MS Teams | Roles of participants
In MS Teams there are three user roles: Owner, Member and Guest
This manual will show:
For further information about the differences in permissions, please visit: Team owner, member and guest capabilities in teams
Brightspace user roles in MS Teams team
Roles of participants in MS Teams team are based on the role the user has in Brightspace:
Role in Brightspace course | Default role in MS Teams team |
---|---|
Viewer | No role |
Re-exam student |
Member |
Student | Member |
Guest account | Guest |
Teaching assistant | Owner |
Lecturer | Owner |
Course coordinator | Owner |
Participant roles in MS Teams meeting and their options
Each role has different options available when participating in a meeting via MS Teams. The table below is an overview of them as provided by Microsoft (the developer of the tool):
For more information on Roles in teams and how to change them, please visit: Roles in a Teams meeting
Options in the MS Teams meeting | Organiser | Presenter | Attendee |
---|---|---|---|
Can share their webcam and audio | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Can participate in meeting chat | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Can share content |
✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Can privately view a PowerPoint file shared by someone else |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Can take control of someone else's PowerPoint presentation |
✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Can mute other participants | ✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Can prevent attendees from unmuting themselves | ✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Can remove participants | ✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Can admit people from the lobby | ✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Can change the roles of other participants | ✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Can start or stop recording | ✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
Rights creating an MS Teams meeting
Each role has different options available when creating a meeting via MS Teams. The table below is an overview of them as provided by Microsoft (the developer of the tool):
Rights when creating a Meeting | Organiser | Presenter | Attendee |
---|---|---|---|
Meeting options | |||
|
✔️ |
❌ |
❌ |
who can be presenter |
✔️ |
❌ |
❌ |
Polling with MS Forms | |||
|
✔️ |
❌ |
❌ |
Rights during an MS Teams meeting
Each role has different options available during a meeting via MS Teams. The table below is an overview of them as provided by Microsoft (the developer of the tool):
Rights during an MS Teams meeting | Organiser | Presenter | Attendee |
---|---|---|---|
Breakout rooms | |||
|
✔️ |
❌ |
❌ |
|
✔️ |
❌ |
❌ |
Polling with MS Forms | |||
|
✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
|
✔️ |
✔️ |
❌ |
For further information about MS Teams Meeting, please visit: Web-conferencing tool | MS Teams meeting
You now know about the participant roles and permissions of MS Teams meetings!
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