Setting up a Microsoft Team for your Canvas course

Questions

  • How do I enable Microsoft Teams in my Canvas course?
  • How do I add a Microsoft Teams link to my Canvas course navigation?
  • How do I connect my Canvas course to a Microsoft Teams class team?
  • How do students access Microsoft Teams from Canvas?
  • Where do I find the Microsoft Sync setting in Canvas?
  • How do I activate a class team so students can join it from Canvas?
  • The Microsoft Teams option isn't showing in my Canvas course — how do I enable it?

Environment

This article applies to faculty enabling the Microsoft Teams integration in a Canvas course. The integration allows faculty and students to navigate directly between Canvas and their Teams class team.

  • Platform: Any supported browser on a Mac, Windows PC, or iPad
  • Audience: Faculty and instructors
  • Requires: An active Canvas course and a Bowdoin Microsoft 365 account

Resolution

  1. Open the Canvas course where you want to add Microsoft Teams.
  2. Select Settings from the course navigation menu.

    Canvas course settings screen with a red arrow pointing to Settings in the left navigation menu.

  3. Select the Integrations tab at the top of the Settings page. (The Integrations tab appears after you select Settings.)

    Canvas settings screen with the Integrations tab highlighted by a red circle and arrow.

  4. Under the Microsoft Teams Sync section, turn on the toggle to enable Microsoft Sync.

    Canvas Integrations settings screen with Integrations tab and Microsoft Sync toggle switched on and circled in red.

    Integration tab with feature to Microsoft Sync

  5. Select the Navigation tab. Locate Microsoft Teams in the list of disabled items at the bottom, then drag it up into the enabled section (or click the Vertical ellipsis icon, often used for more options or a menu. icon and select Enable). Click Save when done.

    Canvas menu with course navigation

    Canvas course Navigation settings with red circles and arrows highlighting the Navigation tab and the option to enable Microsoft Teams classes.

  6. Select the Microsoft Teams link that now appears in your course navigation to launch the integration.

    Canvas dashboard with Microsoft Teams classes selected and the Open button for Canvas integrations circled in red.

  7. Select your class team tile to open it in Microsoft Teams on the web, desktop, or mobile app.
Activate the team for students: Before students can access the class team, you must activate it. After completing the steps above, open Teams and activate the class team from within the Microsoft Teams interface.

Activate button highlighted at the top, indicating 15 students are waiting to join a Microsoft Teams Statistics class.

Additional Help

If you need further assistance, you have several options:

  • Bowdoin Bot: Chat with Bowdoin Bot directly from any KB page for instant answers.
  • Phone: Call the Bowdoin College Service Desk at (207) 725-3030.
  • In person: Visit the Tech Hub in Smith Union during business hours.
  • Submit a ticket: Request assistance through the Service Catalog.
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