Canvas: Accessing Teams with a URL in Canvas

Summary

This article will explain how to access Teams using a URL that is sharable in Canvas. 

How-To

Task: This article will explain how to access Teams using a URL that is sharable in Canvas. 

 

Instructions

Step 1 - Use Microsoft Sync to set up a Team for your class.

Step 2 - Go into the Teams application find the Team with your course title. Click on it, and make sure it is Activated

Step 3 - Click on the ... (More Menu) next to the title of your Team in the left hand navigation 

Step 4 - Click on Get Link to Team 

Step 5 - Click Copy

Step 6 - Post the link somewhere findable in your Canvas course. In this example I created a Module for the link specifically and added it to my Modules area. 

Step 7 - I then used the External Link option to add the link as an item to my module. 

Step 8 - This is the final result

 

Outcome

Users will be able to access Teams from Canvas using the Teams URL. 

 

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