Microsoft Teams

Create a Meeting

Meetings in Teams can be used for one-time meetings or events such as group meetings, office meetings, one-on-one meetings, and more. 

• Create a Meeting 
• Create a Meeting Link or Code
• Schedule a Meeting 

Create a Re-occurring Meeting

Re-occurring meetings can be used for office hours, class meetings, or any re-occurring event that you don't have set participants for.  

• Re-occurring meeting (desktop / computer) 
• Re-occurring meeting (mobile) 

Using the Meet Now Function

The Meet Now function allows you to meet with individuals or groups, at any time, without having to schedule the meeting or use a reoccurring link. 

• Meet Now from your desktop
• Meet Now on mobile  

Inviting Others to Your Meeting 

• Sharing Your Scheduled Meeting 
• Joining a Meeting as a Guest

Joining a Meeting 

There are several ways to join a meeting, using a Meeting ID, link, or calendar invite. 

• Join a meeting 

Presenting / Hosting a Meeting 

• How to pin yourself in a meeting
• Adding a background 
• Changing Your Background
• Teams settings 
• How to use breakout rooms in Teams
• Download the Teams Whiteboard app
• Share sound from your computer while presenting to create background music 

Recording and Uploading Your Recording 

• How to record a meeting in Teams.
• How to do I find my recordings? 
• How to upload videos to YuJa

Chat and Share Files in Teams 

• How to chat and share files in Teams

Collaborate in Teams 

• How to collaborate in Teams 

Attendance Report 

• From within the meeting 
• After the meeting if you are a meeting organizer
  NOTE: You must be a meeting organizer for this option. 

Want to use Microsoft Teams outside of classes? Here's how to set-up a Team. 

Setting Up Teams for Classes

• What is the difference in creating a meeting link vs a team?
• Create a team for your course
• How to create a meeting link in iLearn
• Set up your mobile app

Recording and Uploading Your Recording 

• How to record a meeting in Teams.
• How to do I find my recordings?
• How to upload videos to YuJa.

Attendance Report 

• From within the meeting
• After the meeting if you are a meeting organizer
  NOTE: You must be a meeting organizer for this option. 

What is the difference in creating a meeting link versus creating a team? 

• • Learn more. 

Set up your mobile app 

• • Learn how 

At Tennessee Tech University, we believe that all students should have equal technology opportunities in the classroom. The following list includes technologies that may appear in Tennessee Tech courses and the accessibility information for each of those technologies.

Teams Accessibility Information