Description
Microsoft Teams offers various collaboration features, one of which is video conferencing. The solution helps in conducting quick team meetings with campus members. Teams video conferencing provides basic features to share your screen with participants and record the entire conference. This can be used as an alternative to Zoom for smaller group meetings. Microsoft Teams allows users to join in a group video call and actively discuss, brainstorm and work on files in real-time. This article will show you how to get started with Teams Video conferencing. To install Microsoft Teams, download here or go to https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app.
Procedure
1. On the Teams section, select and click the team name of the users you would like to video conference with, or you can join or create a team on the right side of the page.
2. Click the 'Meet now' icon just below the conversation box.
3. You will be asked to allow access to the camera and audio. Click OK.
4. Click Meet Now to get started. You may select the option to turn off the camera by clicking the On/Off button.
5. On the right side of the page are the participants of the conference. Hover on the name and click the '...' beside and click Ask to join.
6. You may invite people who are not included in the team by typing in their name or by clicking Copy join info and sending it to the users.
7. Screen Sharing allows you to show the view of your screen to the participants. Click the Screen Sharing button to share.
8. If you would like to record your meeting so that other members of the channel can watch it later, go to the more options button in your call and select Start recording.
9. To end the call, click the End call red telephone button.
If you have any further questions, email servicedesk@qatar.tamu.edu or call us at (974) 4423-0009.