Microsoft Teams Meetings for Brightspace

Brightspace allows you to use Microsoft Teams Meetings to schedule web conferencing sessions with your students directly through your course. 

Creating a Teams Meeting in a Content area/Module

  1. In the desired Content area of your course, click on the Existing Activities button.
  2. Select MS Teams Meeting.
  3. Authenticate and click Create meeting link.
  4. Enter the meeting details and click Create.
  5. Review and update the meeting options as required, and click Insert.
  6. Click on the title of the link you just created.
  7. Scroll down and click on the "Edit Link" button.
    1. Edit Link button
  8. Check the box for "Open as External Resource" and click Update.

Creating a Teams Meeting in Announcements

  1. In the body of an announcement, click Insert Quicklink.
  2. Select MS Teams Meeting.
  3. Enter your authentication information and click Create meeting link.
  4. Enter the meeting details and click Create.
  5. Review and update the meeting options as required, and click Insert.
  6. Click Publish.

Creating a Teams Meeting in Email ​​

  1. Within the body of an email message, click Insert Quicklink.
  2. Select MS Teams Meeting.
  3. Authenticate and click Create meeting link.
  4. Enter the meeting details and click Create.
  5. Review and update the meeting options as required, and click Insert.
  6. Click Send.

Alternatively, you may wish to create your meeting links in Outlook first then, copy the links into a Content area or announcement in your course, or even a direct email to your students. For more information, please refer to Microsoft's Schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook page.

If you have a question or problem regarding adding Teams to your Brightspace course, please submit a ticket through the Learning Management System (D2L Brightspace) - Report an Issue/Ask a Question service.

Once you have Teams integrated into your Brightspace course and have a question or problem regarding using Teams Meetings, please submit a ticket through the Microsoft
Teams Meetings Assistance
service.

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