WDD 131: Dynamic Web Fundamentals

Setup: Microsoft Teams

Overview

Microsoft Teams Logo

Group work is an essential part of most career fields. The Teams application is a collaboration platform by Microsoft that allows you to connect and share content with your peers. This communications tool supports the principles of love, service, and teach one another as shown in the BYU Idaho Learning Model.

In this setup activity, you will install Microsoft Teams.

Instructions

  1. Download Microsoft Teams on your computer and other device(s) as desired.
  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 131 MS Team named something like Dynamic 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 Microsoft Teams in the General channel or other labeled channels established by your instructor.

Getting Help

If you were not able to complete any of these steps, then you are not ready for the course.
Please reach out for help by messaging the instructor.