Forum Discussion
Unmute participants as the meeting organizer.
Mrs_Leach Hello Megan, this is coming!
Microsoft Teams: Hard audio mute
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=66575
Hard mute students audio in a meeting (so they cannot unmute themselves)
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/599053-schools-and-universities/suggestions/39949276-hard-mute-students-audio-in-a-meeting-so-they-can
dietcokecrazyI agree. I am virtually teaching Kindergarten-5th grade severe and profound students. It is impossible for them to unmute themselves, but the often need muted so the rest of the class can't hear what is going on in the home. This is a huge hindrance to my teaching as muting is basically not an option. I would think this is a similar concern for many early elementary teachers.
Mrs_Leach Hello Megan, this is coming!
Microsoft Teams: Hard audio mute
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=66575
Hard mute students audio in a meeting (so they cannot unmute themselves)
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/599053-schools-and-universities/suggestions/39949276-hard-mute-students-audio-in-a-meeting-so-they-can
It is not not about a hard mute, teachers need to be able unmute and mute their students. ChristianBergstrom
I do not know why this is taking so long. I have tweeted, posted here, sent emails, and is increasingly frustrating to have Microsoft Teams not be there to support teachers.
williamkuehnle Yeah, I get that. Perhaps it's a privacy thing. That the organizer and presenter shouldn't be able to "hard unmute" the other parts mic. It's a bit scary when you think about it that way isn't it? But can't say because I don't know. Maybe another member with more knowledge will reply.
ChristianBergstrom, I can understand that. The problem is there is always those who abuse what is given. If I mute myself because there is a commotion of some type at my house I wouldn't want to have someone else be able to unmute me. I have muted individuals when I could here conversations that weren't appropriate.
But as a professional, using in it the context of my job, I have students with physically disabilities who cannot unmute themselves even if they wanted. This makes teaching even more difficult in the virtual setting.
ChristianBergstrom this is about unmuting (not a hard mute)...the opposite.
Oliver_Sargent Hello, you can do that as well https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/manage-attendee-audio-permissions-in-teams-meetings-f9db15e1-f46f-46da-95c6-34f9f39e671a#bkmk_allowunmuting
ChristianBergstrom This is not what I mean. My teachers are constantly frustrated that they are not able to help their youngest children my unmuting for them. We teach online lessons with children from the age of 2 upwards. In Zoom they were able to do this - but we have moved to Teams for security reasons - but this functionality is essential. We really need Microsoft to act quickly on this. If this setting was just applied to 'class' type teams it would enormously.
ChristianBergstrom When is this coming? I am pulling my hair out because they mute themselves and then don't answer questions, I don't really know if they are there or not. Also is there a way to split the screen so I can see them while I share a screen?
- Hello! On mobile so this is brief. See the excellent guidance below for Teams edu.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keeping-students-safe-while-using-teams-for-distance-learning-f00fa399-0473-4d31-ab72-644c137e11c8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#ID0EBBAAA=For_administrators
See this as well https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mute-student-comments-in-a-class-team-a378de16-ffc0-420c-b08d-e17ec08e7c17
”Hard mute”
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=66575
