Past Connect+Learn Sessions

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Teams Updates for Winter 2022

It’s only March and 2022 has already been a busy year for Microsoft Teams. Join Connect+Learn for an overview of some recent changes. Updates discussed will include:

  • New chat functionalities
  • New video display settings
  • Adding a word cloud poll to your Teams meeting
  • Sharing whiteboard content from your computer’s camera
  • And more…

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Connect+Learn: Teams Q&A

Microsoft Teams has just added a new Q&A feature. This feature allows meeting attendees to submit questions to a meeting, and for the meeting organizer to moderate them. Join Connect+Learn for a brief demo.

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Introducing Teams Webinars

Join Connect+Learn for this session on the new Teams webinar feature. Topics discussed will include:

  • Teams meetings vs webinars
  • Creating a webinar invitation on Teams
  • Setting up a webinar registration form on Teams
  • Best practices for Teams webinars
  • And more…

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Teams Updates for Fall 2021

2021 has been a year of major Microsoft Teams updates. These updates have included key new functionalities such as breakout rooms, a transcription feature, new meeting dashboards and more. But what’s coming next? Join Connect+Learn for this glimpse into the near future. We will discuss major changes that are coming to Teams this fall, including:

  • The ability to designate meeting co-organizers.
  • The ability to extend the management of breakout rooms to specific presenters.
  • A new Q&A feature for Teams meetings.
  • Breakout room pre-meeting room creation and participant assignment.
  • And more…

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Connect+Learn: Microsoft Shifts: Managing Your Team’s Schedule

Join Connect+Learn for this introduction to Microsoft Shifts. Shifts is a schedule management tool that lets you create, update and manage schedules for your team​. With Shifts, you can:​

  • Create a new schedule or import an existing schedule from Excel.​
  • Toggle between different Shifts schedules to manage them if you own multiple teams.​
  • Create staff groups to help you better organize your schedule.​
  • Review requests for schedule changes.​
  • Allow your team to clock in and out with their mobile devices.

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