Setting Up a Teams Meeting in Canvas
This Instructure video shows how to add a Microsoft Teams meeting in Canvas, using an announcement and a calendar event as examples. The same method can be used anywhere the Canvas rich content editor is available, such as on a page or in a discussion.
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A step-by-step video guide to getting started with Teams in Canvas.
Teams meeting set up on a course page
Technically, a meeting can be created anywhere the Canvas Rich Content Editor is available, such as in an announcement, the calendar, or a page. To support a clear course structure, it is often useful to create the meeting on a page and select the option to display it in the course calendar.
When the editor is open, go to Tools > Apps > Teams. If Teams is not visible, select View All. After a Teams meeting is created, a Teams button is added to the editor’s toolbar.
You can choose to show the page in the course calendar. The page can also be named according to the topic of the meeting, for example: Meeting about the group assignment, 13 March.
See also the instructions on creating a page.
Some teachers prefer to use a single link for all course meetings, for example, at the top of the course home page. In that case, each individual meeting still needs to be added to the course calendar.
Students who are members of a group can also create a Teams online meeting on the group homepage.
Teams is the Division of Information Technology’s recommended software for online meetings. In some situations, however, Zoom may be more suitable. See the Zoom instructions.
Advantages of setting up a Teams online meeting on a page
- A page for an online meeting can be automatically displayed in students’ to-do lists and the course calendar.
- If the meeting page is placed in the relevant week or module, it supports the overall structure of the course site.
- In addition to the meeting link, the page can include information about the meeting topic or a meeting agenda.
- The same page can be used for the meeting recording if the meeting is recorded.
- The page can easily be linked from elsewhere in the course, for example, in an announcement to students or in the syllabus.
- The same page and the same meeting link can be used for all online meetings in the course. In that case, it may be useful to place it prominently at the top of the course site.
- If the teacher wants to place the meeting page within the course weeks or modules, the page can be easily moved to the relevant week or copied and placed in the appropriate weeks.