How can I add a MS Teams link to my Moodle course?
Answer
Adding a working MS Teams link for remote attendance to a Moodle course requires the following steps:
- Create the meeting on the MS Teams calendar. Most of the meeting options can be left as default but if you want to allow students to share their screen be sure to change the option "who can present". It is advised that you do not use the "record automatically" option as this can result in students owning the recording.
- Once you have the meeting on your MS Teams calendar, copy the link and paste it on your Moodle course page as a URL type of resource.
- Add students as participants in your meeting. Students are not permanent participants in the meeting by default. Non participants will not be able to see previous chat history or access recordings of previous lessons. Participants can access recordings directly from the chat area. Please remember to update the participant list as students add or drop.
IMPORTANT: visiting students do not have a JCU email address, yet they are indeed entitled to get MS Teams access through their JCU Net ID. In this case, the instructor needs to add the student with their JCU Net ID (name.lastnameXX@johncabot.edu) on Teams, like for any other student.
After you have set up the meeting link, please remember to instruct your students, before your first lesson, on how they can attend class from remote using the link you have created on Moodle.