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 Education" in the sidebar.
2. If prompted, sign in to Microsoft using your CU email address & password
3. If prompted, go through the Microsoft Education setup steps. Make sure you leave "Microsoft Teams" enabled.
4. Once you reach the main page listing the Microsoft apps you can use, choose Microsoft Teams
5. On the Microsoft Teams classes page, click the square icon with the name of your class.
6. You will be taken to Microsoft Teams, to the Team associated with your class.

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.

To schedule a Teams meeting through Canvas, follow the steps in the article Scheduling Microsoft Teams Meetings in Canvas.

Contact

If you are in need of assistance with integrating Microsoft Teams into Canvas, please reach out to CTL at ctl@cedarville.edu.