One of the most useful tools for educators, and students is Microsoft Teams. This is the conferencing software of choice for teaching at St. George's university. Use Teams to deliver your lessons online. It has a wealth of features with lots of tools that enable you to engage with your students. You can also keep files, schedules, and resources all in one place and communicate with students individually or as a group.

Use the Teams web app or download the desktop app

Every staff and student member at St George's University has access to Microsoft Teams. To access the web version, go to office.sgul.ac.uk, click on the Teams icon, which you will find to the left of the screen. If it is not on the navigation bar, select the app launcher and select Teams from the list.

In Teams, you can:

Share the screen on your device to deliver a presentation or to give demonstrations
Hold 1-2-1’s, private video meetings and send private messages
Co-edit and share files during and after video meetings
Video record meetings with transcriptions
Hold interactive webinars and live events
Share OneNote or Whiteboard during and after video meetings
Create, upload, and download files and folders
Catch up on missed discussions and view discussions between other group members
Use breakout rooms to split large meetings into smaller groups for discussions
Download attendance lists after each meeting. And more…

Guides on how to use Teams:

Getting started guide for educators

Creating a Team

Creating Channels

Setting up break-out rooms

To test your speakers, headphone, camera and microphone

Microsoft Teams interactive demo

Microsoft Teams video training

End user training for Microsoft Teams

MS Team Getting Started Guide (manual)

If you have questions about Microsoft Teams please email lts@sgul.ac.uk or fgraham@sgul.ac.uk. To book an introduction or training session, please review the Microsoft office training on offer and complete the relevant booking form.

You can click on Units to look through the other helpful guides on how to use Canvas and Panopto for pre-recording lecture content and Microsoft Teams to support your teaching.