54 What Does Microsoft Teams Offer?
Highlights include:
- Screensharing for lecture notes and presentations with included audio when multimedia is shared
- Virtual backgrounds to look professional and maintain privacy.
- File management with SharePoint is essential for the course organization
- Navigating between teams, channels, and tabs will allow for a seamless teaching experience
More tips are mentioned in the previous parts of this e-book.
Increased flexibility vs. Increased complexity
- MS Teams provides a skeleton for your course and gives you many options to customize it
- This allows you to structure the course around your teaching style, however, it is up to you to design and create it
- Spend some time exploring MS Teams to decide if this approach is right for you
As the meeting organizer, you can:
- Assign proper roles to decide what each participant can do during meetings—for example, presenter or attendee
- Add external guests to meetings with reduced privileges
- Incorporate different types of resources to include videos, articles and simulations
For more information, refer to: Owner Privileges.
Easy integration of tools that enhance the learning experience, such as:
- Microsoft suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, etc.)
- Promotes collaboration
- Microsoft Teams add-ons
- Provide additional functions, such as surveys, quizzes, etc.
- Open Educational Resources (OERs)
- Provide additional learning resources
For more information, refer to: Interacting with Files, Add Outside Apps To Teams Menus
Microsoft Teams is growing in functionality and complexity. Staying up to date with new features and familiarizing yourself with it will allow for effective facilitation and a smooth experience.
Based on Microsoft Teams update on: August 27, 2021
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