Enable and Configure Teams#

To disable or enable the Teams application, follow these steps.

  1. In Studio, from the Content menu select Pages & Resources.

  2. Click the gear icon on the Teams card shown on this page.

  3. From the Configure teams modal, select the toggle to enable or disable the teams application.

  4. Select Apply to save your configuration changes.

Note

The Teams page in the LMS becomes available only after you have specified at least one team topic.

To change access to the course team configuration options, follow these steps.

  1. In Studio, from the Content menu select Pages & Resources.

  2. Click the gear icon on the Teams card shown on this page.

  3. From the Configure team modal, adjust any of the configuration settings as described below to fit your course needs.

  4. Select Apply to save your configuration changes.

Create a Team#

Although learners in your course may be able create their own teams in open team-sets, you can seed open team-sets with a few teams to give learners some ideas for their own teams.

For instructor-managed team-sets, you can also create teams in bulk, using the CSV upload tool. See Managing Teams via CSV Upload

Course team members who have the Staff, Admin, Discussion Admin, or Discussion Moderator role can create new teams within team-sets. Community TAs and learners in the course can also create teams, although learners can create a new team only in open team-sets and only if they do not already belong to a team in that team-set.

To create a team, follow these steps.

  1. From the Teams page in the LMS, select Browse, then select the team-set in which you want to create a team.

  2. At the bottom of the list of teams within the team-set, select the create a new team in this team-set link.

    The "create a new team in this team-set" link
  1. On the Create a New Team page, add a name and description for the team.

    In the description, include details about the proposed project or activity to help learners to decide whether they want to join this team.

    Empty form with fields to be completed when you create a new team.
  2. Optionally, add some characteristics for your team. You can specify a language that members would primarily use to communicate with each other, and a country that members would primarily identify with. Keep in mind that if your team details make the team membership seem too selective, learners might be discouraged from joining.

  3. When you have finished entering details for the team, select Create.

    Your new team is added to the list of teams under your selected team-set.

Search for a Team#

Use the search field to find a team within a team-set.

Note

Partial words are not supported for searching teams.

To get a list of teams whose names, descriptions, or characteristics match your search keywords, follow these steps.

  1. From the Teams page in the LMS, select Browse, then select the team-set in which you want to find a team.

  2. In the search field, enter one or more keywords to search for, then press Enter or select the search icon.

    Teams within the team-set that match your search are displayed.

To clear the existing search term, select the X next to the search field, or select all the text within the field and enter text to replace it.

Edit a Team#

Course team members who have the Staff, Admin, Discussion Admin, or Discussion Moderator role can edit any of a team’s details, including removing members from a team. Community TAs can also edit teams. For more details about removing team members, see Remove a Learner from a Team.

To edit a team’s details, follow these steps.

Note

Before making significant changes to a team, communicate with team members so that they are aware of the changes and their impacts.

  1. In the LMS, select the Teams tab.

  2. On the Teams page, select Browse to show all team-sets.

  3. Select the arrow button for the team-set to show all teams in that team-set.

  4. Locate the team that you want to edit. To find the team, you can search using keywords or sort teams by last activity or open slots.

  5. Select View for the team that you want to edit.

  6. Select Edit Team.

  7. Make your changes, then select Update. The team’s details are updated.

Remove a Learner from a Team#

Course team members who have the Staff, Admin, Discussion Admin, or Discussion Moderator role can remove members from a team. Community TAs can also remove learners from a team. You might want to remove a learner from a team and make the spot on the team available to other learners if, for example, a learner joined a team but is not participating, or if a learner has unenrolled from the course without leaving the team.

For instructor-managed team-sets, you can also remove learners from teams using the CSV upload tool. See Managing Teams via CSV Upload

Note

Before making significant changes to a team, communicate with team members so that they are aware of the changes you will make, and their impacts.

To remove a learner from a team, follow these steps.

  1. In the LMS, select the Teams tab.

  2. On the Teams page, select Browse to show all team-sets.

  3. Select the arrow button for the team-set to show all teams in that team-set.

  4. Locate the team that you want to edit. To find the team, you can search using keywords or sort teams by last activity or open slots.

  5. Select View for the team from which you want to remove a learner.

  6. Select Edit Team.

  7. On the Instructor Tools bar, select Edit Membership.

    The Edit Membership button on the "Instructor Tools" bar on the Edit Team page.
  8. On the team’s Membership page, select Remove next to the name of the learner who you want to remove from the team.

  9. In the confirmation message, select Remove.

    The team member you removed no longer appears on the Membership page.

  10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 to remove additional members.

    The team members you removed no longer appear on the Membership page, and the count of team members is updated wherever it appears on team pages.

Delete a Team#

Course team members who have the Staff, Admin, Discussion Admin, or Discussion Moderator role can delete teams. Community TAs can also delete teams. you might need to manage the teams in your course, including deleting teams that remain empty or where members are experiencing abusive situations.

When you delete a team, all learners are removed from the team membership. Neither learners nor course team members can access discussions from deleted teams.

Note

Deleting a team removes it permanently from the course, and cannot be undone.

To delete a team, follow these steps.

  1. In the LMS, select the Teams tab.

  2. On the Teams page, select Browse to show all team-sets.

  3. Select the arrow button for the team-set to show all teams in that team-set.

  4. Locate the team that you want to delete. To find the team, you can search using keywords or sort teams by last activity or open slots.

  5. Select View for the team that you want to delete, then select Edit Team.

  6. On the Instructor Tools bar, select Delete Team.

    The Edit Membership button on the "Instructor Tools" bar on the Edit Team page.
  7. In the confirmation message, select Delete.

    You return to the team-set page, where you receive a confirmation that the team has been successfully deleted. The team no longer appears in the teams list within its team-set. Learners who were previously members of this team no longer belong to a team.