Livestreaming QuickStart Checklist

One-time Setup - All Faculty - Required Before First Day of Class - Connect MS Teams to Each Canvas Course

  • Watch live streaming video: How to get into and setup MS Teams for live streaming (see video playlist)
  • Download and install MS Teams on your computer/mobile devices
  • Authenticate into MS Teams with your UVID@uvu.edu & password
  • Activate each classroom ‘Team’, for students to have access:
    1. Navigate to each class inside MS Teams by clicking the Microsoft Teams button on the left navigation bar 
    2. In the General Channel of the Team, a message will appear at the top stating “students are waiting to join”
  • Click on the purple ‘Activate’ button in the top right corner of the screen to grant students access to your MS Teams class

Live Streaming From an On-Campus Classroom

  • Log into the room computer as you have in the past
    1. Type UVID on the podium touchpad, turn on and log into the room computer
  • MS Teams will automatically start (if it does not, the icon for MS Teams is on the Desktop)
    1. The first time logging into a computer you will need to authenticate MS Teams (UVID@uvu.edu & password)
    2. The room computer remembers you logged into the application for future access
  • Double click on the ‘Teams’ button inside the application on the left navigation bar
  • Find and select your course from the list of teams in MS Teams
  • In the General channel, click the ‘Meet’ button (or the videocam icon - and ‘Meet now’) in the top right corner
  • Select ‘Join Now’ to begin live streaming
    1. Students will follow the same process to join a class meeting
  • In those classrooms that have been automated, Kaltura will automatically record all class sessions based on class schedule. These recordings will automatically be stored within 24 hours in 'Course Media' of your Canvas courses.
  • Contact OTL for further support on improving learning and teaching strategies with live streaming

Live Streaming From Anywhere (Home, Office, etc)

  • Open and sign into MS Teams on your personal computer (always use the downloaded application, not the web version)
  • Double click on the ‘Teams’ button inside the application on the left navigation bar
  • Find and select your course from the list of teams in MS Teams
  • In the General channel, click ‘Meet’ (or the videocam icon - and ‘Meet now’) at the top right
  • Select ‘Join Now’ to begin live streaming
    1. Students will follow the same process to join a class meeting
  • IMPORTANT! Teams does not automatically record sessions. You must manually turn on recording. To begin recording, select the three dots on the main toolbar and select ‘Start recording’
  • Contact OTL for further support on improving learning and teaching strategies with live streaming