How to Add a Teams Meeting into a Canvas Course

Introduction

This article will show how to add Teams Meetings into Canvas courses. Microsoft Teams Meetings integration allows instructors to create and embed meeting links within the Canvas Rich Content Editor (RCE). Once a Teams meeting is created, it can be started and joined from within Canvas. 

Steps

Within a Canvas course, the following steps can be done in Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Announcements, or Quizzes. 

  1. Click Edit to open the Rich Content Editor (RCE)
  2. On the RCE toolbar, click the Apps icon (plug)
  3. Select Microsoft Teams Meetings from the dropdown menu. 

 

  1. Sign in by clicking the purple Sign In button

  1. Create the Meeting link  by entering a meeting title, date, and time. 

 

  1. Click the Meeting Options link to make changes to student permissions and meeting settings. 
    1. Note: Options cannot be modified after the meeting link is created. 
  2. Click the purple Copy button to add the Meeting link into the RCE 

 

 

  1. Click the blue Save or Save and Publish at the bottom of the Canvas page to make the content available to students. The Teams Meeting link will be created in the RCE area.

  

 

Additional Information

After following the instructions in this guide, you will be able to create Teams Meetings in Canvas courses. If you have any questions or concerns about using Teams Meetings within Canvas, please contact Instructional Tools Support at 812-237-7000 or by email at ISU-Canvas-Support@indstate.edu 

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