Teams is a centralized hub for communication and collaboration within a team, department or student group, allowing you to share content and access other apps
Every NCU department has an official department team in Microsoft Teams, where department work and files belong. Learn how it differs from other teams and when to move things back to it.
Learn how to join a Microsoft Teams meeting at North Central University from Outlook, Teams, or a link, in the app or your browser, and why signing in with your NCU account helps.
Learn what Microsoft Teams is used for at North Central University and find every NCU guide for chat, meetings, calling, and team files.
Learn the accessibility features in Microsoft Teams, including captions, transcripts, and screen reader support.
Learn the accessibility features in Microsoft Teams, including captions, transcripts, and screen reader support.
Learn how to create a team in Microsoft Teams, and how owners archive or delete a team when its work is done.
Learn how team owners add someone from outside NCU to a Microsoft Teams team as a guest, what guests can see, and how to remove them.
Add an app, file, or website as a tab at the top of a channel or chat so everyone can get to it quickly.
Learn how instructors add a Microsoft Teams meeting to a Canvas course at North Central University.
Learn how to add co-organizers and presenters to a Microsoft Teams meeting, and what each role can do.
Learn how team owners add or remove members and change member roles in Microsoft Teams.
Learn how to blur your background or use a background image, including your own, in Microsoft Teams meetings.
Choose how you see people in a Teams meeting, pin someone's video for yourself, or spotlight a video for everyone.
Learn how to use a chat with yourself in Microsoft Teams for notes, reminders, links, and files.
Learn how to choose whether Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files open in Teams, your browser, or the desktop app.
Learn how to create a team in Microsoft Teams at North Central University and set it up so it lasts.
Learn how to create, rename, pin, and hide channels in Microsoft Teams.
Learn how to see who attended a Microsoft Teams meeting, when they joined and left, and how to download the attendance report.
Fix or remove a Teams message you sent, and save messages to find them again later.
Learn how to find a team in Microsoft Teams at NCU, join a public team, ask to join a private one, see its members and owners, and show a hidden team.
Forward one or more Teams messages to a person, group chat, or channel, with an optional note.
Learn how to set up a Microsoft Teams town hall at North Central University to broadcast to up to 10,000 people with Q&A.
Learn how to set up a Microsoft Teams webinar with registration at North Central University, for events of up to 1,000 people.
For people outside NCU: how to join a Microsoft Teams meeting from a web browser or the Teams app without an NCU account.
Learn how to add a second device to a Microsoft Teams meeting you're already in, like your desktop for presenting, or move the meeting to another device.
NCU uses Microsoft Teams, but partners and outside groups may send Zoom or Google Meet links. Learn how to join those calls from your browser on an NCU computer.
Teams meeting recordings and transcripts at NCU are deleted automatically after 120 days. Learn how to check the expiration date, extend it, or keep a recording with no expiration.
Learn how to leave a Microsoft Teams team or group chat you no longer need, or hide it instead.
Leave a Teams meeting on your own, or, as the organizer, end it for everyone.
In Microsoft Teams, everyone in a team can open and edit files in its standard channels. Learn when that's a problem and how to keep some files to fewer people with a private channel.
Learn how to copy a link to a specific Teams message or channel so you can share it with others.
Learn how to make Microsoft Teams meetings at NCU easier for everyone to follow, with live captions, transcription, and simple habits.
Learn how to cut down on Microsoft Teams notifications by muting chats and channels, marking everything as read, and setting quiet times.
Use @mentions in Teams to get someone's attention in a chat or channel, or notify a whole channel or team.
Pop a Teams chat out into its own window so you can keep it open while you work in another part of Teams.
Pin, hide, or show channels and add favorites so the teams and channels you use most are easy to find.
Keep important Teams chats at the top, silence busy ones, or hide chats you don't need, and get them back later.
Learn how to present slides in a Microsoft Teams meeting with PowerPoint Live so you can see your notes while everyone else sees only your slides.
Learn how to record and transcribe a Microsoft Teams meeting at NCU, where the recording is saved, and the rules for recording university meetings and classes.
Learn how to restore a deleted file or an earlier version of a file in Microsoft Teams at North Central University.
Learn how to create a poll before or during a Microsoft Teams meeting and see the results.
Write a Teams chat message now and have it send later, and change or delete a scheduled message.
Learn how to schedule a Microsoft Teams meeting from Teams or Outlook at North Central University.
Find messages, files, people, and chats in Microsoft Teams, or search inside one conversation.
Set your Teams status and status message, use Do not disturb, and schedule an out-of-office message.
Learn how to share a file in a Microsoft Teams chat and where that file is actually stored.
Learn how to share a file from Microsoft Teams or OneDrive securely at North Central University by sharing with specific people.
Learn how to share your screen, one window, or a PowerPoint in a Microsoft Teams meeting, include your computer's sound, and stop sharing.
Learn how to sign in to Microsoft Teams with your NCU account and find your teams, channels, and chats in the Teams app.
Learn how to start a one-on-one or group chat in Microsoft Teams and name a group chat.
Learn how to add Microsoft Teams files to your computer with OneDrive so you can open them from File Explorer or Finder.
Add an agenda, notes, and follow-up tasks to a Teams meeting that everyone invited can see and edit.
Learn how to use Microsoft Planner with your NCU account to create a plan, add and assign tasks, and track progress with your team.
Learn how to put a Teams call on hold, transfer it to a coworker, add someone to a call, and set where your calls ring or forward.
Translate a Teams chat message into your language, or have Teams translate messages automatically.
Learn how to create, open, and close breakout rooms in a Microsoft Teams meeting so people can work in small groups.
Chat before, during, and after a Teams meeting, find the meeting chat later, and know who can see it.
Send a table, checklist, or list in a Teams chat that everyone in the chat can edit live.
Learn how to add a OneNote notebook to a Microsoft Teams channel, create more than one, and save a copy of notes you need before you leave a team.
See when someone has read your Teams chat message, check who read it in a group chat, or turn read receipts off.
Create a tag for a group of people in a team so you can @mention all of them at once.
Learn how to pop out Microsoft Teams chats and meetings into their own windows so you can use them on a second monitor.
Get the Microsoft Teams app on your phone, sign in with your NCU account, and set quiet time so work notifications don't follow you all day.
Learn how to open Microsoft Whiteboard in a Teams meeting so everyone can draw, add sticky notes, and brainstorm together, and where to find it afterward.
See your meetings in Teams, change the calendar view, respond to invitations, and join meetings from the calendar.
Learn how to upload, create, open, and find files in a Microsoft Teams channel at North Central University.
Learn Microsoft Teams size limits at NCU, including how many people can join a meeting, how many members a team can have, and how big a group chat can be.
Find NCU guides for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft's own free Teams training and video tutorials.
Learn the difference between public and private teams in Microsoft Teams at NCU, who can find and join each, and why private is the better choice for most department work.
Learn the difference between standard, private, and shared channels in Microsoft Teams and when to use each.
Learn what team owners are responsible for in Microsoft Teams at North Central University, including keeping a second owner.
Learn when to use a Teams chat, a Teams channel, or email at NCU so messages reach the right people and are easy to find later.
Common Microsoft Teams keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac, like mute, camera, search, and raise your hand.
Learn how to fix a camera that says it's in use, a microphone people can't hear, or no sound in a Microsoft Teams meeting.
Learn when to use a regular Microsoft Teams meeting, a webinar, or a town hall for NCU events, and how to start each one.
Learn what to do when Microsoft Teams won't open, keeps loading, or won't let you sign in.
Learn the quick fixes for Microsoft Teams when it won't load, keeps crashing, shows old information, or won't sign in.
Learn where student records, HR information, and other sensitive data can go in Microsoft Teams, and how to keep it limited to the people who need it.