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MS Teams

Online-Live meetings and face-to-face meetings will be held in MS Teams. During Project 1, you may choose to meet virtually with your team through our Teams site.

First Login

  1. Use the link in the Getting Started section of Blackboard to sign into our Teams site.

  2. You can choose to access MS Teams through your browser or desktop. I prefer to use the desktop application.

    • Browser access: Click the "Use the web app instead" button.
    • Desktop application: If you already have it installed, click "Open Microsoft Teams"; otherwise, you can download it by clicking on the Download button.

    Choose Teams App

  3. Choose your student Madison College account to proceed.

    Choose Account

  4. Follow the prompts to login with your Madison College credentials.

  5. Click "Join".

    Join

  6. Access your profile in the upper-right. I recommend adding a profile picture or avatar. Other settings are available under "Manage account".

    Profile

Teams Overview

  1. Review and familiarize yourself with the left-navigation. If you are new to Teams, I recommend viewing the short video.

    How to navigate through Microsoft Teams (3:19)

    • Activity: displays all activity within 14 days relating to everything that has happened in your teams.
    • Chat: all one-on-one or group chats will be listed here including all chat history.
    • Teams: an overview of all the teams you are a part of including their individual channels.
    • Calendar: schedule or view scheduled meetings.
    • Calls: dedicated section to making calls includes contacts, history, and voicemail.
    • Files: quickly access files uploaded to Teams or your OneDrive account.

UIUX Channels

  1. We'll start off with a single channel, but can add more as needed.

    • General: Link to our class meetings, recordings of those meetings and associated chats.