diff --git a/common/static/js/vendor/requirejs/text.js b/common/static/js/vendor/requirejs/text.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e5cf41f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/static/js/vendor/requirejs/text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,394 @@
+/**
+ * @license RequireJS text 2.0.14 Copyright (c) 2010-2014, The Dojo Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+ * Available via the MIT or new BSD license.
+ * see: http://github.com/requirejs/text for details
+ */
+/*jslint regexp: true */
+/*global require, XMLHttpRequest, ActiveXObject,
+  define, window, process, Packages,
+  java, location, Components, FileUtils */
+
+// Added by edX: we namespace requirejs and its associated functions.
+var namespaced_define = window.define !== undefined ? define : RequireJS.define;
+
+namespaced_define(['module'], function (module) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    var text, fs, Cc, Ci, xpcIsWindows,
+        progIds = ['Msxml2.XMLHTTP', 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0'],
+        xmlRegExp = /^\s*<\?xml(\s)+version=[\'\"](\d)*.(\d)*[\'\"](\s)*\?>/im,
+        bodyRegExp = /<body[^>]*>\s*([\s\S]+)\s*<\/body>/im,
+        hasLocation = typeof location !== 'undefined' && location.href,
+        defaultProtocol = hasLocation && location.protocol && location.protocol.replace(/\:/, ''),
+        defaultHostName = hasLocation && location.hostname,
+        defaultPort = hasLocation && (location.port || undefined),
+        buildMap = {},
+        masterConfig = (module.config && module.config()) || {};
+
+    text = {
+        version: '2.0.14',
+
+        strip: function (content) {
+            //Strips <?xml ...?> declarations so that external SVG and XML
+            //documents can be added to a document without worry. Also, if the string
+            //is an HTML document, only the part inside the body tag is returned.
+            if (content) {
+                content = content.replace(xmlRegExp, "");
+                var matches = content.match(bodyRegExp);
+                if (matches) {
+                    content = matches[1];
+                }
+            } else {
+                content = "";
+            }
+            return content;
+        },
+
+        jsEscape: function (content) {
+            return content.replace(/(['\\])/g, '\\$1')
+                .replace(/[\f]/g, "\\f")
+                .replace(/[\b]/g, "\\b")
+                .replace(/[\n]/g, "\\n")
+                .replace(/[\t]/g, "\\t")
+                .replace(/[\r]/g, "\\r")
+                .replace(/[\u2028]/g, "\\u2028")
+                .replace(/[\u2029]/g, "\\u2029");
+        },
+
+        createXhr: masterConfig.createXhr || function () {
+            //Would love to dump the ActiveX crap in here. Need IE 6 to die first.
+            var xhr, i, progId;
+            if (typeof XMLHttpRequest !== "undefined") {
+                return new XMLHttpRequest();
+            } else if (typeof ActiveXObject !== "undefined") {
+                for (i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
+                    progId = progIds[i];
+                    try {
+                        xhr = new ActiveXObject(progId);
+                    } catch (e) {}
+
+                    if (xhr) {
+                        progIds = [progId];  // so faster next time
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return xhr;
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Parses a resource name into its component parts. Resource names
+         * look like: module/name.ext!strip, where the !strip part is
+         * optional.
+         * @param {String} name the resource name
+         * @returns {Object} with properties "moduleName", "ext" and "strip"
+         * where strip is a boolean.
+         */
+        parseName: function (name) {
+            var modName, ext, temp,
+                strip = false,
+                index = name.lastIndexOf("."),
+                isRelative = name.indexOf('./') === 0 ||
+                             name.indexOf('../') === 0;
+
+            if (index !== -1 && (!isRelative || index > 1)) {
+                modName = name.substring(0, index);
+                ext = name.substring(index + 1);
+            } else {
+                modName = name;
+            }
+
+            temp = ext || modName;
+            index = temp.indexOf("!");
+            if (index !== -1) {
+                //Pull off the strip arg.
+                strip = temp.substring(index + 1) === "strip";
+                temp = temp.substring(0, index);
+                if (ext) {
+                    ext = temp;
+                } else {
+                    modName = temp;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return {
+                moduleName: modName,
+                ext: ext,
+                strip: strip
+            };
+        },
+
+        xdRegExp: /^((\w+)\:)?\/\/([^\/\\]+)/,
+
+        /**
+         * Is an URL on another domain. Only works for browser use, returns
+         * false in non-browser environments. Only used to know if an
+         * optimized .js version of a text resource should be loaded
+         * instead.
+         * @param {String} url
+         * @returns Boolean
+         */
+        useXhr: function (url, protocol, hostname, port) {
+            var uProtocol, uHostName, uPort,
+                match = text.xdRegExp.exec(url);
+            if (!match) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            uProtocol = match[2];
+            uHostName = match[3];
+
+            uHostName = uHostName.split(':');
+            uPort = uHostName[1];
+            uHostName = uHostName[0];
+
+            return (!uProtocol || uProtocol === protocol) &&
+                   (!uHostName || uHostName.toLowerCase() === hostname.toLowerCase()) &&
+                   ((!uPort && !uHostName) || uPort === port);
+        },
+
+        finishLoad: function (name, strip, content, onLoad) {
+            content = strip ? text.strip(content) : content;
+            if (masterConfig.isBuild) {
+                buildMap[name] = content;
+            }
+            onLoad(content);
+        },
+
+        load: function (name, req, onLoad, config) {
+            //Name has format: some.module.filext!strip
+            //The strip part is optional.
+            //if strip is present, then that means only get the string contents
+            //inside a body tag in an HTML string. For XML/SVG content it means
+            //removing the <?xml ...?> declarations so the content can be inserted
+            //into the current doc without problems.
+
+            // Do not bother with the work if a build and text will
+            // not be inlined.
+            if (config && config.isBuild && !config.inlineText) {
+                onLoad();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            masterConfig.isBuild = config && config.isBuild;
+
+            var parsed = text.parseName(name),
+                nonStripName = parsed.moduleName +
+                    (parsed.ext ? '.' + parsed.ext : ''),
+                url = req.toUrl(nonStripName),
+                useXhr = (masterConfig.useXhr) ||
+                         text.useXhr;
+
+            // Do not load if it is an empty: url
+            if (url.indexOf('empty:') === 0) {
+                onLoad();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //Load the text. Use XHR if possible and in a browser.
+            if (!hasLocation || useXhr(url, defaultProtocol, defaultHostName, defaultPort)) {
+                text.get(url, function (content) {
+                    text.finishLoad(name, parsed.strip, content, onLoad);
+                }, function (err) {
+                    if (onLoad.error) {
+                        onLoad.error(err);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                //Need to fetch the resource across domains. Assume
+                //the resource has been optimized into a JS module. Fetch
+                //by the module name + extension, but do not include the
+                //!strip part to avoid file system issues.
+                req([nonStripName], function (content) {
+                    text.finishLoad(parsed.moduleName + '.' + parsed.ext,
+                                    parsed.strip, content, onLoad);
+                });
+            }
+        },
+
+        write: function (pluginName, moduleName, write, config) {
+            if (buildMap.hasOwnProperty(moduleName)) {
+                var content = text.jsEscape(buildMap[moduleName]);
+                write.asModule(pluginName + "!" + moduleName,
+                               "namespaced_define(function () { return '" +
+                                   content +
+                               "';});\n");
+            }
+        },
+
+        writeFile: function (pluginName, moduleName, req, write, config) {
+            var parsed = text.parseName(moduleName),
+                extPart = parsed.ext ? '.' + parsed.ext : '',
+                nonStripName = parsed.moduleName + extPart,
+                //Use a '.js' file name so that it indicates it is a
+                //script that can be loaded across domains.
+                fileName = req.toUrl(parsed.moduleName + extPart) + '.js';
+
+            //Leverage own load() method to load plugin value, but only
+            //write out values that do not have the strip argument,
+            //to avoid any potential issues with ! in file names.
+            text.load(nonStripName, req, function (value) {
+                //Use own write() method to construct full module value.
+                //But need to create shell that translates writeFile's
+                //write() to the right interface.
+                var textWrite = function (contents) {
+                    return write(fileName, contents);
+                };
+                textWrite.asModule = function (moduleName, contents) {
+                    return write.asModule(moduleName, fileName, contents);
+                };
+
+                text.write(pluginName, nonStripName, textWrite, config);
+            }, config);
+        }
+    };
+
+    if (masterConfig.env === 'node' || (!masterConfig.env &&
+            typeof process !== "undefined" &&
+            process.versions &&
+            !!process.versions.node &&
+            !process.versions['node-webkit'] &&
+            !process.versions['atom-shell'])) {
+        //Using special require.nodeRequire, something added by r.js.
+        fs = require.nodeRequire('fs');
+
+        text.get = function (url, callback, errback) {
+            try {
+                var file = fs.readFileSync(url, 'utf8');
+                //Remove BOM (Byte Mark Order) from utf8 files if it is there.
+                if (file[0] === '\uFEFF') {
+                    file = file.substring(1);
+                }
+                callback(file);
+            } catch (e) {
+                if (errback) {
+                    errback(e);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    } else if (masterConfig.env === 'xhr' || (!masterConfig.env &&
+            text.createXhr())) {
+        text.get = function (url, callback, errback, headers) {
+            var xhr = text.createXhr(), header;
+            xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+
+            //Allow plugins direct access to xhr headers
+            if (headers) {
+                for (header in headers) {
+                    if (headers.hasOwnProperty(header)) {
+                        xhr.setRequestHeader(header.toLowerCase(), headers[header]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            //Allow overrides specified in config
+            if (masterConfig.onXhr) {
+                masterConfig.onXhr(xhr, url);
+            }
+
+            xhr.onreadystatechange = function (evt) {
+                var status, err;
+                //Do not explicitly handle errors, those should be
+                //visible via console output in the browser.
+                if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+                    status = xhr.status || 0;
+                    if (status > 399 && status < 600) {
+                        //An http 4xx or 5xx error. Signal an error.
+                        err = new Error(url + ' HTTP status: ' + status);
+                        err.xhr = xhr;
+                        if (errback) {
+                            errback(err);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        callback(xhr.responseText);
+                    }
+
+                    if (masterConfig.onXhrComplete) {
+                        masterConfig.onXhrComplete(xhr, url);
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            xhr.send(null);
+        };
+    } else if (masterConfig.env === 'rhino' || (!masterConfig.env &&
+            typeof Packages !== 'undefined' && typeof java !== 'undefined')) {
+        //Why Java, why is this so awkward?
+        text.get = function (url, callback) {
+            var stringBuffer, line,
+                encoding = "utf-8",
+                file = new java.io.File(url),
+                lineSeparator = java.lang.System.getProperty("line.separator"),
+                input = new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(new java.io.FileInputStream(file), encoding)),
+                content = '';
+            try {
+                stringBuffer = new java.lang.StringBuffer();
+                line = input.readLine();
+
+                // Byte Order Mark (BOM) - The Unicode Standard, version 3.0, page 324
+                // http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html
+
+                // Note that when we use utf-8, the BOM should appear as "EF BB BF", but it doesn't due to this bug in the JDK:
+                // http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4508058
+                if (line && line.length() && line.charAt(0) === 0xfeff) {
+                    // Eat the BOM, since we've already found the encoding on this file,
+                    // and we plan to concatenating this buffer with others; the BOM should
+                    // only appear at the top of a file.
+                    line = line.substring(1);
+                }
+
+                if (line !== null) {
+                    stringBuffer.append(line);
+                }
+
+                while ((line = input.readLine()) !== null) {
+                    stringBuffer.append(lineSeparator);
+                    stringBuffer.append(line);
+                }
+                //Make sure we return a JavaScript string and not a Java string.
+                content = String(stringBuffer.toString()); //String
+            } finally {
+                input.close();
+            }
+            callback(content);
+        };
+    } else if (masterConfig.env === 'xpconnect' || (!masterConfig.env &&
+            typeof Components !== 'undefined' && Components.classes &&
+            Components.interfaces)) {
+        //Avert your gaze!
+        Cc = Components.classes;
+        Ci = Components.interfaces;
+        Components.utils['import']('resource://gre/modules/FileUtils.jsm');
+        xpcIsWindows = ('@mozilla.org/windows-registry-key;1' in Cc);
+
+        text.get = function (url, callback) {
+            var inStream, convertStream, fileObj,
+                readData = {};
+
+            if (xpcIsWindows) {
+                url = url.replace(/\//g, '\\');
+            }
+
+            fileObj = new FileUtils.File(url);
+
+            //XPCOM, you so crazy
+            try {
+                inStream = Cc['@mozilla.org/network/file-input-stream;1']
+                           .createInstance(Ci.nsIFileInputStream);
+                inStream.init(fileObj, 1, 0, false);
+
+                convertStream = Cc['@mozilla.org/intl/converter-input-stream;1']
+                                .createInstance(Ci.nsIConverterInputStream);
+                convertStream.init(inStream, "utf-8", inStream.available(),
+                Ci.nsIConverterInputStream.DEFAULT_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER);
+
+                convertStream.readString(inStream.available(), readData);
+                convertStream.close();
+                inStream.close();
+                callback(readData.value);
+            } catch (e) {
+                throw new Error((fileObj && fileObj.path || '') + ': ' + e);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    return text;
+});
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/teams.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/teams.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..486dce4e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/teams.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Teams page.
+"""
+
+from .course_page import CoursePage
+
+
+class TeamsPage(CoursePage):
+    """
+    Teams page/tab.
+    """
+    url_path = "teams"
+
+    def is_browser_on_page(self):
+        """ Checks if teams page is being viewed """
+        return self.q(css='body.view-teams').present
+
+    def get_body_text(self):
+        """ Returns the current dummy text. This will be changed once there is more content on the page. """
+        return self.q(css='.teams-text').text[0]
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_teams.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_teams.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc9f4c8bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_teams.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""
+Acceptance tests for the teams feature.
+"""
+from ..helpers import UniqueCourseTest
+from ...pages.lms.teams import TeamsPage
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+from ...fixtures.course import CourseFixture
+from ...pages.lms.tab_nav import TabNavPage
+from ...pages.lms.auto_auth import AutoAuthPage
+from ...pages.lms.course_info import CourseInfoPage
+
+
+@attr('shard_5')
+class TeamsTabTest(UniqueCourseTest):
+    """
+    Tests verifying when the Teams tab is present.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TeamsTabTest, self).setUp()
+        self.tab_nav = TabNavPage(self.browser)
+        self.course_info_page = CourseInfoPage(self.browser, self.course_id)
+        self.teams_page = TeamsPage(self.browser, self.course_id)
+        self.test_topic = {u"name": u"a topic", u"description": u"test topic", u"id": 0}
+
+    def set_team_configuration(self, configuration, enroll_in_course=True, global_staff=False):
+        """
+        Sets team configuration on the course and calls auto-auth on the user.
+        """
+        #pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+        self.course_fixture = CourseFixture(**self.course_info)
+        if configuration:
+            self.course_fixture.add_advanced_settings(
+                {u"teams_configuration": {u"value": configuration}}
+            )
+        self.course_fixture.install()
+
+        enroll_course_id = self.course_id if enroll_in_course else None
+        AutoAuthPage(self.browser, course_id=enroll_course_id, staff=global_staff).visit()
+        self.course_info_page.visit()
+
+    def verify_teams_present(self, present):
+        """
+        Verifies whether or not the teams tab is present. If it should be present, also
+        checks the text on the page (to ensure view is working).
+        """
+        if present:
+            self.assertIn("Teams", self.tab_nav.tab_names)
+            self.teams_page.visit()
+            self.assertEqual("This is the new Teams tab.", self.teams_page.get_body_text())
+        else:
+            self.assertNotIn("Teams", self.tab_nav.tab_names)
+
+    def test_teams_not_enabled(self):
+        """
+        Scenario: teams tab should not be present if no team configuration is set
+        Given I am enrolled in a course without team configuration
+        When I view the course info page
+        Then I should not see the Teams tab
+        """
+        self.set_team_configuration(None)
+        self.verify_teams_present(False)
+
+    def test_teams_not_enabled_no_topics(self):
+        """
+        Scenario: teams tab should not be present if team configuration does not specify topics
+        Given I am enrolled in a course with no topics in the team configuration
+        When I view the course info page
+        Then I should not see the Teams tab
+        """
+        self.set_team_configuration({u"max_team_size": 10, u"topics": []})
+        self.verify_teams_present(False)
+
+    def test_teams_not_enabled_not_enrolled(self):
+        """
+        Scenario: teams tab should not be present if student is not enrolled in the course
+        Given there is a course with team configuration and topics
+        And I am not enrolled in that course, and am not global staff
+        When I view the course info page
+        Then I should not see the Teams tab
+        """
+        self.set_team_configuration({u"max_team_size": 10, u"topics": [self.test_topic]}, enroll_in_course=False)
+        self.verify_teams_present(False)
+
+    def test_teams_enabled(self):
+        """
+        Scenario: teams tab should be present if user is enrolled in the course and it has team configuration
+        Given I am enrolled in a course with team configuration and topics
+        When I view the course info page
+        Then I should see the Teams tab
+        And the correct content should be on the page
+        """
+        self.set_team_configuration({u"max_team_size": 10, u"topics": [self.test_topic]})
+        self.verify_teams_present(True)
+
+    def test_teams_enabled_global_staff(self):
+        """
+        Scenario: teams tab should be present if user is not enrolled in the course, but is global staff
+        Given there is a course with team configuration
+        And I am not enrolled in that course, but am global staff
+        When I view the course info page
+        Then I should see the Teams tab
+        And the correct content should be on the page
+        """
+        self.set_team_configuration(
+            {u"max_team_size": 10, u"topics": [self.test_topic]}, enroll_in_course=False, global_staff=True
+        )
+        self.verify_teams_present(True)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/__init__.py b/lms/djangoapps/teams/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/plugins.py b/lms/djangoapps/teams/plugins.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f010e97ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/plugins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""
+Definition of the course team feature.
+"""
+
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from courseware.tabs import EnrolledCourseViewType
+from .views import is_feature_enabled
+
+
+class TeamsCourseViewType(EnrolledCourseViewType):
+    """
+    The representation of the course teams view type.
+    """
+
+    name = "teams"
+    title = _("Teams")
+    view_name = "teams_dashboard"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_enabled(cls, course, user=None):
+        """Returns true if the teams feature is enabled in the course.
+
+        Args:
+            course (CourseDescriptor): the course using the feature
+            user (User): the user interacting with the course
+        """
+        if not super(TeamsCourseViewType, cls).is_enabled(course, user=user):
+            return False
+
+        return is_feature_enabled(course)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/spec/teams_factory_spec.js b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/spec/teams_factory_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..628c00ba58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/spec/teams_factory_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+define(["jquery", "teams/js/teams_tab_factory"],
+    function($, TeamsTabFactory) {
+        'use strict';
+       
+        describe("teams django app", function() {
+            var teamsTab;
+
+            beforeEach(function() {
+                setFixtures("<div class='team-tab-content'></div>");
+                teamsTab = new TeamsTabFactory();
+            });
+
+            it("can load templates", function() {
+                expect($("body").text()).toContain("This is the new Teams tab");
+            });
+
+        });
+    }
+);
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/teams_tab_factory.js b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/teams_tab_factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b735c651d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/teams_tab_factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+;(function (define) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    define(['jquery', 'teams/js/views/teams_tab'],
+        function ($, TeamsTabView) {
+            return function () {
+                var view = new TeamsTabView({
+                    el: $('.team-tab-content')
+                });
+                view.render();
+            };
+        });
+}).call(this, define || RequireJS.define);
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/views/teams_tab.js b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/views/teams_tab.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e60e84ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/js/views/teams_tab.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+;(function (define) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    define(['backbone', 'underscore', 'text!teams/templates/teams-tab.underscore'],
+        function (Backbone, _, teamsTabTemplate) {
+            var TeamTabView = Backbone.View.extend({
+                render: function() {
+                    this.$el.html(_.template(teamsTabTemplate, {}));
+                }
+            });
+
+            return TeamTabView;
+        });
+}).call(this, define || RequireJS.define);
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/templates/teams-tab.underscore b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/templates/teams-tab.underscore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9411c5ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/static/teams/templates/teams-tab.underscore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<p class="teams-text">This is the new Teams tab.</p>
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/templates/teams/teams.html b/lms/djangoapps/teams/templates/teams/teams.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e001a377fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/templates/teams/teams.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+## mako
+<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%namespace name='static' file='/static_content.html'/>
+<%inherit file="/main.html" />
+
+<%block name="bodyclass">view-teams is-in-course course</%block>
+<%block name="pagetitle">${_("Teams")}</%block>
+<%block name="headextra">
+<%static:css group='style-course'/>
+</%block>
+
+<%include file="/courseware/course_navigation.html" args="active_page='teams'" />
+
+<div class="team-tab-content"></div>
+
+<%block name="js_extra">
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    (function (require) {
+        require(['teams/js/teams_tab_factory'], function (TeamsTabFactory) {
+            var pageView = new TeamsTabFactory({
+            });
+        });
+    }).call(this, require || RequireJS.require);
+</script>
+</%block>
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/teams/tests/test_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c75e69384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/tests/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+"""
+Tests for views.py
+"""
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+from student.tests.factories import (
+    CourseEnrollmentFactory,
+    UserFactory,
+)
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from rest_framework.test import APIClient
+
+
+@attr('shard_1')
+class TestDashboard(ModuleStoreTestCase):
+    test_password = "test"
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Set up tests
+        """
+        super(TestDashboard, self).setUp()
+        self.course = CourseFactory.create(
+            teams_configuration={"max_team_size": 10, "topics": [{"name": "foo", "id": 0, "description": "test topic"}]}
+        )
+        # will be assigned to self.client by default
+        self.user = UserFactory.create(password=self.test_password)
+        self.teams_url = reverse('teams_dashboard', args=[self.course.id])
+
+    def test_anonymous(self):
+        """ Verifies that an anonymous client cannot access the team dashboard. """
+        anonymous_client = APIClient()
+        response = anonymous_client.get(self.teams_url)
+        self.assertEqual(404, response.status_code)
+
+    def test_not_enrolled_not_staff(self):
+        """ Verifies that a student who is not enrolled cannot access the team dashboard. """
+        response = self.client.get(self.teams_url)
+        self.assertEqual(404, response.status_code)
+
+    def test_not_enrolled_staff(self):
+        """
+        Verifies that a user with global access who is not enrolled in the course can access the team dashboard.
+        """
+        staff_user = UserFactory(is_staff=True, password=self.test_password)
+        staff_client = APIClient()
+        staff_client.login(username=staff_user.username, password=self.test_password)
+        response = staff_client.get(self.teams_url)
+        self.assertContains(response, "TeamsTabFactory", status_code=200)
+
+    def test_enrolled_not_staff(self):
+        """
+        Verifies that a user without global access who is enrolled in the course can access the team dashboard.
+        """
+        CourseEnrollmentFactory.create(user=self.user, course_id=self.course.id)
+        self.client.login(username=self.user.username, password=self.test_password)
+        response = self.client.get(self.teams_url)
+        self.assertContains(response, "TeamsTabFactory", status_code=200)
+
+    def test_enrolled_teams_not_enabled(self):
+        """
+        Verifies that a user without global access who is enrolled in the course cannot access the team dashboard
+        if the teams feature is not enabled.
+        """
+        course = CourseFactory.create()
+        teams_url = reverse('teams_dashboard', args=[course.id])
+        CourseEnrollmentFactory.create(user=self.user, course_id=course.id)
+        self.client.login(username=self.user.username, password=self.test_password)
+        response = self.client.get(teams_url)
+        self.assertEqual(404, response.status_code)
+
+    def test_bad_course_id(self):
+        """
+        Verifies expected behavior when course_id does not reference an existing course or is invalid.
+        """
+        bad_org = "badorgxxx"
+        bad_team_url = self.teams_url.replace(self.course.id.org, bad_org)
+        response = self.client.get(bad_team_url)
+        self.assertEqual(404, response.status_code)
+
+        bad_team_url = bad_team_url.replace(bad_org, "invalid/course/id")
+        response = self.client.get(bad_team_url)
+        self.assertEqual(404, response.status_code)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/urls.py b/lms/djangoapps/teams/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6dbcea634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""
+URLs for teams.
+"""
+from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+from teams.views import TeamsDashboardView
+
+
+urlpatterns = patterns(
+    "teams.views",
+    url(r"^/$", TeamsDashboardView.as_view(), name="teams_dashboard"),
+)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/teams/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/teams/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a856a50b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/teams/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""
+View methods for the course team feature.
+"""
+
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
+from courseware.courses import get_course_with_access, has_access
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.views.generic.base import View
+from student.models import CourseEnrollment
+
+
+class TeamsDashboardView(View):
+    """
+    View methods related to the teams dashboard.
+    """
+
+    def get(self, request, course_id):
+        """
+        Renders the teams dashboard, which is shown on the "Teams" tab.
+
+        Raises a 404 if the course specified by course_id does not exist, the
+        user is not registered for the course, or the teams feature is not enabled.
+        """
+        course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_id)
+        course = get_course_with_access(request.user, "load", course_key)
+
+        if not is_feature_enabled(course):
+            raise Http404
+
+        if not CourseEnrollment.is_enrolled(request.user, course.id) and \
+                not has_access(request.user, 'staff', course, course.id):
+            raise Http404
+
+        context = {"course": course}
+        return render_to_response("teams/teams.html", context)
+
+
+def is_feature_enabled(course):
+    """
+    Returns True if the teams feature is enabled.
+    """
+    return settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_TEAMS', False) and course.teams_enabled
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 9da5231771..4e5b1e6914 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -1854,6 +1854,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 
     # Credit courses
     'openedx.core.djangoapps.credit',
+
+    # Course teams
+    'teams',
 )
 
 ######################### CSRF #########################################
diff --git a/lms/static/js/spec/main.js b/lms/static/js/spec/main.js
index 7d72799ce0..945a8f1d34 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/spec/main.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/spec/main.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
             'jquery.url': 'xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/url.min',
             'datepair': 'xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/timepicker/datepair',
             'date': 'xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/date',
+            'text': 'xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/requirejs/text',
             'underscore': 'xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/underscore-min',
             'underscore.string': 'xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/underscore.string.min',
             'backbone': 'xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/backbone-min',
@@ -576,6 +577,7 @@
     // TODO: why do these need 'lms/include' at the front but the CMS equivalent logic doesn't?
     define([
         // Run the LMS tests
+        'lms/include/teams/js/spec/teams_factory_spec.js',
         'lms/include/js/spec/photocapture_spec.js',
         'lms/include/js/spec/staff_debug_actions_spec.js',
         'lms/include/js/spec/views/notification_spec.js',
diff --git a/lms/static/js_test.yml b/lms/static/js_test.yml
index 466c107411..7b7d8eddc6 100644
--- a/lms/static/js_test.yml
+++ b/lms/static/js_test.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ lib_paths:
     - xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/jasmine-imagediff.js
     - xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/require.js
     - js/RequireJS-namespace-undefine.js
+    - xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/requirejs/text.js
     - xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/jquery.min.js
     - xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/jquery-ui.min.js
     - xmodule_js/common_static/js/vendor/jquery.cookie.js
@@ -64,10 +65,12 @@ lib_paths:
 src_paths:
     - js
     - js/common_helpers
+    - teams/js
 
 # Paths to spec (test) JavaScript files
 spec_paths:
     - js/spec
+    - teams/js/spec
 
 # Paths to fixture files (optional)
 # The fixture path will be set automatically when using jasmine-jquery.
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ fixture_paths:
     - js/fixtures/edxnotes
     - js/fixtures/search
     - templates/search
+    - teams/templates
     - templates/discovery
 
 requirejs:
diff --git a/lms/static/require-config-lms.js b/lms/static/require-config-lms.js
index 0e4b9ae82c..039f288bbb 100644
--- a/lms/static/require-config-lms.js
+++ b/lms/static/require-config-lms.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         paths: {
             "annotator_1.2.9": "js/vendor/edxnotes/annotator-full.min",
             "date": "js/vendor/date",
+            "text": 'js/vendor/requirejs/text',
             "backbone": "js/vendor/backbone-min",
             "backbone-super": "js/vendor/backbone-super",
             "underscore.string": "js/vendor/underscore.string.min",
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
             "osda": 'js/vendor/ova/OpenSeaDragonAnnotation',
             "ova": 'js/vendor/ova/ova',
             "catch": 'js/vendor/ova/catch/js/catch',
-            "handlebars": 'js/vendor/ova/catch/js/handlebars-1.1.2',
+            "handlebars": 'js/vendor/ova/catch/js/handlebars-1.1.2'
             // end of files needed by OVA
         },
         shim: {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
                 exports: "Backbone"
             },
             "backbone-super": {
-                deps: ["backbone"],
+                deps: ["backbone"]
             },
             "logger": {
                 exports: "Logger"
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
                     "grouping-annotator", "diacritic-annotator", "openseadragon", "jquery-Watch", "catch", "handlebars",
                     "URI"
                 ]
-            },
+            }
             // End of needed by OVA
         }
     };
diff --git a/lms/static/teams b/lms/static/teams
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..817a55ea8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/static/teams
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../djangoapps/teams/static/teams
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index ad6dbb3140..f06f358b7c 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
         url(r'^api/branding/v1/', include('branding.api_urls')),
     )
 
+    if settings.FEATURES["ENABLE_TEAMS"]:
+        # Teams endpoints
+        urlpatterns += (
+            url(r'^courses/{}/teams'.format(settings.COURSE_ID_PATTERN), include('teams.urls'), name="teams_endpoints"),
+        )
+
     # allow course staff to change to student view of courseware
     if settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_MASQUERADE'):
         urlpatterns += (
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a4c167f6f..9a075ec92a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ setup(
             "progress = lms.djangoapps.courseware.tabs:ProgressCourseViewType",
             "static_tab = lms.djangoapps.courseware.tabs:StaticCourseViewType",
             "syllabus = lms.djangoapps.courseware.tabs:SyllabusCourseViewType",
+            "teams = lms.djangoapps.teams.plugins:TeamsCourseViewType",
             "textbooks = lms.djangoapps.courseware.tabs:TextbookCourseViews",
             "wiki = lms.djangoapps.course_wiki.tab:WikiCourseViewType",