Announcing Teams for Academics
The鈥疍ivision of Information Technology is pleased to announce鈥痶he launch of鈥疢icrosoft Teams鈥痜or students.鈥疶his鈥痩aunch鈥痺ill provide you an additional option to engage with your students, enable鈥痜ile鈥痗ollaboration,鈥痑nd enhance鈥痗ommunications.鈥赌�&苍产蝉辫;
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The ability to see up to 49 people on screen at once.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
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Real time鈥痗losed captioning for live conversations.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
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Phone鈥痗onferencing options for all鈥痯articipants (ideal鈥痜or students on limited bandwidth).鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Two Options鈥�-鈥疧ne Great Platform鈥�
There are two paths for you to use Microsoft Teams鈥痺ith your classes:鈥�
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Native integration with Blackboard - this allows you to create鈥痸ideo conferencing rooms quickly and easily, right within Blackboard Learn.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
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Full Teams experience 鈥� this is a more robust option providing you with all the features of鈥疢icrosoft鈥疶eams, including file collaboration, asynchronous鈥痗hat, and more.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
For鈥痠nstructions on how to get鈥痵tarted, what鈥痽ou can expect,鈥痑nd how to get the most out of Teams, check out鈥痶he鈥�.鈥赌�&苍产蝉辫;
Getting Help
We are excited to see what you can do with Teams in your classes鈥痑nd鈥痑re here to support you.鈥€疘f you need any help, please feel free to reach out to your local instructional designer or contact the help desk at 330-672-4357. If you would like training, we are offering鈥痵everal鈥痩ive (virtual)鈥痮ptions.鈥� Sign up鈥痑t鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Special Thanks
Lastly,鈥痺e would like to relay鈥痑 special thank you to the University Council of Technology and our faculty pilot group for their assistance in providing guidance and feedback with deployment of this platform.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
