Participating and collaborating in a Microsoft Teams meeting

How to collaborate and participate in Microsoft Teams meetings, as well as additional useful features.

Description

This article teaches you how to participate and collaborate in a Microsoft Teams meeting through many of Teams' helpful features.

Environment

Mac, PC, web browser, and mobile app

Solution 

Participate in a meeting 

• Adjust your view in a meeting

• Manage audio settings in Teams 

• Share content in a Teams meeting 

  • Share system audio in a Teams meeting - Allows participants to hear your audio when you share your screen (such as showing a video) 

• Record a meeting in Teams

  • Play and share a meeting recording

  • For recordings created before July 7, 2021, you'll need to log in to Microsoft Stream

• Record a transcription in Teams

  • If you need to record or transcribe a meeting that contains sensitive data, refer to the sensitive data recommendations 

• Raise your hand in a Teams meeting

• Change your background for a Teams meeting

  • Enjoy these OHIO video conferencing backgrounds! 

• Use Whiteboard in a Teams meeting

• If you are a meeting organizer, download a Teams meeting attendance report

 

Collaborate on files 

• Explore the files list

• Collaborate on files with your Team

• Use Planner in your Team 

  • Microsoft Planner is a lightweight project management tool that you and members of your Team can use to create, assign, and organize tasks to collaborate on. 

  • For more help using Planner, schedule an OIT consultation and we'll be happy to help 

 

Using tabs in a chat or channel 

• How to use tabs

• Use Forms in Microsoft Teams

 

Using Teams for hybrid meetings and classes 

• Use Microsoft Teams for meetings and classes in a hybrid environment

 

Using Teams with low bandwidth 

Bandwidth refers to the maximum data transfer rate of an Internet connection. Having low Internet bandwidth can result in a degraded Teams experience, especially when participating and collaborating in online meetings. Fortunately, Teams settings can be configured to help in these situations. 

• Ways to save bandwidth in Teams

• Optimize data usage on mobile devices

• Monitor and troubleshoot meeting quality

 

Outcome: You should now be able to participate and collaborate in a Teams meeting.

Get help from OIT

• Visit the Microsoft Teams page to create a ticket

• Visit the Help and Resources article for further assistance with Microsoft Teams

• Visit the Technology Resources and Training page for an OIT training