Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is mainly used to let students ask questions live during the lectures. We may use it also occasionally to broadcast live the lectures, although not necessarily. If you miss a lecture, the recording will be available in Wattle some time after the lecture.
Installing#
Microsoft Teams can be downloaded from Microsoft directly here.
The desktop version is available for Windows PCs and Mac. If you have OS such as Linux, you will need to download the mobile version.
If you do not wish to install Microsoft Teams, you can also use it in a web browser at https://teams.microsoft.com. However, we do not recommend you use the web version of Microsoft Teams as you may encounter issues with calls or screen sharing when using the web version. If you encounter any such weird issues, try installing Microsoft Teams and use that version instead.
Logging in#
You should be able to log into Microsoft Teams using your ANU id (uNNNNNNN
) and password.
If you are an alumni, you may encounter an issue logging into Microsoft Teams. If this is the case, please make a ticket in the IT Service Desk so that IT Services will fix this for you.
Joining a team#
Microsoft Teams calls their groups/group chats just “team” or “teams” confusingly. Each team has a “General” team chat, and possibly multiple channels, which are just separate chats in the same team.
You will need to join the team for lectures to participate in the live lectures, and if you are joining an online lab, also the team for your particular lab slot. These are separate teams.
In most cases, you will see that you have already been added to the team for the lab group you are signed up to by us. If this is a case you should see the team when you open teams (each team you are in will show up as a big square box, like the one in the red box in the image below). Note that this may sometimes not happen until shortly before your first lab starts.
To join a team manually, you will need an access code. These will be posted on the course wattle page here. Once you have the code, find the “Join or create team” button in Teams. This should be in the top right corner of the “Teams” tab in Microsoft Teams if you are using the default grid layout (button bounded by violet box in image above), or in the bottom left if you have changed your settings to use the list layout.
Lectures#
Live online lectures may be streamed in the lectures team as a team call/meeting.
To prevent any particular channel from getting cluttered over the semester, each lecture will be held in a new channel in the same lectures team. The lecturers will create the new channel (shortly) before each lecture, and you should be able to see these channels in the left side bar of the team.
When joining a lecture, please make sure your microphone is muted so that you don’t disrupt the lecture (and so as to avoid loud feedback sounds). The buttons to toggle your microphone and video are in the top right of the meeting window (see violet box in image below). If you choose to leave your video on, please make sure you are dressed appropriately.
Each lecturer may run their lecture differently from each other, please follow their rules/instructions. In general however, you can always ask your question in the meeting chat, which can be opened by clicking the “text bubble button” in the meeting popout window (button in red box in image above).
If you are chatting from the main Microsoft Teams window, to send your message to the meeting chat, press the reply button under the current lecture meeting (see below image). Messages sent using the “new conversation” or bottom text bar do not get sent to the meeting chat, but rather the channel chat.
Lectures in Microsoft Teams may be recorded by the lecturer. Please DO NOT use the record button in the lecture meeting, as that will stop the recording started by the lecturer.