Teams allows you to share, hold meetings, create, and co-edit files. Using this tool, you can collaborate with multiple people at once while working in a Word, PowerPoint, or Excel file. It is even possible to collaborate on files with people from outside your organization.

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You can use MS Teams to...

You can use MS Teams to:

Hold meetings
Collaborate on documents with team members and people outside your organisation
Share files
Chat

Read the interview with Bart Keijsers on the benefits of working with MS Teams and what MS Teams can do for a course.

How to

Find manuals via the links below:

Teams Guide for Canvas
All essential information on how to use Teams from within your Canvas course can be found in this guide.
Teams Guide for Teachers and UvA Staff
For more information on how to use Teams as UvA staff, please visit this link.
How to collaborate in Teams?
For more information on how to collaborate in Teams, please visit this link.
More specific information
For more specific information on Teams, please visit this link.

Interaction with MS Teams

Knowledge Clip: Collaboration in MS Documents

In this instruction video you will learn about sharing documents with OneDrive and MS Teams: how to create a document, how to share a document and why sharing documents for real time collaboration this is useful in an educational setting.

Further information:

Do you want to use Teams as digital classroom? Read more here
https://office.com en https://teams.microsoft.com
More information about OneDrive?
More information on collaborating on Word documents with real-time co-authoring?

Knowledge Clip: Using MS Forms

In this instruction video you will learn about MS Forms: how to create a form or quiz, how to share it within and without MS Teams.

Further information:

Do you want to use Teams as digital classroom? Read more here Do you want to use Teams as digital classroom? Read more here
Do you want more information on how to use MS Forms for interaction? Read more here
General support and FAQ

Knowledge Clip: Using MS Whiteboard

In this instruction video you will learn about MS Whiteboard: how to create a whiteboard, what to use in your whiteboard and how to share it within and without MS Teams.

Further information:

Do you want to use Teams as digital classroom? Read more here
Do you want more information on how to use MS Whiteboard for interaction? Read more here
General support and FAQ
Guide to creative and engaging learning

Tutorials

Training: MS Teams as digital classroom

In the recording of this training, you’ll learn how you can deploy MS Teams as your digital classroom

Tutorial: How to use Teams?

For an animated guide on how to use Teams, see this tutorial.

Tutorial: teams and channels

For an animated tutorial on teams and channels, see this clip.

Tutorial: chats and calls

For an animated guide on how to chat and call, see this clip

Privacy

MS Teams meets the requirements of the GDPR.

Support

Do you need help with using Teams within your course? Of do you have other further questions? Please do not hesitate to reach out to Teaching Support!