open on your desktop. To share the document, click the ‘Share Tray’ icon

This will show you the documents you have open and available to share. Select the document you want to share; this will appear on the screen with a red boarder – if the frame around the window does not have a red border it isn’t being shared. To stop sharing click the same button (when sharing it will change from an arrow to an ‘x’, click this ‘x’ to end sharing, or simply close the document) 8. To ask a question, click the ‘hand’ icon. This will show the meeting organiser that you want to ask something

9. To contribute to a chat while in the conversation choose the ‘chat’ icon. Everyone in the meeting can see this discussion.

10. The ‘people’ icon will show who is in the meeting

11. The ‘phone’ icon will end the meeting

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