Microsoft Teams

Teaching with MS Teams Meeting (via MS Education)

All faculty with a virtual component to their courses use MS Teams Meetings to meet weekly with their students. MS Teams Meetings is integrated into the Canvas LMS through the new MS Education App.

If you are new to LIM College/Marcuse School of Graduate Studies, and your are teaching with MS Teams Meetings, please make sure to participate in a training. You can click on Learn in the menu to access OLI's current offerings or reach out to OLI directly (oli@limcollege.edu) for more information. Below you will also find information and instructions on using Teams.

[Note: You must be logged into LIM College (MyLIM) to access these files.]

  1. NEW: Setting up MS Teams Meeting in Canvas [PDF] added November 21, 2025
  2. Setting up MS Teams Meeting in Canvas [video, 5 minutes, MS Stream]
  3. Introduction to Teams Presentation [PDF, images only]
  4. Introduction to Teams Presentation [video, 65 minutes, MS Stream]
  5. NEW: Students: Class Participation Guidelines & Accessing Teams [PDF]

Accommodations

In MS Teams Meeting, you have to ability to record meetings and/or enable the transcription feature. Please note, you are not required to record or enable transcription for your meetings unless you receive a letter of accommodation from a student. Once you have received the letter, if you have questions, please reach out to Focrun Nahar, Assistant Director of DEI and Accessibility (accessibility@limcollege.edu).

  1. During Meeting Set Up: To enable recordings, when you set up your meetings, go to Meeting Options, scroll to the bottom and enable Recording. See page 17 in Setting Up Meetings in Canvas to locate Meeting Options.
  2. During Meeting: During your meeting, you click on MORE and then Record and Transcribe. See Introduction to Teams Presentation (page 34). You can also enable closed captions by clicking on MORE, Language and Settings.

Transcripts and recording are posted to the meeting chat once the meeting has ended.

Tips for Success with MS Teams Meetings

The following six tips should get you set up for success with your virtual classes. Don't assume that this tool is the same as Zoom! If you have questions about features in MS Teams, please email the Office of Learning Innovation. If you have any technical issues - camera is not connecting, you can't screenshare, please reach out to IT Support. The contact information is below.

Mac Users:

  • Sharing Screen: You'll need to enable additional security protocols to share your screen. Please visit Information Technology's website, scroll down to Common Issues with Microsoft Teams and review the document: Office 365 - Share Screen on Mac Using Microsoft Teams.
  • Audio/Video: If you have audio/video issues review the document: Microsoft 365 – Allow Audio & Video in Microsoft Teams on a Mac.

1. Get MS Teams Training

If you are new to MS Teams and have not participated in training, we strongly recommend that you do. While there are overlapping features with Zoom, it is not the same.

You can check the Events Calendar in MyLIM for upcoming trainings.

No trainings posted?  Email OLI@limcollege to request a 1:1 session.

2. Download MS Teams Apps

We strongly encourage you to download the MS Teams Desktop client onto your computer for a better teaching experience.

Computer specs: you'll need computer that is less than 5 years old with enough RAM to handle Teams and your other applications.

Mobile Device App: Download the mobile device app as well. It's helpful to see what your students see. Visit the Google Play or Apple App stores to download.

3. Set up MS Education App to access Teams Meetings in Canvas

We have posted the instructions above to add the MS Education App to your Canvas Menu. You will enable Meetings through the MS Education App. Please follow these instructions.

4. Add Entire Class to Canvas Meeting

The "Add Entire Class" option in Teams Settings is only enabled after students are added to the course. This happens one week before classes start.

If you set up your meetings in advance, you'll need to edit the entire series of meeting and then add entire class.

5. Send Students MS Teams Instructions

Students have several ways to join class meetings. Please share the Access instructions posted above with your students. We recommend that you send an Announcement and post it in Module 1 as well.

You should also share the guidelines for participating in Teams Meetings (linked above).

6. Practice Using MS Teams Meetings

Create a test MS Teams Meeting in your Outlook calendar, launch it and try sharing your browser, your desktop, and accessing apps like YouTube.

Join the same meeting with your mobile device to see the participant view. You can also request 1:1 practice session with OLI. Email oli@limcollege.edu.

Technical Support

If you have technical issues with MS Teams (sharing screen, installing the Desktop Client, etc.) you can check out the Information Technology MS Teams Support Page or contact the helpdesk.