Navigating Blackboard

What Is Teach in Copilot?  Teach is an AI-powered application in Microsoft Copilot designed to support educators with lesson planning, assessment creation, and student support. Teach can support faculty by:  Saving time on repetitive tasks like re-designing lesson plans or creating rubrics  Facilitating brainstorming and enhancing creativity  Improving accessibility by generating study guides and lessons [...]

What is a ‘Breakout Room’ in Microsoft Teams? Foster connections and meaningful discussions in medium to large Teams meetings by creating breakout rooms. Breakout rooms are a setting you can configure before or during a Microsoft Teams meeting that sends participants and/or students to small independent groups, where they might work on assessments or discuss […]

What is Microsoft Stream?  Microsoft Stream is a powerful video platform used to create, edit, share, and manage video content like online class recordings. Stream integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft 365 applications such as OneDrive and Microsoft Teams, making it an essential tool for online teaching and learning. Here are some of its features:  Easily […]

What are the meeting options in Microsoft Teams? Meeting options are settings that can be customized to personalize participant engagement and meeting security. Only the meeting organizer or co-organizers can make changes to meeting options. While it may be possible to edit the meeting options while in session, it is generally recommended that changes are [...]

How should I share my screen if I am teaching an online class? When sharing your screen in MS Teams, choosing to share a specific window on your device may affect the behavior and certain functionalities of MS Teams. If you’re teaching using MS Teams and need to switch between multiple screens and windows, we […]

What is Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Teams is Humber’s official video conferencing tool for online course sessions. MS Teams comes fully equipped with robust, professional features to maximize content sharing, collaboration and accessibility. Used by many, it offers a modern user interface and is available in several devices (desktop/web/mobile/tablet) to meet the needs of your students. […]

This is an external resource created by ITS at Humber that outlines the technology in Teams Classrooms and their functionality.

This is an external resource created by ITS at Humber that guides you in connecting to the Teams Classroom technology using your laptop or Podium PC for an in-person teaching session.

This is an external resource created by ITS at Humber that offers detailed instructions on how to start a meeting, join a meeting, and record a classroom session utilizing Teams Classroom technology for flexible teaching sessions.

This is an external resource created by ITS at Humber that guides you in using Advanced Features in the Teams Classrooms, like; camera, audio and light controls, enabling live captions, and using the monitor controls.