Teams is a program like Zoom where you can hold video meetings. You may be invited to join your teacher's meetings or you can create your own meetings via Canva's text editing tools, which you can find on a group page.

Joining a Meeting

To enter a meeting, click on the link provided by your teacher. The link looks like this:

Join [name of meeting] (Microsoft Team Meetings) .

When you click on the link a new window opens where you can choose how you want to join the meeting. We recommend that you download the app, but you can also continue on your browser. Sometimes problems arise when using Safari as a browser, so we recommend that you choose another browser such as Google Chrome.

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When you have joined the meeting, you will be logged in. Here you choose what name you will display and how you would like your audio and video settings at the beginning of the meeting. Once you have entered your name, click ‘Join now’ (1). You will be taken directly into the meeting if you use the app. If you use the browser you will be placed in a digital waiting room, until the person holding the meeting approves you. It is for this reason we recommend using the app where possible.

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Creating your own Meeting

You can create your own meeting using the text editing tool that can be used on, among other things, 'Pages' on the group page. This feature is not currently supported by Safari, so we recommend using another browser such as Google Chrome.

Start by going to the group you where you want to create the meeting (1), click on the ‘+ Page’ option under ‘Pages’ (2) and then select the ‘V’ (3) on the text editing tool.

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Click on ‘Microsoft Teams Meeting’ at the bottom. The first time you do this, you will be asked to log in to Microsoft. Log in with your student account. You will be redirected to the regular LU login and here it is important that you enter your username@lu.se and your usual password. For example: aa1010aa-a@lu.se

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It is only the first time you create a meeting that you will need to log in. The second time, you will instead go directly to these pages:

Create the meeting by clicking on the 'Create meeting' link.

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Select the name of the meeting and then choose what time you would like the meeting to be held, then click on 'Create'.

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Then select whether you would like to go directly to 'Microsoft Teams-Meeting' or...
...copy the link by selecting 'Copy'. The link will then automatically be put on the page you have just created.

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Finish saving the page (5). Anyone with access to the site can now simply go in and click on the link in order to join to the meeting. You connect in the same way as in meetings with teachers, see 'Join a meeting' above.

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