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Using Teams for Class Sessions and Office Hours
Posted May 14, 2025
by IDLT
Starting July 1, 2025, Microsoft Teams will become SIUE's official platform for all video and web conferencing. If you're teaching this summer or planning for fall, you should prepare to use Teams for synchronous class sessions and office hours; also, remove any existing references or links to Zoom in your Blackboard courses and syllabi.
Like Zoom, Teams allows you to create a recurring meeting link that you can share with your students via email or in Blackboard.
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Open Teams and access your Calendar in the left navigation bar.
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Click the dropdown arrow next to New meeting and select Class from the meeting template options.
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From there, you will be prompted to give the meeting a title, choose the date and time, and set recurrence options.
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Copy the meeting link and post it as a web link in Blackboard, or send the link to students via email.
For screenshots and step-by-step instructions on setting up a Teams meeting to host class sessions or office hours, check out this ITS KnowledgeBase article: Schedule Class Sessions/Office Hours and Post the Link to Blackboard
If you have any questions, please reach out to the Help Desk at help@siue.edu or 618-650-5500.
