How to Get Started With Edmodo Professional Development Session July 2016

How Do I Sign Up? Steps to create your own teacher account: Go to Edmodo.com Click on “Create your free account” Click on “I’m a Teacher” You can use your Office 365 account or your email to create an account. Fill in your profile information and upload a photo and click “Next” Make sure everything is correct and then click “Go To My Homepage”

How Do My Students Sign Up? Steps for students: Go to Edmodo.com Click on “Create your free account” Click on “I’m a Student” Have them enter their name, the group code, a username and password. The e-mail is optional for students Make sure everything is correct and then click “Sign Up For Free”

How Do I Set Up My Classes? Edmodo has the ability to create and manage groups On the left side of the screen, click on “Create a Group” Give your group a name, grade, subject area, and choose a color then click on “create”

How do I create a Quiz in Edmodo?

How do I create a Poll in Edmodo? To create a Poll, click the “Poll” tab. This will bring up a new poll to type in your question and answers. 1. Type in your question 2. Type in your answers (add as many as you need) 3. Identify your recipients (search in the “Send to” box 4. Set a time to send it or just click send for immediately delivery The poll will now be seen as a posting and you will be able to see the number of responses for each answer.

How do I Post an Assignment? To post an assignment you need to: 1. Click on the Assignment tab 2. Type in the name of the assignment 3. Choose your due date and time 4. Lock assignment? Add to gradebook? 5. Type in the assignment description 6. Send to… You can type in your group names to send it to an entire group(s) or you can type in an individual’s name to send it to specific persons 7. You can attach a file , add a link to a webpage, or add an item that is located in your Edmodo, Office 365, or Google drive library by clicking one of these icons 8. You can set a specific send time if you do not wish to immediately send it to the recipients 9. When finished with #1-8, click send and it will take care of all the rest

What if I Need Help? If you need help, Edmodo has a wonderful help center at https://support.edmodo.com/hc/en-us#teacher You can always email me at renaxxxxxxx@cobb..... You can also find many tutorials on YouTube. We will have another session next month, so please plan to attend where we will look at Parent features on Edmodo!