Using Microsoft Teams on smartphone or tablet
If you have used Teams at school before, please skip to EXISITNG USERS at the bottom of the page (provided you have given us the email address you used to connect to Teams in the past eg your Glow email address)
If you are totally new to Teams, or do not know the email address you logged into Teams with previously, follow the NEW USERS steps below:
NEW USERS
• Ensure you have the Microsoft Teams app downloaded on the device you are going to use (eg smartphone)
• On the same device, check your emails for our Teams invite and click the link
• Make sure you sign in to Teams with the email address you received the invite to (ie the one you provided to us).
• If asked – follow steps to send a code to your email, and enter this code.
• You may be required to ‘Sign up for a new Microsoft account’ using your email address. Follow the instructions on screen to do this. This might also require a further code to be sent to your inbox. After the verification steps you should now be logged in to Teams.
• When prompted, select The Glasgow School of Art (Guest) from the list of Accounts and Orgs.
• If you cannot find The Glasgow School of Art (Guest) account, click on the circle with your initial in it on the top left of the home screen on Teams, and chose it from the list of accounts and orgs connected to your account at the bottom of the screen.
• You should now be connected to your course Team
• If you have any problems, contact us at wp@gsa.ac.uk as soon as possible.
EXISTING USERS
• Ensure you have the Microsoft Teams app downloaded on the device you are going to use (eg smartphone)
• On the same device, check your emails for our Teams invite and click the link
• Sign in to Teams with the same email address you received the invite to.
• When prompted, select The Glasgow School of Art (Guest) from the list of Accounts and Orgs.
• If you cannot find The Glasgow School of Art (Guest) account, click on the circle with your initial in it on the top left of the home screen on Teams, and chose it from the list of accounts and orgs connected to your account at the bottom
• You should now be connected to your course Team
• If you have any problems, contact us at wp@gsa.ac.uk as soon as possible.
Using Teams: The Basics
• To access the Team for your class, firstly click on the ‘Teams’ icon in middle of the menu bar at bottom of your screen.
• This should show you the Creative Club Team you are part of (and any other Teams you are connected to). You should click on the channel related to the workshop you have booked a place on, there is a channel for each monthly Creative Club workshop.
• To get started, and let us know you are connected, you were asked to type “Hello” in the class feed under Tahmina’s post or to like her post
• If you are having any difficulty accessing or using Teams, email the WP Team at wp@gsa.ac.uk
Using Teams: Live Sessions
• Each monthly workshop will have its own separate ‘channel’. These will be named according to the monthly workshop. This is where the clickable link to the Live Session will be each week. It also where we will post any prep you need to do before the workshop, and where you will post pictures of the work to the chat feed you make during the workshop.
• When you open the workshop channel, you will see a tab called ‘Posts’. This is where the class chat feed is for that workshop, and where the live session link is. This feed is where you will post pictures and leave comments during the workshop.
• To ‘post’ comments or a photo into the channel feed, click to type a new message, or to add a photo from your camera roll
• Before your class begins, you should see the scheduled Live Session link in that workshop channel feed.
• When the live session is ready to begin, a Join button will appear in the link. Clicking this will take you into your live class.
• By default, the camera view is sometimes quite zoomed in on the Teams App. This may crop the image in an unsuitable way. To fix this, double tap the video feed that you are looking at – this should zoom it out so the whole shot is visible.
• You may then need to turn your ‘rotation lock’ off on your device menu so you can watch the stream in landscape with your device on its side. This will allow you to get the best view of any demonstrations or slideshows.
• If you press and hold on a video stream, it will give you the option to ‘pin’ it, so it becomes the only stream on screen. You may be asked to do this during demos.
• During the Live workshop session, you can orientate back to the main Teams area to access the class feed or Files tab to upload photos. Just tap the screen and press the < button to get to the menu.
• Your Live session will remain visible in a minimised box, and sound will continue to play. You can then upload photos into your Files folder, or post those same photos into the class feed
• During the workshop, your tutor might make a specific post that you are all to reply to, eg ‘Exercise 1’, so that they can see everyone’s work in one place. If so, ensure you use the ‘reply’ button to make your post, rather than just posting in the main chat feed.
