Introduction

Teams sessions have additional settings that can be configured after the meeting has been created. These settings include choosing who can present, start a recording, or use their camera or microphone in a session.

The default settings for Teams sessions allow all participants to use their camera, microphone or share content from their device. These permissions can be removed for participants by updating the Meeting Options following the steps below.

Updating session settings

Open the Microsoft 365 LTI from your course page

Click Meetings, then scroll to the meeting you’d like to update

Click Edit

Click Meeting Options

A new browser tab will open displaying the meeting options. Sections for the meeting options are displayed on the left hand side.

Below are some recommended changes for various session types:

Sections	Setting	Change to	for session type	who performs action
Meeting access	Who can bypass the lobby?		External guest sessions	CSA, Teaching staff
Roles	Choose co-organisers		All	CSA, Teaching staff
Participation	Allow mic for attendees		External guest sessions Unit briefings Whole cohort sessions	CSA, Teaching staff
Participation	Allow camera for attendees		External guest sessions Unit briefings Whole cohort sessions	CSA, Teaching staff
Participation	Q&A		External guest sessions	CSA, Teaching staff
Participation	Meeting chat ON or OFF		All	CSA, Teaching staff
Recording and transcription	Who can record and transcribe *TEAMS PREMIUM FEATURE		All	CSA, Teaching staff

Make any desired changes to the session, then click Save