Summary
Understanding Microsoft Education LTI
The Microsoft 365 LTI brings together popular education tools — Teams and Teams Meetings — into a single integration.
Teams Functionality Outline
The Teams app helps you and your students navigate between Canvas and Teams.
You can access the course team right through the Microsoft Education dashboard for the course.
NOTE: You'll need to sync enrollments before you use the tool.
Team Meetings Functionality Outline
The Meetings app incorporates Teams Meetings into Canvas. Faculty and students can view upcoming and past meetings, find and play meeting recordings, schedule individual or recurring meetings, and easily join meetings related to the course, all from within Canvas.
Once enabled the menu will look similar to this
Click the waffle icon (app launcher) in the upper left to access any of the enabled Microsoft tools.
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Checking Your Course Settings Microsoft Education
In order to use the Microsoft Education LTI from a faculty perspective. Please use the following steps:
First determine if you have used Microsoft Sync.
I have Microsoft Sync on and integrated within my Canvas course
I do not have Microsoft Sync on.
Microsoft Sync is On
Please find the new integration Microsoft Education in the left hand navigation in your course.
Step 1 - Click on the Microsoft Education tab
Step 2 - Once in your course you will see a preview screen and then a screen to select the tools you would like to use within your course. Make sure to Continue Setup.
Step 3 - On the next screen select the integrations you would like to use by sliding the available options to on (sliding to the right) and click Done.
- By default Microsoft Teams Meetings (ie Meetings) is enabled.
- Microsoft Teams (ie Teams) is enabled but off by default.
Revisiting after Initial Setup
Step 1 - If you need to revisit this, or in In case for any reason you don't see a selection option go to your profile icon in the upper right and then click on course settings.
Step 2 - This menu allows you to turn on and off any items you would like or not like on within your course.
Step 3 - Simply slide the sliders to the on position
Step 4 - If you would like any of these tools enabled and available within your course. Slide to the off position to disable.
Step 5 - Be sure to click Done when you have the desired set up for your course.
Microsoft Sync is Off
Microsoft Sync is off, or you haven't used Microsoft Sync before
First please follow the steps to turn on Microsoft Sync.
Then follow the steps for Microsoft Sync is On
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Important Reminders
For The Class Team functionality - Before students can access the class team, you must activate the team.
For the Class Team functionality - For Merged Courses, wait to set up the Team and Sync until the courses are merged.
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Further Readings
Canvas: Turning on Microsoft Sync
Microsoft Education LTI: Teams Integration within Canvas
Microsoft Education LTI: Teams Meetings Integration with Canvas
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