Create a team using Windows
Create a Channel
Customize and Manage a team
Create a team
In Teams, on the left side, click Teams. Click the down arrow beside the and select New team.
Note: The appearance of the add team will be different based on the view that you have set in Team's Preferences.
Select a team type. Choose from Class, Professional Learning, Staff, and Other.
We will use Staff as an example. Click on Use this template.
Always choose Private as the privacy setting. This will require the owner of the team to add any new members.
Due to the risk of having sensitive information made available to everyone in the organization, Public teams must be approved and created by ITS. If you need a Public team created, please open a Service Request to create a Public team to have it created.
Enter the team name. The name should be descriptive. Once created, the name of the team will have “UserCreated” appended.
Click Add member to add a person or a group to a team. An invitation will be sent to their email account. Once they have accepted the invitation, the person or a group will appear under Members and guests.
Create a Channel
Each team has a General channel for announcements and information. To add an additional Channel:
- There are two ways to create additional Channels. You can click on the ellipsis and choose Add Channel. Or you can click on Channels then +Add channel.
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First, name your Channel. Then Choose a channel type.
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Standard channels are open for all team members and anything posted is searchable by others.
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Private channels are for discussions that shouldn't be open to all team members.
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Shared channels are for collaborating with people inside and outside your team or organization.
Customize and Manage your Team
- Next to the team name, select the ellipsis for More options next to the team name.
Select Manage team to configure Members, Channels, Settings, and Apps.
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Select Settings to change more team options.
