Welcome to your Engagement Community

In a year like no other, we are here for you and are ready to support your Brock experience and success!

Through your Engagement Community, get ready to…

brocku.ca/bu4u/engagement-communities

Learn more about connecting to your Engagement Community

The following pages provide a step-by-step guide to finding your Engagement Community,

connecting to your Peer Mentor, and participating in virtual community events/programming

Access Teams:

1. Search for Microsoft Teams in your browser.

2. Click Sign-In

• You do not need to sign up as it is connected to your Brock account

3. You can choose to download the app on your device or connect through the internet.

Find your Engagement Community in Microsoft Teams

1. You will be prompted to sign in

2. Sign in using your Brock credentials (aa01bb@brocku.ca)

3. The pop-up window will change to the Brock format to enter your password

Sign into your Teams account

• Once signed into Teams, click on the Teams to see groups that you have been added or invited to.

• You should see a Team for BU4U with your Faculty’s name.

• Click on this Team to find your Engagement Community.

Find your Team | Engagement Community

NOTE: If your academic

instructors have also

decided to use teams, you

may have more Teams for

your courses.

You will see TWO channels within this Team

• General

• Your Engagement Community!

Find your Team | Engagement Community

BU4U announcements

and information

You will not have the

ability to post/chat in this

channel

Where you will meet other

incoming students and your

Peer Mentor.

You can chat, participate in

events, meetings, and see

what your Peer Mentor has

planned for you!

• Your Engagement Community was created with incoming students from the same Faculty as you!

• You may also meet other incoming students from the same program as you (e.g., Sport Management)

• Your Community is led by a Peer Mentor and is supported by a Senior Leader – both upper year students.

Visit your Engagement Community throughout the first six weeks of the Fall Term to see posts from your Peer Mentor, other students,

and to participate in engaging events and meet-ups.

Log in now to meet your Peer Mentor and introduce yourself via post/chat!

Who is in your Engagement Community?

Your Engagement Community

Posts/Chat

This is your engagement

community chat room.

Introduce yourself and

stay in touch with your

new community

ExperienceBU

Community Page

Use this link to quickly

find weekly meet-up

times and events from

your Peer Mentor

A great feature with Teams is the post/chat function. Your Peer Mentor will have a chat started for you when you log in to your Engagement Community and will be making weekly posts to support you!

We encourage you to engage and ask questions!

Engagement Community Posts/Chat

Introduce yourself,

ask questions, and

make connections!

If you would like to reply to your Peer Mentor or another student’s post, use the “reply” button to continue the conversation instead of starting a new post!

Engagement Community Posts/Chat- Using “Reply”

Click “reply” and

continue the

conversation!

Your Peer Mentor will post synchronous events and meetings on your ExperienceBU Community Page. Check this page on an ongoing basis to see what they have planned for you and find event details, including links to join virtual meetings/events.

Experience BU is Brock's online involvement portal where you can find events, activities, clubs, departments, and other programming happening on and off campus!

ExperienceBU Community Page

Find this page by either

logging in directly

to Experience BU or

by following the link

from your MS

Teams Channel

In addition to the chat within your Engagement Community, you can also connect one-on-one with anyone in the Brock Community, including your Peer Mentor and any new friends that you make via Teams Chat!

Teams Chat

Your Peer Mentor will be scheduling synchronous, weekly office hours/meet ups and events for you to connect with them and your Engagement Community via Teams Meetings

Join a Teams Meeting

From an email invite.

Click “Join Microsoft Teams Meeting” link or use the call-in numbers when internet is not available.

From your outlook or Teams calendar (they are synched)

You will click on the meeting time and “join”.

Tips for connecting virtually

• It is best to sign in with your microphone on mute. And only unmute when speaking to avoid feedback and background noise.

• Feel free to have your camera on or off, whatever you’re most comfortable with, but we think seeing folks’ faces is awesome!

• Utilize the chat and “hands up” features.

• Live captioning is available in teams and may be utilized by any attendee

• When signed into teams with your student account, your full name will be displayed to other attendees

Tips for online get togethers

• Try to attend events “live” (synchronously) so you can interact

• Add to comments made by others, share when you have the same question, use emojis and appropriate GIFs to help create a sense of solidarity

• Ask what virtual groups and events people are attending and plan to go together

• Make yourself visible and be responsive. Your activity in online events and meetings will help others become more familiar with you

• Push past the awkward and stretch your comfort zone by contacting others

• Send DMs through teams, engage in the chat, say a virtual "hello" when you run into someone you see again in another online setting

• Getting to know your fellow Brock students now, will make it like you are meeting old friends when you do get to meet in person!

Making friends online

We wish you the best as you start your Brock experience! We can't wait to meet you.

Head into your Engagement Community now to introduce yourself and say HELLO!