Teams | Teams Meetings Features & Functions
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PLEASE NOTE! Most of the following resources listed below, require you to hover over meeting participants to pull up this set of Meeting Controls:
We'll call this the Meeting Controls in the following help lists.
How do I mute my mic?
- Hover over the meeting participants to get your Meeting Controls.
- Find the microphone and click on it to mute (NOTE! Mute will appear when you hover over a live mic)
- Verify your mic has a line through it which means you are muted.
How can I chat with all meeting participants?
- Hover over the meeting participants to get your Meeting Controls.
- Click on the chat icon.
- Verify that your chat is on the right side of meeting window.
How can I share my screen?
- Hover over the meeting participants to get your Meeting Controls.
- Click on the Share Screen icon.
- Select the screen, window or application you wish to share.
- Verify you are sharing by noting a red box around the screen, window or application you selected.
- Click on the Share Screen icon again to turn off screen share.
How can I share a file with all meeting participants?
- Once the meeting has started, click on Chat on the left side.
- Verify that it defaulted to your current meeting as the top listed chat.
- Click on the Files tab at the top of the chat
- Click Share in the top left corner.
- Select the appropriate drive or location of the file.
- Select the File you want to upload
- Click the Share button.
- Verify the document is now in the files for that meeting.
How can I take meeting notes?
- Once the meeting has started, click on Chat on the left side.
- Verify that it defaulted to your current meeting as the top listed chat.
- Click on Meeting Notes at the top of the chat.
- Click on the Take Notes button.
- Click on Notes to begin taking notes for all participants to read.
How can I record the meeting?
- Hover over the meeting participants to get your Meeting Controls.
- Click on the three dots
- Click on the Start Recording
- Verify that there is a red dot next to your meeting timer
NOTE! All participants are also notified that the meeting is being recorded. - To STOP recording, get to meeting controls.
- Click on the three dots
- Click on Stop Recording
- Verify you want to stop by clicking on Stop Recording again.
NOTE: All videos will become available meeting notice in the chat.
The recorded video will be stored and shared from the OneDrive > Recordings folder of the individual who started the recording.
How can I change my camera backgrounds?
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