Microsoft Teams guide | Leeds Beckett University

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What is Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams (also known as MS Teams) is an Office 365 collaboration app that helps your team stay organised and have conversations all in one place. MS Teams supports collaboration across our staff and student community. Team members can collaborate via conversations, sharing content, meetings and much more.

You can use MS Teams online meeting tool that you can use for web conferencing with your students. You do not need a MS Teams site setting up in order to use this with your students. Our guide to choosing an online meeting tool provides more information about the different options supported at the University.

Need more help?

This page contains links to staff guides to Microsoft Teams for learning and teaching activities (including online meetings with students). Student guides are available on the Library website. Contact details for further help and support are available at the bottom of each guide.

IT Services have put together a number of staff FAQs about MS Teams in the IT Self-Service Portal. Sign in, select Find an Answer, then search Teams.

Access MS Teams

Start and join a MS Teams meeting via MyBeckett

(for students enrolled on the same module)

Start and join an online meeting using MS Teams

(for other groups of students)

Run an online meeting using MS Teams