Teaching In Teams

This article explains how to record and share your class in Teams while also guiding you through monitoring participants, using chat and reactions for engagement, sharing content, and managing breakout rooms.

Recording Your Class

Note: Teams does not allow pausing a recording. If needed, you can stop the recording and start a new one.

Option 1: Record Automatically

1. Open Microsoft Teams and navigate to the Calendar app. 
2. Double click the class meeting you want to adjust, then click Meeting options. 
3. In the settings panel that appears, enable Record and transcribe automatically to record all of your classes. 

Option 2: Start Recording During Class

1. During the meeting, click the three dots for More. 
2. Select Record and transcribe and Start recording. 
3. Transcription will begin automatically confirm the transcription language if needed. A video recording will be generated automatically at the end of the class.

Sharing Your Recording

Allow some time for the recording to process and become available in your Teams account and in OneDrive This can take several minutes. Students who attended the class virtually will be able to view and access the recording from the Teams Chat. We recommend you share your recording in Moodle so that the rest of the students can access it as well. 

1. Navigate to your OneDrive in File Explorer.

2. Locate the folder named Recordings. 

3. Right click the recording you wish to share and select Share. 

4. Click the gear next to Copy link. 

5. Select People in Cambrian College and click Apply.

6. Click Copy link. 

Navigate to your course shell in Moodle.

1. Turn edit mode on. 

2. Scroll to the section where you want to add the link to your recording.

3. Click Add a resource or activity. 

4. Select URL. 

5. Give the URL a descriptive title.

6. Paste the URL in the External URL field.

7. Click Save and display.

Monitoring Participants

1. Click People to see who has joined your class. You can use this list to monitor attendance and confirm that all students are present. 
2. An attendance report is automatically generated and included with the recording. To view it, click the recording from the Chat and select Attendance under the Content tab. The report shows a list of attendees, when they joined and left, and their engagement during the session.

Using Chat and Communication Tools

1. Open the Chat window from your Zoom meeting to communicate with students during class. 
2. Ask students to use the Raise Hand feature if they have a question. Teams will show a numbered list of raised hands so you can see the order in which students asked. 
3. Students can also use Reactions to provide feedback during your session. 

Sharing Content

To share your screen, presentation, or other materials, use the Share icon on the meeting toolbar. 

You will see several options to share content. 

1. Presenter Mode This option controls how your video appears alongside shared content.
You can choose from:

• Content Only: just your content, no camera overlay.
• Standout: your webcam feeds places you in front of the content like a greenscreen effect.
• Side-by-Side: your video on the left, your content on the right.
• Reporter Mode: your video appears with the content over your shoulder, like a news broadcast.

2. Screen shares everything on your monitor: your desktop, open windows, notifications, etc.

3. Window shares just one application window such as a Chrome tab or a Powerpoint. If you switch apps, students won’t see the new app, they only see the originally selected window.

4. Microsoft Whiteboard opens the Microsoft Whiteboard, a collaborative digital canvas which you can save and export once the meeting is over.

5. Content from Camera uses your webcam to share physical content like paper, worksheets, textbooks, or objects.
It enhances the image automatically to make writing clearer.

7. Include Sound plays audio from your computer directly into the meeting. Toggle this on before sharing video if you want students to hear audio.

Recording and Transcript

1. Jump to specific points in the recording by clicking any line in the transcript.
2. Edit your recordings using Clipchamp. Click here for instructions.
3. Recordings are automatically saved to your OneDrive for 120 days. You can find them in the Recordings folder in OneDrive or directly in your Teams chat.

Annotation

If you plan to record your lesson, please note that Teams annotations will not appear in the recording. We recommend annotating directly in Word or PowerPoint while recording through Teams.

Annotation tools are can be used to make lessons more interactive and engaging. They can be used to walk through math equations step-by-step, highlight problem-solving methods, or to label diagrams. Annotation can also be use as a collaborative tool where students can contribute ideas, highlight important points, or work through problems together, helping to create a more dynamic and engaging learning environment.

Click here for instructions on how to use annotation tools in the classroom.

Breakout Rooms

Teams breakout rooms offer flexible spaces for student discussion, interaction, and collaboration. Because students aren’t added as attendees in advance, you’ll need to create and set up breakout rooms each class based on who joins. You can assign participants, set time limits, and allow students to return to the main meeting. During the session, you can send announcements, join rooms, and monitor activity through the breakout room chats or shared OneDrive documents. Since you can’t view students’ mics, cameras, or timers, it may help to use collaborative tools like Padlet or shared documents to support facilitation.

Click here to learn more about teaching with Breakout Rooms in Teams.