Quick Tip: Create a Teams Link for Student Drop-In Hours

Virtual Drop-in Hours for students are a popular way to increase attendance.  Students can reach out to you without driving to campus or struggling to find your office. A good place to add a link is on the home page under instructor contact information.

1. Edit the home page and place your cursor where you want the link.
   
   
   
    
2. Then click the Microsoft Teams Meeting link in the menu bar.
   
   
    
3. You will be asked to sign into your Microsoft account by clicking the Sign in button.
    
4. Then you can create a link by clicking the Create meeting link button.
   
   
    
5. Enter a name for the meeting in the Name field.  If desired, select a start date and time and end date and time.  You DO NOT need to create a different day and time for each meeting.  One link will work all semester.
   

    

6. To create the meeting link, click the Create button.
    
7. On the confirmation page, click the Copy button. You may need to scroll down a little to see the entire screen.
   

    

8. The link will be added to your Canvas course in the location your cursor was flashing.

Tip:  If you want students from all classes to enter one location for virtual drop-in hours, copy and paste the Teams meeting link to all your courses.
 

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