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SORH 205 - How to start your meeting and share content
Installed during the 24-25 Winterm, SORH 205 is now a "Microsoft Teams Room" (MTR). This allows users to manage the Teams meeting via the SORH 205 touch panel, while their laptop is used solely for content.
The SORH 205 - Teams Room calendar is used only for scheduling Teams meetings, not for room scheduling. To schedule the room contact Lori Sweitzer at sweitzerl@uwstout.edu, or 715/232-5320.
(Beginning fall of 2025, SORH 205 room scheduling for will be done by Registration and Records via the EMS reservation system, but you will still need to schedule your Teams meeting)
Once you have your room reservation confirmed, you will need to schedule the Teams meeting.
This KB entails the basic instructions. More information about Microsoft Teams can be found at Microsoft Teams help & learning
Creating a Teams meeting for SORH 205
This may look different, dependent upon which format you are using (Teams desktop/web, Outlook desktop new/old/web
In the calendar meeting, type SORH 205 - Teams Room in the "Location" field.
If you don't see the Location field, make sure you are scheduling a Teams Meeting and not an Appointment.
Be sure that it reads "SORH 205 - Teams Room" and the auto complete did not fill in something else.
A meeting organizer or Co-Organizer must be present in the room at the time of the meeting—LIT/LTS staff cannot manage meeting settings.
It is much easier to modify your meeting seeings in advance, than to try to change them after the meeting has started. Some changes cannot be made once the meeting is created.
This can be done in the Meeting Options
You can start the meeting from the system in the room, but you must bring a laptop to share content, there is not a computer in the room.
For meeting scheduling assistance, see How to Schedule a meeting in Microsoft Teams, note the options in the sidebar below.
For Teams training and advanced options, visit Microsoft Learn for Microsoft Teams.
Sharing content without a Teams meeting in SORH 205
- Upon entering the room you will see a touch panel on the teaching station.
- Touch it anywhere to start the system, the monitors and projectors will power on.
- Touch it anywhere to start the system, the monitors and projectors will power on.
- If you are not hosting a Teams meeting and only showing content, plug your laptop into the HDMI cable.
- The system will automatically share your screen and duplicate it on all screens.
- When you are finished, unplug your laptop. With no laptop connected, the system will shut off in 3 minutes.
- The system will automatically share your screen and duplicate it on all screens.
Starting your SORH 205 - Teams Room meeting and sharing content
- Upon entering the room you will see a touch panel on the teaching station.
- Touch it anywhere to start the system, the monitors and projectors will power on.
- Touch it anywhere to start the system, the monitors and projectors will power on.
- Start your meeting by pressing Join on the touch panel.
- Your meeting will start with the system cameras and microphone unmuted, touch each button to mute them if desired.
- People in the room can join and manage the meeting on their laptop, but they MUST mute their microphone and speakers!
- There are 3 microphones in the room: a handheld, clip-on, and tabletop.
- The handheld and clip-on mics should be in pouches on top of the rack below the teaching station.
- The handheld and clip-on mics should be in pouches on top of the rack below the teaching station.
- To activate the tabletop mic, push the button labeled Push, the green light indicates it is live.
- To show content from your laptop, plug the HDMI cable into your laptop, it will automatically share to the content screen.
- If muted, unmute the video and audio to start your meeting.
