Master Microsoft Teams with confidence, speed and efficiency.
Winning Teams Version 3 is our most comprehensive and up-to-date Teams training course yet. Designed especially for people who are new to Teams as well as existing users who need to catch up with changes in the application, this course shows you how to use Teams effectively, accessibly and efficiently in real-world situations.
Over the past six years, we have learned a great deal about how blind users interact with Teams in demanding environments. This third edition brings all of that experience together in one fully rewritten training course, focused on today’s version of Teams and the practical skills you need every day.
This course is not just about finding your way around the interface. It is about working quickly and professionally under pressure. Whether you are taking calls, transferring callers, hosting meetings, managing raised hands, responding to participants, or navigating chats and channels, you need techniques that help you stay in control with the fewest possible keystrokes. Winning Teams Version 3 puts efficiency at the heart of your learning so that you can move beyond basic competence and perform at your best.
Accessing Teams
If you work collaboratively using meetings, chat or calls, speed and ease of use matter. To get the most from Teams, we strongly recommend the use of our JAWS scripts for Teams. Details of the scripts can be found on the Teams Scripts page of our web site.
Please note: Scripts Version 3 is required for this training course.
How the Training is Delivered
This new edition takes a completely different approach from previous versions. When you purchase the course, you will receive access to a secure area of our web site where the training is provided as a fully online text-based course, with no audio.
This approach allows the material to be updated quickly as Teams continues to evolve. It also means that new sections can be added easily if particular features or workflows need attention in future.
The course is therefore a complete rewrite of the previous release, built around the latest version of Teams.
In addition to explaining how features work, the training often explores the concepts behind them. This gives you a clearer understanding of why a feature exists, how it fits into Teams as a whole, and how to use it more effectively.
What the Course Covers
Topics include:
- Introduction and terminology.
- Installation and script activation.
- Learning the keystrokes.
- Basic navigation.
- Searching and changing status.
- Initial Teams customisation.
- Working with notifications and importing our own rules.
- Adjusting the zoom or view.
- Introduction to the New Chat dialog box.
- Composing a chat to one person.
- Reviewing messages in a chat.
- Chat filtering.
- The chat context menu.
- Opening a chat in a new window.
- Creating group chats with meaningful names.
- Introduction to working as part of a team.
- Structure of teams, channels and threads.
- Creating your first team.
- Creating channels.
- Starting a new conversation and submitting a reply.
- Mentions and hashtags.
- Using the Activity feed.
- Participating in a channel by email.
- Organising teams.
- Entering commands with Control+Forward Slash.
- Moving to a specific channel quickly.
- Changing status, including setting appropriate text.
- Navigating the Teams calendar, first slowly and then efficiently.
- Creating a simple Teams meeting in the calendar.
- Creating a Teams meeting using the Scheduling tab.
- Creating a Teams meeting using Microsoft Outlook.
- Viewing the details of a Teams meeting.
- Customising meeting options.
- Customising devices in readiness for meetings.
- What to look out for before entering a meeting.
- Introducing the meeting toolbars.
- Common meeting tasks.
- Admitting participants from the lobby.
- Using PowerPoint Live.
- Teams with Copilot.
- Accessing a recording from the list of chat messages.
- Accessing a recording using the Files tab in a chat.
- Searching for files and opening them using the native desktop app.
- The Files app.
- Attaching files to chats and channels.
- Answering calls and using the call interface.
- Making calls and using Meet Now.
- An introduction to the Calls app.
Price and Availability
The cost of the training course is £60 or $80 US.
Scheduled for release in May 2026.
Alternatively, you can purchase the course by sending an email to brian@hartgenconsultancy.com. We will then send you a fully accessible electronic invoice, payable through PayPal or by any major credit or debit card.
Conclusion
Teams is a powerful and increasingly essential collaboration platform. It offers enormous potential, but it can also present real accessibility and usability challenges. Winning Teams Version 3 is designed to help you overcome those challenges and use Teams with greater speed, confidence and independence.
Become part of a winning team and discover how to use Teams in an accessible, effective and professional way.