Prerequisites


You will require an active BU student or staff account in order to access the MS Office 365 portal and Microsoft Teams functionality.

Internet connectivity is required.



Accessing the Microsoft Teams program

    1) Please visit the following link on a computer or mobile device:   https://portal.brandonu.ca

    2) Enter your BU email address (not just your BU username) and BU password

    3) Click on the “Teams” program icon on the left


    4) You may receive a screen like seen below. You may choose to run the 'Web App' version, but we do recommend installing the desktop application version for full-feature access. 



If, for any reason you are unable to access the Teams link in the portal.brandonu.ca website, and still wish to install the app to your computer/device directly, you may also visit our alternate installation instructions here: 

Installing the Dedicated Teams App (Desktop or Mobile) 

 



Joining a Team

Option 1: You may have been manually added to a Team

  1. Get connected to Teams as in the above notes "Accessing the Microsoft Teams program"
  2. If you were manually added to a Team, the Team tile and Team name will show up in the Teams screen, click the tile to enter the Team


Option 2:  You may have been given a Team Code for a team someone is inviting you to. Follow the steps below to join that Team

  1. Get connected to Teams as in the above notes "Accessing the Microsoft Teams program"
  2. Click the button “Join or Create Team”
  3. Enter the Team code under “Join a team with a code”
  4. Your account will be added to the Team and the Team tile will show in the Teams screen


Creating a Team

You may need to create a Team for your class or study group. Follow the steps below to create a Team:

  1. Get connected to Teams as in the above notes "Accessing the Microsoft Teams program"
  2. Click the button “Join or Create Team”
  3. Choose “Create Team”
  4. If prompted for Team ‘type’ choose either “Other” or “Class” (select "Class" if you want to use the Assignments and Grades feature via Teams)
  5. Give your Team a unique name and brief description
  6. Tap skip for the "Add Users" option.  Users can be added later either manually or with a join code
  7. Your team will now be created
  8. Add users to your Team
    1. Select your Team, there will be a button that looks like 3 dots (...More Options) beside the Team name
    2. Click the (...) icon then select “Manage Team”
    3. The first screen allows you to manually add members.  Click the "Add member" button to manually add members to your Team.
    4. To add members with a "Join Code", instead of manually adding the members; while still in the "Manage Team" window, click the “Settings” tab (if it is not there, click a tab titled “More” then choose “Settings”)
    5. Under "Settings", select “Team Code”. If your team does not display a code, click the "Generate" button to generate a new code
    6. The code can  be copied and sent by email or chat to anyone you want to join your Team