Creating a Teams Meeting within your Brightspace Course

Introduction:

This article goes over creating a Microsoft Teams meeting within your Brightspace course.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. 1. Access your Brightspace course.
2. 2. Access a content area(unit) such as Tools, Resources, etc.
3. 3. Click on Add Existing.
   
4. 4. Click on More.
   
5. 5. Select Teams Meeting from the Third Party list.
   
6. 6. Sign in to Teams if this is the first time launching Teams from Brightspace.
   
7. 7. Click on the Create Meeting Link button.
   
8. 8. Provide a title, date, and time for the session, then click the Create button.
   
9. 9. Click on Insert to add the link to the course.
   
10. 10.Edit the Teams meeting link.
    
11. 11.Change the display options to open in a new tab.
    
12. 12.Click on Save and Close.

Troubleshooting Tips:

• • If you are getting the error "teams.microsoft.com refused to connect.", it might be because you did not set the link to open in a new window. Edit the Teams meeting link, set this to open in a new tab, and save your changes.

Support:

• For additional support, contact our COLTT Help Desk at 956-665-5327 or 956-882-6792.