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How do I use it?

Mic

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Turn your audio on or off. If you mute yourself, you’ll still be able to hear others in the meeting.

Camera

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Turn your video on or off. If you turn video off, the others in the meeting won’t be able to see you.

Share

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Share your desktop (everything you have open) or specific applications (like Google Chrome or Microsoft Word) so everyone in the meeting can see. Permission must be enabled by the meeting host.

Chat

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Opens a chat in a sidebar pane. Send messages to everyone in the meeting.

People

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Displays a list of meeting participants in a sidebar pane. Gives the option of inviting more people to the meeting as it is ongoing.

Raise

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Virtually “raise” your hand if you have a question or a contribution to the ongoing discussion. Everyone in the meeting will be able to see that you have raised your hand. Click this button again to stop raising your hand.

React

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Provide nonverbal feedback, such as applause, heart, and thumbs up.

View

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Change how you view other participants in the meeting. Some options may be grayed out since you are not the host.

Apps

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Add additional apps, such as timers, to the meeting.

More

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Under the More button, you’ll find recording options, settings, language and speech (which controls closed captioning), and meeting info.

Leave

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Leave the meeting

Screensharing

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Note: All participants in a Teams meeting have permission to share their screens.

  1. Click the Share button in the Teams toolbar displayed along the top of the meeting window.

  2. To share your entire screen, select Screen. If you’d only like to share a specific window (such as your internet browser or a file you have open), click Window and then select the correct window from the available options.

  3. If you are sharing your screen to play a video or audio clip, turn on the Share sound toggle.

  4. Teams will automatically share whichever option you select.

  5. To stop sharing your screen, click the Stop sharing option at the top of your screen.

Turn on Captions

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Note: This will only turn on captions for you.

  1. Click More in the Teams toolbar displayed along the top of the meeting window.

  2. Use your cursor to hover over Language and speech.

  3. Click Turn on live captions.

Record

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Note: This will only turn on captions for you. Other meeting participants can choose to turn on captions for themselves following the same steps.

Record

Any member of a Teams meeting can record.

  1. Click More in the Teams toolbar displayed along the top of the meeting window.

  2. Hover over Record and Transcribe then select Start Recording. Other people in the meeting will be alerted that you have started recording.

  3. To stop recording, repeat Steps 1 and 2, selecting Stop Recording.

  4. A link to the meeting recording will appear in the meeting chat once it has finished uploading. The chat will continue to exist after the meeting has ended.

  5. The host Whoever started the recording can also find the recording it in the Recordings folder of their OneDrive account.

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