Teachers can easily hold a video meeting with a class, group or individual student.

• 'Meet Now' starts an instant meeting. This does not send invites to team members unless selecting the option to copy members. If the only person in the started meeting, the option to create a sharable link or invite others is displayed.
• 'Scheduled' meetings can be created in the Teams calendar, an individual Team channel space, or in Outlook. Scheduled meetings appear in the Team channel space. Adding required and/or optional attendees will send an email request with a join link that can appear in the users calendar.

Handy information to know before creating a meeting:

Audio video settings     Prevent students from muting others     Record a meeting

Here are 4 methods to create a meeting, depending on the use case:

1. Class

In the class teams space, select 'Meet now' or choose the drop down to 'schedule a meeting'. This will be available to ALL class members.
Teams members will NOT be sent an email invite unless added as a required or optional attendee in a scheduled meeting. 

2. Create Private channel

This can be used if breaking students up into smaller groups and provides a chat space etc. for the members. Once created, start a meeting in the private channel.

3. Teams Calendar

For individual meetings. Individuals or groups can be added as attendees. Can be started using the 'new meeting' or 'schedule' buttons
A sharing link is created when the meeting is saved and invites are emailed to participant/s.

4. Outlook calendar-Teams button-including adding external/non-TWC attendees

In Outlook calendar, use the 'New teams meeting' button to create an appointment/meeting. You can add email lists, or external/non TWC individuals to the invite. An invitation with meeting link will be emailed to partipants.

Usage matrix