{"id":17645,"date":"2024-08-08T08:39:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T08:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=17645"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:00:34","slug":"deep-ms-teams-integration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/deep-ms-teams-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Microsoft Teams Classes Integration with Blackboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17645\" class=\"elementor elementor-17645\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f79395 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f79395\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8848654\" data-id=\"8848654\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2db304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2db304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This guide is <b>ONLY<\/b> for <b>INSTRUCTORS<\/b>.<\/p><p>&nbsp;This will go through the process of enabling Teams Classes on your module site.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"#enabling\">Enabling Microsoft Teams Classes&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#troubleshooting\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Troubleshooting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74dd699 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74dd699\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fb87fb\" data-id=\"0fb87fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2049f12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"2049f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"enabling\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20cd98c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20cd98c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe0cf7f\" data-id=\"fe0cf7f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7003781 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7003781\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><h2><strong>Enabling Microsoft Teams Classes<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div><p>Navigate to your module site and in the left-hand panel under &#8220;Details and Actions&#8221; you should see Microsoft Teams.<\/p><p>The first time you use this you will need to click on &#8220;<b>Enable Microsoft Teams<\/b>&#8220;. This is a 1 time process. If it is not visible, try refreshing the page.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20429\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/03\/MS-Teams-Classes-Enable-MS-Teams-Classes.jpg\" alt=\"MS Teams Classes - Enable MS Teams Classes\" width=\"1351\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/03\/MS-Teams-Classes-Enable-MS-Teams-Classes.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/03\/MS-Teams-Classes-Enable-MS-Teams-Classes-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/03\/MS-Teams-Classes-Enable-MS-Teams-Classes-1024x494.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/03\/MS-Teams-Classes-Enable-MS-Teams-Classes-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1351px) 100vw, 1351px\" \/><\/p><\/div><div><p>You will then be sent to the &#8220;setting up page&#8221; where you will be prompted to <b>sync with Microsoft Teams<\/b> by clicking on the dark blue button.<\/p><p>This will create a Class Team for your students to collaborate online using Microsoft Teams with in your module.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 8px;border: 1px solid #F4F2F7\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tango.us\/workflows\/5a80ee5d-911b-420d-aa34-c9e52e8a3a44\/steps\/3bd26ca9-1146-4842-92e5-03b2f190dd32\/24a74a67-8eae-4c8c-87ff-b2c8a438b870.png?fm=png&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fit=crop&amp;fp-x=0.5103&amp;fp-y=0.5611&amp;fp-z=1.2710&amp;w=1200&amp;border=2%2CF4F2F7&amp;border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&amp;border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&amp;blend-align=bottom&amp;blend-mode=normal&amp;blend-x=0&amp;blend-w=1200&amp;blend64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmstdjIucG5n&amp;mark-x=513&amp;mark-y=427&amp;m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz0yMTQmaD00NiZmaXQ9Y3JvcCZjb3JuZXItcmFkaXVzPTEw\" alt=\"You will then be sent to the \" width=\"600\" \/><\/p><\/div><div><p>While this is happening, you will get an alert in your Teams Activity to let you know the Class Team has been created.<\/p><p>Even after you receive this alert, it will take up to approximately 2 hrs to fully sync everything across Blackboard and Teams. <strong>Do not attempt to open it during this setup period.<\/strong><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 8px;border: 1px solid #F4F2F7\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tango.us\/workflows\/5a80ee5d-911b-420d-aa34-c9e52e8a3a44\/steps\/9800afb2-7bff-4715-83f0-2083441a369d\/b53461ac-a9ae-4fed-a8bd-a21cfb3f9a75.png?fm=png&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fit=crop&amp;fp-x=0.5000&amp;fp-y=0.5000&amp;w=1200&amp;border=2%2CF4F2F7&amp;border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&amp;border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&amp;blend-align=bottom&amp;blend-mode=normal&amp;blend-x=0&amp;blend-w=1200&amp;blend64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmstdjIucG5n\" alt=\"While this is happening, you will get an alert in your Teams Activity to let you know the Class Team has been created.\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p><p>All your Class Teams can be found under the Teams button on the left-hand menu. The Class will need to be activated before any students can access it. To activate the Class Team, open the Class, and you will see a banner message with a button to activate it.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e75cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13e75cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/0iD6gIPCM6-1024x417.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17766\" alt=\"teams classes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/0iD6gIPCM6-1024x417.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/0iD6gIPCM6-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/0iD6gIPCM6-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/0iD6gIPCM6-1536x626.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/0iD6gIPCM6.png 1595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2abdaf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2abdaf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/YedYyT5y44-1024x193.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17763\" alt=\"actiating class team\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/YedYyT5y44-1024x193.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/YedYyT5y44-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/YedYyT5y44-768x145.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/08\/YedYyT5y44.png 1470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9367bd7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9367bd7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9975acf\" data-id=\"9975acf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8614f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"aa8614f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"troubleshooting\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a286d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60a286d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Troubleshooting<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>Unable to see Microsoft Teams in the Details and Actions menu?<\/strong><\/p><p>Try doing a browser refresh. 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