Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a secure, cloud-based chat and group collaborative workspace that seamlessly integrates with Canvas and other Microsoft 365 applications, including Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint. The Microsoft Teams integration (also called Class Teams or Microsoft Teams classes) is available in all Canvas courses and allows instructors to create a team to chat and collaborate with their students.

When enabled in a Canvas course, a team is automatically created and all of the students are added as team members. The team will automatically update membership each time a student is added or dropped from the course.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Microsoft Teams includes options for Assignments and Grades. These features are not connected to Canvas assignments and grades in any way.
• While additional Northwestern users may be added to a team, only people with a valid NetID will have access to the Northwestern instance of Teams in Canvas. 
  
  

STEP 1: Sync and Provision Microsoft Teams with your Canvas Course

1. In your Canvas course, click on Settings at the bottom of your left-hand navigation
2. Select Integrations in the top menu bar
3. Click the button for Sync (a green checkmark should appear when selected)
4. Click Sync now

This will create a Team for the Canvas course. Each time a student is added or dropped from the class, the sync will initiate automatically. All adds/drops will be reflected in the Team. The process takes approximately five minutes to complete.  

STEP 2: Add Teams to your Canvas Course

1. Click on the Learning Apps tab on the left-hand navigation of your Canvas course (if Learnings Apps does not appear in your course, click Settings at the bottom of the left-hand navigation and select Navigation in the top menu bar to locate and enable the Learning Apps tab).
2. Locate Microsoft Teams and select Install Now
3. Click the green Install Microsoft Teams button

Teams will appear on the left-hand navigation. When you click on the Team, you will be prompted to open the Teams application. If you do not have the Teams app, you will have the option to either download it or use the web application.

STEP 3: Activate your Team

Once you have opened your Team, click Activate at the top of the General Channel. Your team will now be active and you and your students will be able to participate within the Team.

Learn More

Learn more about Microsoft Teams on the Northwestern IT website.

Microsoft offers the following guides and tutorials for Microsoft Teams for Education and Class Teams:

• Quick Start Guide for Educators Links to an external site. and the Quick Start Guide for Students Links to an external site.
• Take the Teams course Links to an external site. in the Microsoft Educator Center
• YouTube Teams for Education Playlist Links to an external site.
• Check out the Teams Support page Links to an external site.
• Get the latest Teams for Education updates on our blog Links to an external site.
  
  

Support

Contact Teaching & Learning Technologies at canvas@northwestern.edu if you are having difficulties adding Microsoft Teams to Canvas, or if you'd like to set up a consultation to discuss using Teams in your courses.

For assistance with Microsoft Teams, please submit a support ticket to consultant@northwestern.edu.