Faculty Teams Training FAQs

Great question! Teams can be accessed on iPads, tablets, laptops, Chromebooks and phones (Android + iPhone)

To get the full Teams experience, employees can download the Microsoft Teams Desktop Application through the UNF Software Center. Remote desktop connections do not provide access to camera and microphone which are necessary for calls and video chats. Contact the ITS Help Desk by chat support.unf.edu or email helpdesk@unf.edu if you need assistance.

Canvas recently released some documentation to allow some integrations. This has been brought to the Canvas admin team to review.

There is a lot of layover in the features. The benefit of Teams is that everything you need can be housed in one place, like a centralized hub. You can have the classroom features you mentioned, a communication center, a collaboration center with video chat all in one place.

Yes, but Teams also has built in audio and video.

Yes, by using your UNF credentials for Teams you have access to full Teams feature set. You can still create a team under your UNF credentials then invite your research group as guests even if they aren’t part of UNF.

Installing Microsoft Teams on your local PC gives the best audio and video-experience. You do not need the VPN. You may also add Teams on your iOS or Android device to attend meetings, chat, and access files. It works simultaneously on most devices.

The Help Desk can help with remote assistance. If audio and video work in other apps, it will work in Teams.

A regular Teams meeting can hold up to 250 participants each with equal access. A Live Event allows only the presenters to share audio and video, audience members are non-contributory viewers. Live events can hold up to 10,000 people.Live Events are restricted due to the limitation of concurrent live events allowed by Microsoft. If you need to create a Live Event, submit a Help Desk ticket with your use case and time period.

Yes. The organizer can start recording at any time. All participants will be notified.

You cannot delete a chat, but you can hide it. If you select the "..." button on the right side, you can hide it from your view. You can delete individual messages within a chat by clicking on the “…” that appear above the line.

Yes, you can delete files you have added.

When you select the "Staff" type team, it will have a OneNote. A “staff” notebook provides individual sections to each member viewable only to them and the team owner.

You can create additional channels for small group work. The assignment tab will only populate in the "general" channel, however while creating an assignment, you can specify which students you want to assign assignments to, so you can send different assignments for different students if needed.

In order to create assignments, you just need to be in Class Teams. As long as you are using the Class Teams, you should be able to create assignments. If you are in a Staff Team, the assignment option will not be available. Class teams are designed for education uses. You’re better off using the Planner or To Do channel in a non-class team.

Staff can leave the team on their own and Team Owners can remove staff when appropriate.