Microsoft Teams

General Teams are geared for business or departmental collaborations and projects and are ideal for faculty, staff, and registered student organizations. Owners can add members, create private channels, schedule meetings, and so much more.

Interested in creating a General Team? 

Submit a request for a General Team at solutions.valdosta.edu. You will be notified once your Team has been created.

NOTE: General Teams are not available for individual students. See Class Teams.

Class Teams are uniquely created to foster collaboration in academic classes between students and teachers. Although it has many of the same features as a General Team, it includes teaching and learning tools such as a Class Notebook, Assignments, and Grades.

A Class Team is created automatically for each academic class based on the following setup:

• Team’s Name/Title: The name of the class (ex: ACED2400A-SP2020)
• Team’s Owner: The assigned faculty/instructor
• Team’s Members: All registered students in the class at the time of setup. *Throughout the term, faculty will need to manually add/remove student members in accordance to add/drop/withdraw records.*

Faculty: You will receive a Microsoft invitation letting you know that your Class Team has been created. You can then log in and when ready, click the Activate button on the top of the screen. Students will then receive notification. Each academic Microsoft Teams Class is accessible for approximately 90 days in read-only mode after the last day of finals.

Download the Class Teams Quick Start Guide

Students: If your class is using Teams, you’ll be able to connect with your classmates, edit files with classmates at the same time, ask your teacher questions, submit assignments and much more.

Download the Student Teams Quick Start Guide

To access a General or Class Teams from Office 365:

1. Log in to MyVSU
2. Click Microsoft OneDrive/Office Apps from the Portals link (select it from the View All list if you do not have it set as a ‘favorite’ link)
3. Click Teams from the list of available apps

Download the Desktop Version of Teams:

While in Teams via Office 365, click on the Download desktop app icon located in the bottom left corner of the screen.

Follow prompts to install and launch Teams

When using Mircosoft Teams Meeting LTI, faculty can schedule and conduct Teams meetings directly in their BlazeVIEW courses.

For assistance with Teams Meeting LTI in BlazeVIEW, contact VSU eLearning or visit eLearning Course Technology Information.

• Get help while in Teams by clicking the the Help icon located in Settings and more (the ellipses in the upper right corner).
• What’s New in Microsoft Teams - Stay updated on recent features & functional changes.

  Teams Quick Start Guide  | Class Teams Quick Start Guide | Student Teams Quick Start Guide

• Microsoft Teams and Channels: Basics, Work in teams, Work in channels, For team owners, Videos

• Work with Posts and Messages | Post Announcements to Class |Start Chats, Calls, and Meetings

• Explore Apps and Tools

• Manage your Activity Feed

• Assignments Quick Guide

• Use Breakout Rooms
• Office 365 Teams Video Tutorials from Infobase (Login using your MyVSU credentials)

• Microsoft Teams Scenarios for Higher Education

• Microsoft Teams for Education Video Playlist

• Microsoft Teams EDU Webinars

• Transform learning with Microsoft Teams (Microsoft Educator Center 1-Hour Course)

• Best Practices for Collaborating

• Wakelet: Remote Teaching and Learning Resources from Microsoft Education

• Faculty: For additional help with integrating Class Teams into your teaching and learning scenarios, please contact eLearning.