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Step 1: Enable Microsoft Education
To use Microsoft Teams Meetings, Microsoft Education must be enabled in that course. This must be done in each course where you would like to use Microsoft Teams Meetings integration.
Note: If Microsoft Education is already enabled in your course for Teams Meetings, skip to the next step.
- Go to Settings (A) in your Canvas course and select Navigation (B).
- Scroll down to the bottom of the Navigation tab until Microsoft Education is visible. Click the Three vertical dots (C) beside Microsoft Education, then click +Enable (D), and Save (E).
- Select Microsoft Education (A), then click your Profile Icon (B) and select Course Settings (C).
- Make sure Teams (D) and Add Microsoft Teams (E) are enabled along with any other features you need, then press Done (F).
Tip: You do not have to wait on the Sync to complete to perform the next step.
Step 2: Access Microsoft Teams Meetings
The next step is to add Teams Meetings to your Course Navigation.
- Now that Microsoft Teams Meetings have been enabled, select Meetings (B) from the Microsoft Education (A) Dashboard.
- You may be asked to sign in with your Microsoft Account. If you see this screen, click Sign In (B) and log in with your UAB email address.
- To schedule a new meeting, click + New Meeting (B). You can browse through Previous Meetings, Attendance, and Recordings in Options (C).
- In the New Meeting window complete the following details:
- Add a Title (A)
- Select attendees – Invite Required Attendees (B) will invite everyone in the class
- To keep the meeting unrestricted, select Allow anyone to join (C)
- Set the start time and date using the Date and Time dropdowns (D)
- Set the end time using the same dropdowns (D)
- Make the meeting recurring if needed using Make Recurring (F)
- Add Location (K) and meeting details (L) if desired
- Click Save (M) when finished
- Once scheduled, meetings will appear in the My Meetings (A) tab. Click Join (B) to start, Edit (C) to modify, or New Meeting (D) to create another. Use the month dropdown to view other dates (E).
- Access additional guides and information on the Microsoft Support Webpage.