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Running a Meeting

Managing settings, features and controls as the host, moderator, or presenter during a meeting.

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  • Prevent Take Control during meetings

    How to prevent Take Control 1. After you have created a meeting, click on the meeting on your calendar to edit it.  2. Click  Meeting o ptions   to open a new window with extra options. ...

    Last Modified: 5/12/2023
  • Meeting Management Essentials

    When you have a meeting in Microsoft Teams, there are some things you should think about before starting.  1. Muting your Microphone If you are not the one talking, you should remember to mute...

    Last Modified: 5/12/2023
  • Record a Live Teams Meeting
    Starting meeting recording and stopping meeting recording to capture important parts of the meeting/lecture.
    Last Modified: 6/15/2023
  • Leaving versus Ending a meeting
    When you leave a meeting, the meeting continues uninterrupted without you. Anyone can leave a meeting at any time. Click the phone icon on the toolbar to leave a meeting. When you end
    Last Modified: 5/12/2023
  • Using Microsoft Whiteboard

    Whiteboard in a Teams meeting To quickly open a Whiteboard in a Teams meeting, you can click the Whiteboard option in the screen-sharing panel. This will open a Whiteboard directly in the t...

    Last Modified: 6/15/2023
  • Using Breakout Rooms
    Use breakout rooms to break students into small groups during class meetings. You can open and close rooms more than once during a session or move participants between rooms. Only meeting organizers c...
    Last Modified: 5/12/2023
  • Spotlight and Pinning

    Pinning Vs Spotlight  The biggest difference between these two actions is who they affect. When something is pinned the pinner is the only one who will see it. When using Spotlight every person i...

    Last Modified: 5/12/2023
  • Polls for meetings
    Polls can be added as a Tab in meetings to create and launch pre created or on the fly questions for participants. Go to a scheduled meeting and click the "+" on the Tabs row, then select Polls from
    Last Modified: 5/12/2023