Note: It is strongly recommended to complete the Intermediate seminar first.

Learn how-to collaborate remotely, in real time, with Teams.

Microsoft Teams is a component of UA's Office 365 subscription. The Teams service presents a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage (including collaboration on files), and application integration in one screen.

Instructions on how to join the meeting are emailed the day before the seminar.

Topics presented in this hands-on session include:

1. Create and participate in Breakout sessions
   1. create one session
   2. create and move between concurrent breakout sessions
   3. end a breakout session
2. Channels
   1. understand difference between General and other channels
   2. review channel Privacy
   3. create private channel
3. Add functionality using Teams application Tabs
   1. understand features a Tab can add to a team
   2. create a tab in a private channel
   3. add a video from Stream to a channel
   4. add sample Excel budget file as tab
   5. create and distribute polls to survey members within a chat
   6. create and populate project plans and tasks
4. Save chats or conversations transcripts for easy search retrieval
5. Search, review and for saved or unread messages
6. Use Tags to quickly reach only certain group members
7. Use Teams’ built-in help tools
   1. Learn shortcut keys
   2. Set status to Do Not Disturb
   3. Keep up with new features added to Teams
8. How to check for available Teams updates
9. Add Teams to your smartphone