1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Click on the Options button toward the top right of the Teams panel and select Your teams and channels.
3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the top right corner next to “Create team” and select Join Team.
4. A window will appear where you can:
   • Search for public teams at Tufts
   • Join a team using a code that has been provided to you

      

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Click on the Options button toward the top right of the Teams panel and select Your teams and channels.
3. Click on Create team in the top right corner.
4. A window will appear where you can decide to if you want to:
   • Create a new team from a template (Class, Professional Learning Group, Staff, Other). For more information, visit Microsoft’s support page about team types.
   • Create a new team by copying one of your existing teams
   • Create a new team from an existing group

      

5. Complete the rest of the steps in the team setup wizard to give your team a name/description, add members, etc. 

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Find the team that you would like to manage in the left-hand Teams menu. Click the More options button and select Add member.
3. A window will appear where you can start adding members to your team. To add team members, start typing their name and suggestions will appear from the Tufts Directory. People from outside of Tufts can also be invited to join as guests. Multiple team members can be added this way. You can also decide if you want the new members to be team owners.
4. When you are done listing team members, click Add.

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Find the team that you would like to manage in the left-hand Teams menu. Click the More options button and select Manage team.
3. A Settings page will load. Click Edit in the Team details section.
4. Select the desired privacy level (Private or Public). 
5. Click Done.

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Find the team that you would like to manage in the left-hand Teams menu. Click the More options button and select Manage team.
3. A page will load with tabs where you can view and manage the team’s members, pending requests, channels, settings, and more.

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Find the team that you would like to leave in the left-hand Teams menu. Click the More options button and select Leave team.

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Find the team that you would like to manage in the left-hand Teams menu. Click the More options button and select Add channel.
3. A window will load where you can set up the new channel.
   • Channel name – Give the channel a short but descriptive name.
   • Description (optional) – Describe the channel’s intended use.
   • Privacy – Choose one of the following options:
     • Standard – Everyone on the team will have access.
     • Private – Accessible only to a specific group of people within the team. You will be asked later to add specific team members to the channel.
     • Shared - Share this channel with your entire team, as well as another person or team.
   • Automatically show this channel in everyone’s channel list – Check this box if you want the channel to automatically be visible in team members’ channel list. Otherwise, it will be hidden.
4. Click Create. If a Private channel is being created, you will be asked to select team members to the channel.

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Click the More options button and select Manage channel.
3. A page will load where you can edit options for the channel.

    

 Messages within a Team’s Channel are called Posts and can be viewed by anyone in the Channel.

Creating a New Post

1. Click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Find the team that you would like to interact with in the left-hand Teams menu and click on the Channel where you would like to post.
3. Make sure the Posts tab is selected at the top of the Channel window.
4. Click Start a post toward the bottom of the page.
5. Use the text box at the bottom of the window to prepare a new message. If you’d like to tag someone in your message, simply type the @ symbol and their name (e.g. @JohnJumbo) then select them from the popup menu.

    

6. When you're ready, click Post.

Responding to a Post

To respond to someone else’s post, you can simply create a new post using the directions described above. You can also move your mouse over a post and use one of the available emojis or additional options.

Threads

If you wish to respond to someone’s post while creating a separate thread within the conversation, click the Reply option under their post and compose your message.

As people continue to reply to each other within the thread, it creates a side conversation. The main conversation and any other threads can still continue on as usual. 

 Teams allows you to generate an email address for a channel. Emails sent to that address, including attachments, are then posted to the channel! You can also control who is allowed to use that email address to post in this way.

1. Click on the Options button for the channel and select Get email address.

    

2. A window will appear with the channel's email address. From here, you can:
   • Copy the email address so you can use it.

      

   • Click Advanced settings, where you can manage who can send messages to the channel via that address or Remove email address to disable/delete it. (Note: The old email address will no longer be useable in the future, but a new one can be created by following the previous steps.)

Choose whether you want to see your Chat and Teams/Channels in separate panels or combined into one!

1. Click the Options icon in the top right corner and select Settings.
2. Select Chats and channels in the lefthand menu.
3. In the “Viewing chats, teams, and channels” section, select an option:
   • Combined – Combines your chats and teams/channels into a single panel, with dedicated Chats and Teams/Channels sections. You can also create custom sections for yourself and click-and-drag items into your desired order.
   • Separate – Keeps your chats and teams/channels in two separate panels. Within each panel, you can also create custom sections for yourself and click-and-drag items into your desired order.

See below for a comparison of Combined and Separate views.

In addition to the standard “Teams and channels” section, you can create custom sections and add team channels to them. Within these section, you can click-and-drag teams/channels around as needed.

To move a channel to a new or existing section, click the options button next to the channel name, select Show in, and then select an existing section or create a new one.