Course Outline - Microsoft Teams for End Users

Microsoft Teams for End Users

Course Duration: One Day

Target Audience:

Aimed at end users who are new to Microsoft Teams and wish to use the application to share data and collaborate with work colleagues.

Course Objectives:

To develop a good working knowledge of Microsoft Teams, to understand when and why they would use this tool for sharing and collaborating with other users, project tracking, and centralisation of conversations.

Course Outline:

Managing the Teams Environment

  • Accessing Teams through a browser, desktop app and mobile app
  • Your status
  • Your default general and notification settings

Understanding the Environment

  • Activities
  • Chat
  • Teams
  • Meetings
  • Files

Teams

  • Creating a new team
  • Adding members and removing members
  • Adding channels
  • Leaving a team
  • Editing the team
  • Deleting the team

Activity and Chat

  • Viewing mentions, replies and notifications
  • Filtering the activity panel
  • Starting a new chat
  • Continuing an existing chat
  • Formatting the chat message and use of emoji’s, giphys and stickers
  • Including attachments

Files

  • Viewing files being used by your team
  • Creating new files and folders
  • Uploading files
  • Creating a link
  • Opening files
  • Viewing files in cloud storage, e.g., OneDrive
  • Using Connectors
  • Adding tabs

Meetings

  • Viewing your calendar
  • Scheduling a meeting
  • Joining a meeting and leaving a meeting
  • Using video and muting
  • Sharing your desktop

Linking to Outlook and / or SharePoint

Discussion and Question Time