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Microsoft Teams: Muting All The Participants Without Allowing Them To Unmute
Dear All, Is there any option in Microsoft Teams to mute all the participants without allowing them to unmute back? I mean, Is there is any option for the speaker to mute all the students, and th...
- Hi joef1665
Live events are one to many broadcasts. Like a TED Talk or a lecture: you can read more here
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-live-events/what-are-teams-live-events
Only the presenter can speak, but attendees can Q&A.
You would need A3/A5 licencing to set it up. Pros - no noise, no interruptions, can have large amounts of attendees. Downside, less interaction, harder to setup. In a classroom format I would go with better policing rather than a Live event - as a former secondary school teacher I would have an assistant/LSA to be muting anyone whilst I am talking. That's how Microsoft do it today whilst they develop the appropriate features
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
... and if there isn't, it would be grately appreciated! When I am in conference with my 21 adult students, there is a constant background noise from their children now staying at home. When I mute them all, it's about 20 seconds before the background noise is back, and however much I ask them to mute themselves, it does not help ...
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