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Microsoft Teams is multi-feature communication and collaboration platform primarily used for institution-based conversation. Microsoft Teams is one of the applications available in Microsoft 365, and can be integrated with any of the Microsoft office applications. Teams allows for impromptu and planned video calls from one-on-one to large cohorts. Pre-planned Meetings hold up to 1,000 attendees, or Teams Live events up to 10,000. Pre-planned calls, or Meetings, can be created and accessed through your Outlook calendar both in app, and from your Outlook Mail.

Applications/Uses

Some popular uses include: Teaching and Tutorials, and Meetings with small or large cohorts. Teams can also be used to facilitate some key areas of the ABC’s of Learning Design.

•         Acquisition – File sharing

•         Collaboration - Planning, Shared Files, OneNote/Whiteboard

•         Discussion- Video conferencing, Breakout Rooms, Chat feature

•         Investigation – interviews, brainstorming sessions with OneNote/Whiteboard

•         Production – Team Planning applications, Video and Audio recording


ABCs of Learning Design wheel separated into the 6 phases: Acquisition, Collaboration, Discussion, Investigation, Practice, Production


Exton, G. 2020. ABC core MIC. Based on http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/abc-ld/


Features available in a Teams Meeting

•         Waiting rooms

•         Video and Audio calls and recording

•         File Sharing (Files, OneNote shared notebook)

•         Elapsed time and Recording indicators

•         Participants

•         Meeting Conversation

•         Hand-up and Reactions

•         Whiteboard

•         OneNote (shared notebook)

•         Breakout Rooms

•         Polls (Microsoft Forms)

•         Operational controls – video and audio

•         Share Content and share tray

•         Leave options – Leave versus End meeting