If you’re the meeting organizer (the person who initially scheduled the meeting in Teams) when your class session is over, you have two options when you go to leave the session. If you click the down arrow to the right of the red “Leave” button you have the choice to either “Leave” or “End the meeting.” In most cases, when class is over you will want to select “End the meeting.” So, what’s the difference?

Leave Option: If you want to allow students to remain in the session, perhaps to continue working in small groups, or if you need to leave the meeting briefly with the intent to return, you should select the “Leave” option. In this case, only you will be removed from the room and everyone else will remain.

IMPORTANT! If you have begun a recording and you select the “Leave” option, the recording will not end automatically until every participant has left the session. You should end the recording manually before you leave the session if you do not want the ongoing conversations to be part of the session recording. Additionally, the attendance report will not be provided until everyone leaves the session.

End Meeting Option: If you want to end the meeting for yourself and everyone else in attendance (removing everyone from the session at the same time) you should select “End the Meeting.” You'll be asked to confirm. When you do, the meeting will end for everyone right away. In this case, students will not be able to hang around inside the meeting and the recording (if you started one) will automatically end. The attendance report will be provided immediately. This is likely what you want to do at the end of a class session unless you have a good reason not to.