Keep attendees engaged and focused during meetings

Educators want to ensure their audience is engaged throughout a Teams meeting.

Use reactions in Teams meetings

An effective way to increase engagement is to use audience participation. With live reactions such as “like,” “heart,” “applause,” “laugh,” and “surprise,” attendees can participate in the meeting even when they’re muted. Allow for spontaneous expression or prompt learners to react. The icons appear briefly in the lower part of the educator’s screen while content is being presented. If no content is being presented, the reactions appear over the video tile or the profile icon of the attendee who sent it. Because audience participation isn’t always appropriate, educators can turn off this setting.