Slide 1 A Guide to Getting Started Edmodo Training Slide 2 Free social learning network for teachers, students, schools and districts Safe and easy way to connect Exchange ideas Share content Access homework, grades and school notices. District and school subdomains give flexible suite of tools Monitor usage Manage users Communicate across district What is Edmodo? 2 Slide 3 Founded in late 2008, Edmodo is now being used by millions of teachers and students around the world Note: Image reflects data as of Oct 11 1
Slide 4 Secure Platform Ensures Student Safety and Privacy Closed environment No private information required from students Students join classes by the invitation of their teacher only All communications are archived Teacher has full management control Sub domains allow district administrators greater control Slide 5 Create Your Account Slide 6 Teacher Landing Page Store unlimited content for easy re-use and sharing Create Groups for Classes and Professional Development Post assignments, reminders, polls, or discussion questions Encourage collaboration and participation in classroom discussions 2
Slide 7 Student View Students receive notifications for new grades, new assignments, alerts or replies Unlimited storage for documents, videos and other resources Students can only join groups, they cannot create them Students can only send messages to the entire group or directly to the teacher Slide 8 Edmodo in the Classroom Slide 9 Update Your Account Settings Customize email or text notification Upload a photo or select an icon from our list Choose your privacy settings Claim your personal URL Select your School and connect with your peers 3
Slide 10 Create Your Profile Tell people about yourself Find teacher connections Slide 11 Create a Group 1. Select Create on groups menu 2. Complete group info 3. Distribute code or Join URL to group members Slide 12 Student Sign-Up Student must have group code to register Students are NOT required to give email address 4
Slide 13 Student Profile Slide 14 Manage Groups Create sub-groups within your groups View grades, reset passwords and set students to read only Access Parent Codes, award badges and remove members Slide 15 Badges Use pre-loaded badges or create your own. Access badges from Group Member list or Student Profile. 5
Slide 16 Parent Sign-up Parent must have parent code to register. Parents can retrieve parent codes from their child s Edmodo account. Slide 17 Parent View Parents have a dashboard view of all of their child s assignments, grades and calendar notices Teachers can send parents messages. Slide 18 Post a Message Send a message to a group, or post direct messages to specific students or teacher connections Select to post a note, alert, assignment or poll Embed videos, attach files, links or any documents from your Edmodo Library collection 6
Slide 19 Edmodo Library Organize library into folders and share files and folders with groups Upload, store and edit content to your personal library Unlimited Storage, accessible anywhere! Slide 20 Create an Assignment View and grade assignments as students turn them in Click Load Assignment to easily pull up a previously given assignment Slide 21 Grading Assignments Comments allow you to provide feedback on assignments. Students can also comment back and a permanent record is kept for reference. Students can attach documents, links or embed video. Teachers can annotate assignments. 7
Slide 22 Create a Quiz Select to create a new quiz or load a previously created one Add a quiz title, instructions, time limit and choose whether you d like to allow students to view results immediately. Slide 23 Add Quiz Questions Choose from multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank or short answer questions Add multiple responses and set correct answers Slide 24 Grading Quizzes Select individual students to view their responses, and grade short answer questions View number of correct responses by question 8
Slide 25 Progress View grades or badges Export option allows you to transfer grades to another program Scores are updated automatically after each assignment is graded and recorded Slide 26 Planner View by month or week Filter by group or view all Add class events, school events or view scheduled assignments Slide 27 Insights and Reactions 9
Slide 28 Discover Slide 29 Recent Activity Receive live information about students and teachers in your groups. You will see log-ins, apps and content all surfaced here. Slide 30 Apps View purchased apps Browse apps in the Store 10
Slide 31 Store Browse by subject area, recently added and suggested Filter by paid and free apps Slide 32 Purchase Apps View preview Purchase credit Purchase and install Chose groups to install for Slide 33 Mobile Access Get updates and notifications on the go Mobile app available for ios iphone, ipad, ipod Touch Android smartphones and tables Access Edmodo on any mobile browser at m.edmodo.com 11
Slide 34 Edmodo for Professional Development Slide 35 Edmodo Communities Access digital content to support classroom instruction Follow subject and content communities to connect and share best practices with other teachers Slide 36 School & District Communities (for subdomain holders) Schedule school and districtwide meetings and events Encourage school and district-wide communication 12
Slide 37 Create a PD Group Post discussion questions, & polls, & organize training materials into folders Select Professional Development as Subject area and distribute group code to attendees Slide 38 Best Practices for Safe Social Networking Encourage students to create their own accounts to ensure password safety After all students join your group, lock the group code to prevent others from joining Monitor group membership to ensure only students in your group have joined Educate students on proper online etiquette Use Read-Only status to curb inappropriate behavior Always log in though your subdomain If your school or district does not have a subdomain, claim one at http://www.edmodo.com/institutions Slide 39 Action Items 1 2 3 Complete your profile Create a group and invite your students Post class materials and discussion starters within your group 4 Join a subject area community and connect with other educators. 13
Slide 40 Training and Support Resources 1 2 3 View an Edmodo Webinar: help.edmodo.com/webinars Explore resources in the Help Center: help.edmodo.com Follow the Edmodo Support Community: edmodo.com/community/support 14