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If I DUPLICATE a meeting in my calendar, does it create a new link, or use the same link?

Anonymous
2020-03-28T13:15:33+00:00

I am working on setting up my meeting schedule for six different classes, each with its own class period. To save time/hassle, I thought I could use the DUPLICATE EVENT function, and then just change the date for each once I had the class settings I wanted. 

HOWEVER, I want to be able to RECORD each meeting separately, just with the date of that particular meeting. It seems like the meeting link is identical though. 

Do I have to create a new meeting for every class/date on my schedule, one at a time? YIKES!

Is there a new setting you could add that allows me to duplicate a meeting but create a new link?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-28T18:36:29+00:00

    Hello Laurie,

    Thanks for your quick response with patience.

    Based on your description " If I copy an event", I did a lot of research and tests on my side, as far as I know the Teams doesn't provide a feature to copy an event to other dates in the calendar.  Anyway, considered you need have meetings with your classes more times per week, in this case just as we talked above, you could try to create repeat/recurring meeting events without add any attendees/recipients, and you will be able to save the repeat events in the calendar, if you want to invite your students ( for example in the class one), you just need to modify the first event, after you add recpients into the events, and send out the invitation one by one, if will create every new links for each of them. 

    The most important is not directly send out the recurring meeting, but just save the meeting events on your Teams calendar, as if you directly send out the recurring meeting, all the meetings will have the same link, thanks.  For your reference 

    Please feel free to share with me if you need any other helps, thanks.

    Best Regards,

    Oliver

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-28T17:38:04+00:00

    Thank you so much for your reply.

    Just to clarify, I'm with Broward County Public Schools. I don't believe we're using "Channels." Our students are SUPPOSED to log in through Canvas so that they can be authenticated. I need to meet with each class 2-3 times per week at the same time slot each time. But each meeting needs to be recorded, and then accessible for the student in our Canvas LMS.

    So if I COPY an Event (ex. Period 2 meeting on Tuesday at 8a.m.) to another date/same time (ex. Period 2 meeting on Thursday at 8 a.m.), it WILL or IT WON'T give me a new link? I think, from what you wrote, that it WILL create a new link, and I would just have to use that new link to invite my students to this new day. Am I right?

    If it WON'T, what detail, other than the date, could I change in order to generate a new link?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-28T17:07:07+00:00

    Hello Laurie,

    Based on your description, I did a lot of tests and research about Teams meeting, based on my tests, if you create repeat/recurring meetings from the Teams calendar ( New meeting). In this case if we don't add any attendee or channels into the meeting invitation, just create meeting title, data, start/end time range and repeat/recurring time range. Then "Saveit", in this case the same Teams meeting events will appear in your Teams calendar with recurring. After that you could open every single repart event to continue editing ( like inviting your students, change the detailed time etc), and then send out the meeting this time.  In this case, every single meeting you send from the repeat events will be the separate meeting with new links, thanks.

    Moreover, based on my tests, if you use this way to create repeat events and then send them out separately, you would not be able to add channels into the repeat events ( just can add single recipient one by one) when you open them to edit.  If you concerned about the channels in the meeting invites, it is recommended that please try to create new meetings one by one and then set the meetings for specific channels, thanks.

    Please feel free to share with me if you have any other concerns, thanks.

    Best Regards,

    Oliver

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