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MariusPretorius
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Embedding in OneNote
I am experimenting with embedding objects in OneNote. There are a few services (objects) which can be directly embedded into OneNote just by inserting the URL onto a OneNote page, such as YouTube video, GeoGebra, Sway and some others. Some users have demonstrated that one can wrap other objects in a Sway, by embedding it in an iframe in Sway. The Sway is then inserted into OneNote. That way you can embed almost anything into OneNote that is embeddable. However, I've experienced some problems with this approach. E.g. I wanted to embed a PhET Circuit Simulation. My primary OneNote application is the Windows 10 app. I embedded the PhET Circuit Simulation into a new Sway, using an iframe, then I embedded the Sway into a OneNote page by pasting the Sway URL. As soon as I would activate (run) the Sway, the PhET simulation would open in a browser window - so not ideal, since it is not running in context on the OneNote page. When I open the same notebook in OneNote Online - it works as expected. When I open it in OneNote 2016, the PhET simulation loads and displays but is not interactive. I tried this approach with a different iframe object and had the same result, the object opened in a browser window. Can anyone else confirm that behavior or am I missing something?Re: H5P Interactive Content Teams Integration
What I am able to do so far is to upload the Lumi exported html file to the cloud and provide a link to it so that it opens in the browser. There are various ways to do this. When doing it in a Teams post, you need to specifically state that you want to open it with the browser. You then get a message whether you want to open it or save as. When you choose 'open' the H5P page loads. The same response when adding the link to a OneNote page. It is better than nothing.17KViews0likes0CommentsRe: H5P Interactive Content Teams Integration
millerblair Thank you for your contribution to this discussion. I am again experimenting with this and currently I'm getting the same result as diafol470 . I placed the .aspx file in a new SharePoint document library of my team and when adding the link to a tab in the same team, I get the the same result as the screenshot that diafol470 posted. Do you have any pointers? I am the admin of our tenant - so I can make changes if need be.17KViews0likes2CommentsRe: When screen sharing people see black screen
Viren_Manek Thank you, for pursuing this issue. I've had this problem on and off, trying to share my screen in Teams. I've tried various ways to resolve the problem. I thought it may have something to do with the resolution of my screen - it has a very high resolution, being a Surface Pro. However, even lowering that didn't help. I then came across this thread. I appreciate the methodical way that you went about it - until the issue was resolved (for you). I am the admin for our organization and have just turned off "Insert Quality of Service (QoS) markers for real-time media traffic". I hope this will resolve my problem as well.17KViews0likes4CommentsRe: When screen sharing people see black screen
Viren_Manek JulieKeena Unfortunately the turning off of "Insert Quality of Service (QoS) markers for real-time media traffic" in the Teams Admin Meeting settings did not do the trick for me. I also tried connecting through my mobile hotspot in case it had anything to do with restrictions on my work network - to no avail. Interestingly, in the same meeting, with the same connection, a colleague can share their screen with me - no problem, but visa versa it doesn't work.17KViews0likes3CommentsRe: Teams Admin: Creating Bulk Class Teams using PowerShell and a CSV file
Note: this format requires you to give the path to the CSV file when you run the function from the PowerShell command line. E.g. New-TeamsFromCSV c:\powershell\NewTeams.csv #substitute with your path and filename.11KViews1like3CommentsRe: Create Teams from csv
RicMercene It seems your code is missing a function name and opening curly bracket at the beginning and a closing curly bracket below your last line. Your code looks like this: function Create-Channel { . . . Create-NewTeam -ImportPath "C:\Users\Admin1234\Desktop\1.csv" It should read like this: (I'm only including the missing code) Function New-TeamsFromCSV { function Create-Channel . . . Create-NewTeam -ImportPath "C:\Users\Admin1234\Desktop\1.csv" } Obviously, you have to take a few steps for your code to execute in PowerShell: you need to use the PowerShell command line to import the module import-module TheModuleName.psm1 I prefer to run PowerShell in Administrator mode to make sure I don't run into permissions problems The name of the module you need to import is the (path and the )name of your .psm1 file and call the function (run it) as shown below. New-TeamsFromCSV Because you are connecting to Teams Admin, you will be asked for your credentials. You need to be a Teams Administrator and provide that username/email address and password. Thereafter you will be flying!11KViews1like2CommentsRe: Microsoft Lists - There was a problem reaching this app
Yes, as I described in my main post - permissions is the first thing to look at. In my case, it worked initially and then stopped working. It was also working for others, but not for me anymore. Reinstalling Teams resolved that issue35KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Can I create a meeting within a meeting?
Vanyajain I understand better what your requirement is, now that you clarify about the time zones. Your proposal seems like a workable solution. Alternatively, if you know that your Guest is going to present 1 hour after you have started, you can send the invitation with a note that the Guest Lecturer will present 1 hour after the start of the meeting. They will see the starting time according to their time zone and add 1 to it . You can try out either way and see which works best and then give feedback here so that the community can learn from your experience. All the best!2KViews0likes1CommentRe: Can I create a meeting within a meeting?
The way I would do it is to invite the lecturer in the usual way - just like the students, but inform them that they need to join at a particular time. E.g. the lecture starts at 9AM and ends at 12PM (3 hours). They get the invitation that the "meeting" (lecture) starts at 9AM but inform the guest lecturer via email that they should present at 10:30AM or whatever the time may be. They join at that time and then starts presenting.2KViews1like5CommentsRe: How to Delete A Student Guest Account/Chat
Being an Admin isn't easy. Your problem is a little bit more complicated and bigger than what it seems on the face of it. To provide you with remote assistance is not easy, since there are so many possibilities. You may need to get some professional help. 1. There are policy settings which pertain to your organization, and then to Ms Teams (in your organization) where you can prevent private chats, adding guest accounts and a ton of other things. If you leave all these open, students can even have video calls on Teams without your knowledge. There are policy templates that Microsoft has created that you can apply organization wide - that are suitable for students. You would have to do a bit of reading up on Teams admin. For starters, look at this online document Keeping students safe while using Teams for distance learning. 2. Microsoft has now released a private version of Teams which works with a private account (not school or work related). You would have no control over that - it is like the student can install any other social network app and use that to communicate - you basically need to restrict that kind of thing on the iPad level. 3. There are parental controls on the iPad itself which can be set with what is called by the misnomer 'Screen Time'. That is where you can set all kinds of restrictions.973Views1like0CommentsRe: Microsoft Lists - There was a problem reaching this app
HugoPires Not sure what you have checked all, but the obvious place to start is with permissions. The original list needs to belong to the same team (SharePoint Group) as where you are attempting to add it as a tab. Else all the users there need to belong to the other team (SharePoint Group) as well, where the list originates from. Most likely, you already checked the above. More than that I cannot say. Perhaps someone else will chime in?36KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Microsoft Lists - There was a problem reaching this app
So the solution was to reinstall Teams. I installed it over the existing one (i.e. without uninstalling it first). After that the Lists tab in Teams was working. The clue was that it was working for everybody else except for me (after it had previously worked).38KViews0likes0CommentsMicrosoft Lists - There was a problem reaching this app
I've created lists in a Team and added them to a tab. I tried to share those lists with another team - adding Direct Access permissions and then adding them as tabs in the other team. That wasn't completely successful - users got a messages "There was a problem reaching this app". I then instead added the users as members to the original hosting team of the lists. They can now access those lists in the original team. Now I'm getting the message "There was a problem reaching this app" in the original hosting team when attempting to access the list tab. I'm an owner of the team and I have created the lists. I've tried everything from signing out, quitting Teams etc. to no avail. I have not yet removed the tab and added it again (since it is currently being used) and I have not yet rebooted my computer. It is quite frustrating when I'm trying to convince others that this is the way to go. **Update** I have now rebooted and the problem persists. I must add that I have been able to successfully use the Lists tab in the past in this particular team. I can still access the lists in the browser with the Microsoft Lists browser app, however, it does not work in the Teams tab for me anymore. Others can use it but I can't. **Update2** The problem is with the Lists app in Teams (my client). I cannot add a list to a tab anymore. I can access the Lists tab in the Teams Web app. The solution might be to reinstall Teams.Solved38KViews1like12CommentsRe: Logging in/out of Teams + SharePoint
I have since my previous post, got a bit more light on the topic. It seems that students on a shared device can close Teams in the browser which, it seems, signs them out of Teams - or at least allows another user to sign into Teams as a different user. The SharePoint account is still signed in with the previous user. When the new user attempts to access a SharePoint page from within Teams, they are not given access. The solution is to (in Teams Web app) click on your profile picture and choose sign out. You are then provided with a list of user accounts and asked to pick one from which you want to sign out. Select the one of the previous user (which will show in the list), since that is the problematic one. You will need to sign in with your own account again (although you didn't actually sign out of your account). Now you will be able to access the SharePoint page. So a lot of signing in and out. It can be a little confusing to the novice. Hopefully, I've made some sense.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Logging in/out of Teams + SharePoint
Thank you for the response, StevenC365 and it makes it lot of sense. Just a clarification: students are not choosing the option to open in SharePoint. They are not even aware that the tab/page inside of Teams originates from SharePoint. Even so, after having signed out of Teams, when the next person logs in, the SharePoint page relevant to their account will not load, it is not using the new user's authentication. I have tested this myself with two different accounts and found this to be the case. I understand why this is happening - it is just non-intuitive for the average user. **Edit** Correction: I've just tested the scenario mentioned again - when using the Teams desktop app, I was able to sign in and out as different users and could access SharePoint tabs/pages in Teams without a problem. The previous time I tested, I had probably signed into SharePoint separately. I have not tested this thoroughly in the Web app yet. **2ndEdit** I've tested this in the Web app as well. After signing out, I was able to sign into a different account and view the SharePoint page/tab. I did definitely experience problems earlier on which confirmed what the students were reporting. It probably has to do then with not signing out properly as you said StevenC365 . I'll have to investigate further what leads to the issues experienced. Thank you for the time you took to respond.2KViews0likes1Comment
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