StretchLearn Course

Turn a noisy Microsoft Teams into a calm, organized workspace your team actually uses

Go from chat-everywhere chaos to a clear structure: well-named teams and channels, meetings that run on time and end with follow-ups, files co-authored in SharePoint, the right apps in the right channel, and notification settings that protect focus.

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Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course teaches non-technical employees, team leads, and new managers to run real work in Microsoft Teams with no prior experience. You will design a team-and-channel architecture (including standard, private, and shared channels), set up meetings end to end with agendas in the chat, recording and transcription, breakout rooms, and Loop-style notes, manage files in the SharePoint document library that sits behind every team, and extend channels with tabs, apps, and approvals. Every lesson ends with a concrete build step on a sample team and a worked example you can copy onto your own workspace, plus clear guidance on when a channel, when a chat, when a meeting, and when a quick recording is the right move.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Design a team-and-channel structure with standard, private, and shared channels that mirrors how your group actually works

Choose correctly between a channel post, a chat, a scheduled meeting, and a short recording for any given message

Run meetings end to end with an agenda, recording and transcription, breakout rooms, and assigned follow-up tasks

Store, co-author, and find files in the SharePoint document library behind every team using folders, links, and version history

Extend channels with tabs, apps, bots, and Approvals so the tools your team needs live inside the conversation

Tame notifications, set quiet hours, and adopt async-first habits and naming standards that reduce noise and interruptions

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Foundations: Teams, Channels, and the Microsoft 365 Backbone

Understand what Teams really is, how it sits on top of Microsoft 365 Groups and SharePoint, and how the building blocks fit together, then create your first team with a deliberate channel structure. You leave able to set up a clean workspace with intent rather than by accident.

3 lessons

What Microsoft Teams Actually Is (and What Sits Behind It)Content · 45 min

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Designing Your Team and Channel StructureContent · 45 min

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Creating Your First Team and Setting It Up RightContent · 45 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Meetings That Run on Time and Produce Decisions

Move beyond ad hoc calls to meetings with agendas, recordings, transcripts, breakout rooms, and clear follow-ups. You leave able to schedule, run, and close a meeting so that decisions are captured and tasks are assigned, not lost.

3 lessons

Scheduling and Preparing a Meeting the Right WayContent · 45 min

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Running the Meeting: Recording, Transcripts, and BreakoutsContent · 45 min

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Closing the Loop: Notes, Tasks, and Follow-UpsContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Files, Co-Authoring, and the SharePoint Library Behind Every Team

Stop emailing attachments and start working from one shared, versioned copy. You leave able to store, organize, co-author, and find files in the SharePoint library that powers every team, and to share links instead of duplicates.

3 lessons

Where Teams Files Really Live: SharePoint and OneDriveContent · 45 min

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Co-Authoring, Version History, and Sharing LinksContent · 45 min

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Organizing Files So the Team Can Actually Find ThemContent · 45 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Apps, Automation, and Async Habits That Cut the Noise

Extend channels with tabs, apps, bots, and approvals, then adopt the notification settings and async-first habits that keep a remote team focused. You leave with a workspace that brings tools into the conversation and a personal setup that protects your attention.

3 lessons

Tabs, Apps, and Bots: Bringing Tools Into the ChannelContent · 45 min

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Automating the Busywork with Approvals and WorkflowsContent · 45 min

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Taming Notifications and Working Async-FirstContent · 45 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

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