Create a Teams Site

Once you create a Teams site, you may want to take these next steps:

Directions

  1. Access Teams via the browser or desktop app
     
  2. From the Teams area, click Join or create team in the upper right corner of the screen


Join or create team

3.  Click Create a Team

Create a team
 

4.  Select Other for the template.

  • Other is the recommended template choice because it is a blank slate with fully customizable options, whereas the Class, PLC, and Staff templates will create several non-editable tabs and features.

  • The Class option may confuse students since there is an assignments and grades tab. We recommend that you keep assignments and grades in Canvas.


Select team template

5.  Give your team a name and add an optional description. 

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6.  Set Privacy to Private

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7.  Click Next

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8.  You can choose to add members to your team at this stage. We recommend skipping for now and adding members later. If you add members now, it's important to know that

  • Members added will immediately receive an email informing them they have been added to a team.
  • Member access is immediate and cannot be blocked.

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