Microsoft Teams Usage Guides
The University is moving from Zoom to Microsoft Teams, and these guides are designed to help you set up Teams to do the same things you currently do in Zoom — whether that's a small tutorial, a lecture, a public event or an all-staff briefing.
You can work through the guides at your own pace, or book onto one of the training sessions if you'd prefer a led walk-through with the chance to ask questions.
There are four guides — pick the one that best matches the kind of session you run:
- Microsoft Teams for Tutorials, Workshops and Seminars (pdf) — for small-group teaching where you want discussion, breakouts and cameras on. Best for tutors, workshop facilitators and anyone running interactive sessions with up to around 30 students.
- Microsoft Teams for Lectures Guide (pdf)— for delivering lectures to larger cohorts, including muting attendees on entry, turning off attendee cameras, and recording sessions for students to watch back later on Moodle.
- Microsoft Teams for Webinars, Public Lectures and Events (pdf) — for events where attendees register in advance, where you need a Q&A panel, or where you have a clear split between presenters and audience. Useful for public lectures, external-facing events and any session you want a registration list for.
- Microsoft Teams for Town Halls and Large Events (pdf) — for very large broadcasts (up to 10,000 attendees as standard), such as all-staff briefings, school-wide updates or major institutional events.
If you're not sure which guide applies to you, start with the one closest to the size and style of your session — most of the underlying Teams features are the same, and the guides will point you to the right settings.