Creating Microsoft Teams Sites Important Note for Instructors: IT Services automatically creates Teams class sites. Before creating your own Teams site for a course, please note that you would need to manually enter all the members into the Teams site. For example, if the Teams site is for a class section, you would need to manually add each student to the Teams site. To Create a Team (Teams site) Launch Microsoft Teams. In the left vertical toolbar, select the Teams icon. If your Teams sites display as a grid, in the upper right, select the Join or create team button > Create team. If your Teams appear in a list column, at the top of the column, select Plus sign (+) icon > Create team. The "Create a team from a template" screen appears. Select the Other type for your Team. This Other choice avoids some extra features. For example, if an instructor were to choose the Class option for Teams site creation, that Teams site would include assignments and grades. For course Teams sites, those extra features may compete with the D2L course site. Choosing the Other option omits these features, keeping them on D2L where students expect them. Once you select a Team type, you cannot reverse the choice. If you chose the wrong type of Team, you can create a new Team using the Other option. Complete the prompts that define and create your Teams site.
