Set up Canvas/Microsoft Teams Integration

Starting in August 2021, you can create a Microsoft Team for each of your Canvas courses, and have the membership of the team kept in sync with the students registered for your course automatically. 

The instructions below cover the first steps of getting that set up. 

Set up a Microsoft Team through Canvas

1. From Canvas, navigate to your course, and choose "Settings" from the sidebar.
2. Select the "Integrations" tab at the top
3. Flip the "State" button to on (green) next to "Microsoft Sync"
4. Click the caret next to "Microsoft Sync" so that it expands
5. Click "Sync Now".

The sync process will create the Microsoft Team, add the students in your class as members, and link the Team with the canvas course.

Activate your Canvas-linked Microsoft Team

Once the sync finishes (it may take 3-4 minutes), follow the additional steps below to activate your course:

1. Navigate to your course in Canvas, and click "Microsoft Teams classes" in the sidebar.
2. If prompted, sign in to Microsoft using your CU email address & password
3. On the Microsoft Teams classes page, click the square icon with the name of your class.
4. You will be taken to Microsoft Teams, to the Team associated with your class. You may be prompted to open the Teams app (or download it, if it's not already installed).
   Note: You may also choose "Open in Web App" if you don't want to install teams right now.
5. Near the top of the Microsoft Teams window, you'll see a banner prompting you to Activate your team. Click "Activate" to complete the process.

Now your team is ready for use.

Add a Teams Meeting through Canvas

You can schedule Teams meetings through Canvas so that remote or flex-learning students can participate.

1. Navigate to your course in Canvas, and click "Microsoft Teams meetings"
2. If prompted, sign in using your Cedarville email address and password.
3. Once the page loads, you'll see any meetings you have scheduled.
4. To add a new meeting, click "+ New Meeting"
5. To edit an existing Teams Meeting, choose "Edit".
6. Once in the meeting settings, click "Add entire class" to invite the whole class roster to the Teams Meeting. 
7. Once you save the meeting, the students in your class will be able to see and join the meeting in the under "Microsoft Teams meetings" in your course in Canvas.
   Note: if prompted, students should sign in using the CU email address and password.