Remote Work Tips

MICROSOFT TEAMS

How To Enable Microsoft Teams Background Effects

To turn on background effects during a meeting, click More Options … > Background Effects. Select the background from the list. You can preview or directly apply.

To disable select 'none' which is top of the list and Apply.

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-your-background-for-a-teams-meeting-f77a2381-443a-499d-825e-509a140f4780

Collaborate on Files in MS Team

Work on Excel workbooks simultaneously with your colleagues, classmates, and students thanks to co-authoring on MS Teams

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/collaborate-on-files-in-microsoft-teams-9b200289-dbac-4823-85bd-628a5c7bb0ae?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Raise your hand in a Teams meeting

During a meeting, you can raise a virtual hand to let people know you want to contribute without interrupting the conversation.

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/raise-your-hand-in-a-teams-meeting-bb2dd8e1-e6bd-43a6-85cf-30822667b372

Pop out a chat in Microsoft Teams

You can instantly pop out your one-on-one or group chat into a separate window

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/pop-out-a-chat-in-teams-cff95cb0-34af-423f-8f69-fe9106973790

Manage Notifications in Teams

You can manage teams notifications in multiple ways.

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/manage-notifications-in-teams-1cc31834-5fe5-412b-8edb-43fecc78413d

Using Video in Microsoft Teams Meetings

When you join a Teams meeting, you'll be able to see the video streams of up to nine other people on your screen at the same time

• https://support.office.com/article/using-video-in-microsoft-teams-3647fc29-7b92-4c26-8c2d-8a596904cdae

Record a Meeting on Teams

Record any Teams meeting or call to capture audio, video, and screen sharing activity

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Record-a-meeting-in-Teams-34dfbe7f-b07d-4a27-b4c6-de62f1348c24

Tips for Better Meetings

You can have better, more productive Meetings

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/tips-for-better-meetings-80640ac4-b009-42ea-abcb-660e729e63e5?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

Keyboard shortcuts for Teams

Keyboard shortcuts are an essential alternative to using a mouse and can be more efficient than using a touchscreen.

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Keyboard-shortcuts-for-Microsoft-Teams-2e8e2a70-e8d8-4a19-949b-4c36dd5292d2

Teams Meetings

Six Things to know about chat in Teams

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/six-things-to-know-about-chat-in-microsoft-teams-88ed0a06-6b59-43a3-8cf7-40c01f2f92f2

Search in Teams

You’ve got a few search and filtering options to help you find messages, people, files and other informations in Teams.

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/search-for-messages-and-more-in-teams-4a351520-33f4-42ab-a5ee-5fc0ab88b263#ID0EAABAAA=Desktop

Video Permissions

You can check or change the permissions of the videos you record in Teams with the Stream service.

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/play-and-share-a-meeting-recording-in-teams-7d7e5dc5-9ae4-4b94-8589-27496037e8fa

Use OneNote Class Notebook in Teams

Your Class Notebook is a digital notebook for the whole class to store text, images, handwritten notes, attachments, links, voice, video, and more.

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-onenote-class-notebook-in-teams-bd77f11f-27cd-4d41-bfbd-2b11799f1440?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

Collaborate on files in Microsoft Teams

If you're working with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Visio files your colleagues can even view, edit, and collaborate on them, right within Teams

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/collaborate-on-files-in-microsoft-teams-9b200289-dbac-4823-85bd-628a5c7bb0ae?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

Teams and Channels in MS Teams

Teams are made up of channels, which are the conversations you have with your teammates. Each channel is dedicated to a specific topic, department, or project.

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/learn-about-teams-and-channels-5e4fd702-85f5-48d7-ae14-98821a1f90d3?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

Activity Feed On The Go

Your Activity feed is a summary of everything that's happened in the team channels you follow

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/activity-feed-on-the-go-f9a524fa-c7a2-41ee-9961-6d8d16f5550e