Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines persistent workplace chat and video meetings.
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Why Microsoft Teams?
It allows you to message your colleagues rather than sending formal emails, and is fantastic for chatting one to one or posting a message for your entire team to see.
- Collaborating on files couldn’t be easier too – simply post it in the relevant Team so your colleagues can review it and update it in real-time, with no need to send out an email and keep track of versions / edits etc.
- You can easily make online audio and video calls to your colleague and can organise Teams meetings for multiple people to join too (whether they’re in your team or not, and even if they’re external attendees).
Please be aware that students do not currently have access to Microsoft Teams, but we're working on it - more info to follow soon!
How do I access Microsoft Teams?
All Brunel staff and affiliates have access to Microsoft Teams – simply login to the web app. Once logged in, you should see…
- a team for your directorate or college (starting with “DIR” then your directorate’s name or “COLL” then your college’s name);
- a team for your department (starting with “DEP” then your department’s name);
- and within a couple of days you will also see a team called “GEN-Teams Tips & Tricks”.
Underneath each team there are Channels - these are dedicated sections to keep conversations organised by specific topics, projects, disciplines—-whatever works for your team!
We’ve setup your relevant directorate, college and department based on information from CHIME, if any of this information appears to be wrong, please contact your HR representative. Also, if you’d like a Team that doesn’t fit in the standard CHIME structure, please contact Computing-Support@brunel.ac.ukopens new window.
Keen to learn more about Microsoft Teams?
Please visit our Microsoft Teams Knowledgebase for video guides and other useful information on how to use Teams.
If you want to help us shape Microsoft Teams and how it will workat Brunel, please email Office365@brunel.ac.uk who will provide more info on how you can get involved.
Zoom is a video conferencing app that can be used for online video calls and meetings.
How do I get Zoom?
Those who are already using Zoom with their brunel.ac.uk email account will be prompted next time they login to move over to BUL’s Zoom platform – this is very straight forward and can be done in one click. Please make sure you do this before making any further work-related Zoom calls.
For those who are not yet using Zoom, but would like to, please follow the below instructions to register. Your account might take 24 hours to be setup, so please make sure you do this the day prior to your first call.
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Go to Zoom.US
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Click the Sign Up, It's Free button
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Date of Birth is requested – this is not stored anywhere, and you don't have to necessarily give your actual date of birth
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Type in your brunel.ac.uk email address
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You'll receive an email from Zoom with a link to activate your account – click the link
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Provide your name and create a password for your new Zoom account
Before using Zoom - please read this Cyber Security guidance...
Zoom has become particularly popular since the Covid-19 pandemic, however you may have seen in the news that there have been cyber security concerns and issues with Zoom. To mitigate this, we need to ask all users of Zoom to follow the below guidance to stay cyber-safe.