Teams - Channels - Create a Channel for Student Interaction

Description:

A Team does not work the same for students as it does Faculty/Staff. To message and share files with students in a Team, they MUST be added to a specially made Channel.

If you add the student to the main Team, they will not see the Team or any messages in the 'General' channel.  

Follow these directions to create a Shared Channel.  In this channel you would message with students. Each channel has their own SharePoint as well and you would use this for sharing files and making pages for them.

Instructions:

1. Open Teams
2. Go to Teams section
3. Click the ... next to the Team name
4. Click Add channel
5. Set:
   1. Channel name: Put a meaningful, descriptive name here
   2. Description: Include if you like
   3. Choose a channel type: Shared
   4. Click Create
6. ​​​​​​​Add users if you like (enter FULL student email address), or click Skip to do later
   1. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​If the student isn't displaying to select when you enter the email, try another or Skip. There is an issue on Microsoft end. Come back another time to try to add the student again.

To add students after the channel is created:

1. Click the ... next to the Channel name
2. Click Share channel > With people
3. Enter FULL student email address
   1. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​If the student isn't displaying to select when you enter the email, try another or Skip. There is an issue on Microsoft end. Come back another time to try to add the student again.

Additional Info/Resources: 

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