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DanielMinett
May 04, 2020Copper Contributor
Disable Chat Messaging in Teams Meeting
Hi all, We've been having issues with students misusing the chat section during remote learning (Teams Meeting). It would be great to have the ability to disallow chat in meetings either duri...
- May 04, 2020
You can disable chat for users in a Meeting policy, this will stop them from chatting in all meetings. Set MeetingChatEnabledType to Disabled using powershell.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/skype/set-csteamsmeetingpolicy?view=skype-psYou can't disable meeting chats per meeting, but there is an uservoice requesting this. You can vote for it here:
TechTeachTyner
Jul 02, 2020Copper Contributor
You can mute all students or individual students and they won't be able to post in the chat during meetings. Meetings have to be hosted on a team channel.
RonnieTarafdar
Jan 13, 2021Copper Contributor
TechTeachTyner when you mute the pupils this way does this disable the chat. When I say chat, I am referring to the conversation that they can have when the lesson/meeting is running.
What are the different ways to mute them from talking and stop them chatting whilst lesson is running.
Thanks
What are the different ways to mute them from talking and stop them chatting whilst lesson is running.
Thanks
- TechTeachTynerApr 12, 2021Copper ContributorMuting students in the Team prevents them from posting on a channel and typing in a meeting chat that is hosted in the Team channel. Students who are muted in the Team can still unmute in a meeting and speak, but can't type. The teacher can mute or hard mute a student in a meeting to restrict speaking.