Move or turn-off selfview in a Teams Meetings
The self view is always static in the bottom right-hand corner of a Teams meeting. This is often distracting and can also get in the way of the screenshare.
-Add option to toggle off/on self-view
-Add option to move self-view to other locations on the screen
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Fen
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This should be a basic function! I don’t even understand the UX team who developed Teams without this function.
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Anonymous
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As a teacher this is absolutely terrible that students cannot turn off their self view. It's distracting and it limits many activities where we don't want them to be able to see what they are doing. AS MANY commenters have said it's also absolutely asinine to have your self view cover one of the participants. What on earth is the point of this? Do better. You make my job (and that of countless others) as a virtual teacher so much harder than it should be. Virtual teaching is super frustrating , but even my 8 year old students have mentioned time and again that we would be better off with zoom. I wish we were allowed, but we're not. PLEASE for the love of the children, do better. Please PLEASE PLEASE make a camera icon and the ability to turn off self view.
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Melanie
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That can be really distracting, and additionally can't see the colleague in the bottom right. Come on, it's about getting the basics right...
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Anonymous
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Zoom and Webex already rolled this out. C'mon MS
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Anonymous
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Please make it movable and optional. It's great to have sometimes, but really gets in the way of that lower right gallery view window.
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Anonymous
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Need to be able to move where you see yourself (or turn it off), like you can in webex!
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Kristen Belcher
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Also, if you have the large gallery view on, then you see yourself twice (and one of them is mirrored and the other isn't) - that's even worse :/
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susan kingsley
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yes please. It's annoying as anything and i have these controls on any other conferencing platforms
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Anonymous
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YES! Please add this feature!
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Anonymous
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Seems to be quite a common feature on other video calling platforms, so it should be something to be implemented.
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C.
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It is incredibly distracting for students learning from home to be focusing on their video. An option to turn off their self-view as the meeting organizer would be really helpful.
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Anonymous
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Please add this feature, I find it very distracting in meetings
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Anonymous
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Yes, the self-view can be very distracting for some people. Zoom lets you turn it off with one click.
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anonymous
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Being able to see myself in meetings is very distracting - I think it would aid peoples participation in meetings if there was the option to hide yourself.
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Anonymous
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Did a search to see about how to do this as I have been unsuccessful so far and I assumed there had to be a way given feature on other platforms. From this thread, I see that I am not alone in the interest/need for this feature to be added.
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Golan Remi
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When joining a meeting with multiple participants, my own video will hide anyone in the bottom right corner. We need the option to move it around or close it, just like skype.
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Heidi von Kurthy
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Please can you add a function to have the option remove the selfview? Feedback from students suggests that there is considerable discomfort in viewing oneself during a meeting. In general life this is something that we dont have to experience. I have even had students asking to wear a face mask in their own bedrooms so they cant see themselves. Please add this function so that my students feel safe and comfortable in their own homes.
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Anonymous
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Yes please do something about this - look at self view does nothing for mental health in current climate!
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[Deleted User]
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Yes self-view is distracting. I often end up looking at myself rather than listening to what people have to say
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Shreesha Muthyala
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Sometimes self view would be great if it is the same size as meeting participants. Please add an option to that too.