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Add a poll to a Teams chat

You can add a Poll in any chat window, whether you are in a meeting or if you are just using chat on its own.

If you are in a meeting and you want to set up a poll, open the Chat window and click on the ellipses (...) at the bottom of the chat

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Managing a Teams meeting or Lecture

Once you have clicked into your meeting you have a number of ways to manage your participants.

If one person will be speaking at a time, it is advisable to ask all other participants to mute their microphones. Teams will try to prioritise the loudest noise it detects so if you have...
Teams messages, calls or video calls
Creating a Chat for instant messaging, audio or video calling

You can contact individuals via Microsoft Teams to communicate by text, voice, video and share your screen. This does not require you to join a Team and can be useful for direct communication.

  •  Select the 'New chat' icon in the...
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    Attendance list (Teams)

    In the participants window you can also click on the ellipses at the top of the page (in the same line as the heading People) and from here you can change the meeting options by clicking manage permissions or you can download an attendee list. This can be useful for online lectures in the...
    Manage participants (Teams)

    If you hover over a participant and click the Ellipses that appear, you have a number of options, such as:

  • Lower their hand (if they have it up)
  • Mute them (if they are unmuted)
  • Pin - this will put them in the main teams window rather than the group being tiled across it,...
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    Raise hand functionality (Teams)

    If your participants wish to say something or ask a question in a Teams meeting, you can advise them at the beginning to unmute themselves if you want them to be able to speak as and when they choose, or if you don't want to be interrupted, you can ask them to submit questions in the chat window...
    Breakout rooms in Teams

    There are two ways to set up Breakout roomsIn Teams meetings, you can either create them on the moodle page in advance, or use the Microsoft breakout rooms feature, so which should you use?

    Setting them up on the Moodle page in advance

  • can give you more peace of mind if you are not...
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    Team Spaces for collaboration

    You can set up a Team space to:

  • file share
  • video or voice call the team
  • instant message
  • shared notebook (ideal for minuting meetings or sharing ideas) 
  • create channels for different topics
  • integrate with Microsoft planner to set tasks and deadlines...
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    Check audio and video (Teams)

    There are a number of ways you can check and test your audio and video device settings

  • When you are not in a meeting
  • Just before you join a meeting
  • During a meeting
    • Checking your device settings when you are not in a meeting

    click on the account icon at the top of...
    Live Captions in Teams

    To use live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls and click the ellipses (...) then choose Turn on live captions. 

    To stop using live captions, go to the meeting controls and click the ellipses (...) then choose Turn off live captions. 

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