You can create Microsoft Teams meetings directly in Brightspace and insert the link in your course content.
There are two ways to do this.
Option one
- Choose where you want to insert the link (course content, announcements, discussions, quizzes or assignments)
- Click on the icon 'Insert Quicklink'
- Choose MS Teams Meeting
4. After choosing MS Teams Meeting, sign into Microsoft Teams with your Microsoft credentials and select Create meeting link.
5. Name your meeting (add title box)
6. Adjust the date and time
7. Click the Create button.
8. Click Insert and the link will be posted in your html box.
You can then add any additional text and when you are done, click on save and close.
Once saved people in the course will be able to see and press on the link, which will directly open the Microsoft Teams Meeting.
Option two
- Choose the unit from your course content
- Click on Add Existing
- Choose MS Teams Meeting
After clicking on MS Teams Meeting you will receive the same pop-ups as option one.
Log in, select create meeting link and fill in your meeting details.
When you create a MS Teams links via this option, you may get a screen which states 'teams.microsoft.com refused to connect'. Please read below for instructions on how to fix this.
1. On your newly created link, click the ellipsis and then Edit
2. You will arrive in Edit teams meeting. Locate the Display Options setting
3. Change your setting choice to Open in a new tab (recommended)
Note: the option Open in a new tab is recommended to prevent authentication issues to your resource. Time on page is not tracked.