{"id":5313,"date":"2020-07-28T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technology.wooster.edu\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2024-08-09T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T19:08:13","slug":"microsoft-teams-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/microsoft-teams-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Teams: Teams Types"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So you&#8217;ve decided you wanted to create a new Microsoft Team but are unsure which type of Team to select. This post (including the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/microsoft-teams-types\/#resources\">resources<\/a><\/strong> linked below) will help review the four types of Teams available including the similarities and differences between the four.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"types-of-teams\">Types of Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>When you create a new Team, you will have four team types to choose from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Class (teacher-led team featuring assignments)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional Learning Community (PLC) (peer-led educator working group)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff (leader-led for management, administration, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other (clubs, study groups, and extracurriculars)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-4.16.04-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-4.16.04-PM.png 902w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-4.16.04-PM-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-4.16.04-PM-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Four Types of Teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Each Team shares the similar makeup of channels, posts, and files. Every Team can also have video call meetings, audio call meetings, schedule meetings, and more.<\/strong> However, each of the four Teams has unique permissions and features. View the table below for information on unique features and permissions.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"features-permissions-and-more\">Features, Permissions, and More<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><thead><tr><th>Types<\/th><th>Description<\/th><th>Owners\/Members<\/th><th>Permissions<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Unique Features<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Class<\/td><td>Teachers and students collaborate on group projects, assignments, etc.<\/td><td>Teachers are team owners and add students as team members.<\/td><td>Teachers moderate conversations and who can post where. Students have write permissions in certain areas.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Class Notebook<br>Assignments<br>Conversations<br>Grades<br>Insights Tab<br>Class folder<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PLC<\/td><td>Educators collaborate in a professional learning community like an&nbsp;academic department.<\/td><td>Educators form the team and other educators join the team.<\/td><td>Educators share equal read-write permissions.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">OneNote notebook<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Staff<\/td><td>Staff leaders and staff department members collaborating together<\/td><td>Staff leaders are team owners and add staff members as team members.<\/td><td>Staff leaders control posting settings. Staff members have write permission in certain areas.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Staff Notebook<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other<\/td><td>Students, faculty, and staff collaborating in interest groups and clubs.<\/td><td>Any combination of students, faculty, and staff can form a team and add members.<\/td><td>Team members share equal read-write permissions unless team owner(s) alter settings.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">OneNote notebook<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"resources\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Which Team Type?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit Microsoft&#8217;s support page <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/choose-a-team-type-to-collaborate-in-microsoft-teams-0a971053-d640-4555-9fd7-f785c2b99e67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Choose a Team Type<\/a> for more in-depth information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.microsoft.com\/en-us\/course\/9c9f5c11\/overview?fbclid=IwAR2vKvMR5JGYwOIQ4ySILnpkuctQJW0fB70p6glC_hQsz-FeATbWeFWCA2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overview of Teams types and Team features<\/a>\u00a0on the Microsoft Educator Community with new videos, feature updates &amp; more!\u00a0(Structured as\u00a0one-hour\u00a0course, but you can easily navigate to topics of your choice.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff Teams: <a href=\"https:\/\/education.microsoft.com\/en-us\/course\/57656e55\/overview?fbclid=IwAR0dQVT7VhnERb052TYdOCxKpKkf9wTbTV9LjR6AjaOqoiNtGgFlpoP0ACU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Staff Teams course<\/a> on the Microsoft Educator Community <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Class Teams: visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/teams-for-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Class Teams post<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General Information on Teams: visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/microsoft-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Teams post<\/a> for video\/audio calls, scheduling meetings, chat, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve decided you wanted to create a new Microsoft Team but are unsure which type of Team to select. This post (including the resources linked below) will help review the four types of Teams available including the similarities and differences between the four. Types of Teams When you create a new Team, you will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"coauthors":[419],"class_list":["post-5313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teams"],"acf":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>So you&#8217;ve decided you wanted to create a new Microsoft Team but are unsure which type of Team to select. 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