This tutorial will show you how to connect to a Microsoft Teams meeting or channel using the StreamAlive web app. If you’d like to learn how to connect via the Microsoft Teams app, please refer to our other articles.
There are two ways to connect:
Through the Web App
Through the Microsoft Teams App
In this article, we’ll explain the first point, which is through the web app.
The StreamAlive bot connects to your Teams meeting or channel and picks up your audience's comments. StreamAlive then turns them into the visual interactions on your screen.
With that being said, let us dive into the steps:
On the homepage, click on the “Sessions” tab on the left-side menu.
Once you’re on the Sessions page, you can view all your past sessions completed as well as the upcoming sessions. Click on the “+ Add session” button in the top-right corner of the page to schedule a meeting.
A pop-up window will appear showing you the supported platforms. Click on Microsoft Teams. You will be prompted to authorize your Microsoft Teams account to proceed. If you've previously authorized an account you no longer want to use, simply "De-authorize" and continue with the intended account.
Select the upcoming meeting that you'd like to use StreamAlive on. To access this, you must schedule a session on Microsoft Teams first.
Add your StreamAlive presentation to the session. Your StreamAlive presentation contains your polls, word clouds, spinner wheels, and other interactions that are powered through StreamAlive using the chat.
If you don't have a presentation prepared you can continue without one and use the quick interactions instead.
If you want to use a presentation to plan your interactions and slides in advance, you can create a presentation by clicking on the + New presentation button on the bottom left corner of the pop-up. Now, once selected, click on Add session.
Your StreamAlive session has been scheduled.
When the time comes, find your scheduled session and click on Present.
A pop-up will appear asking if you want to display an overlay asking your audience to type the answers in the chat. Typing in the chat to interact with a poll or word cloud is such a new experience for many audience members that they need a prompt or push to “put it in the chat!”.
StreamAlive will connect to the session and open a new page called the Presentation LIVE screen.
Share your screen. Once you're ready, use the Share feature in Microsoft Teams to share the StreamAlive live presentation screen with your audience. It’s just like sharing a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation.
Ask your audience to type their answers in the Teams chat. When the interaction you created in your presentation is shown on the screen you can ask your audience to enter their answers in the Teams chat.
With this, you have successfully connected StreamAlive to your Microsoft Teams meeting or channel. When you have finished your interactive session, click on the "Exit" button within the StreamAlive Presentation LIVE page to disconnect.
To learn about how the interactions work, check out our articles by clicking here.