WDD 130: Web Fundamentals

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Setup: Microsoft Teams

Overview

Team learning is a collaborative effort and teams are an essential part of most career fields. In this setup activity, you will install and setup Microsoft Teams.

"that all may be edified of all" - D&C 88:122

One of the most powerful ways to learn is to teach. The Microsoft Teams collaboration tool supports the principles of love, service, and teach one another as stated in the BYU Idaho Learning Model.

Activity Instructions

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform by Microsoft that allows you to communicate, collaborate, and share files with your peers.

  1. Download Microsoft Teams on your computer and other device(s) as needed.
  2. Use your BYU-Idaho account to sign into Microsoft Teams.
  3. Complete the Introduction to Microsoft Teams tutorial.
  4. Complete the enrollment invitation you receive via email to enroll into this section's WDD 130 MS Team named something like Web Fundamentals.
  5. Turn on Channel Notifications for the General channel by clicking on the kebab menu ••• next to General channel and selecting Channel notifications. A settings dialog box will be provided. Select Banner and feed to received notifications and check include replies.
  6. Go to the Introductions channel and post a brief bio and hello to the rest of the class and turn on notifications.
Course-wide discussions, announcements, and other course topic threads will also take place in Teams in the General channel. You will be able to ask and answer questions and receive help from your peers and the instructor in the General channel.

Getting Help

If you were not able to complete any of these steps, then you are not prepared yet.
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