A Guide to Getting Started Edmodo: A Guide to Getting Started BCPS – Department of Digital Learning

What is Edmodo? 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

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

BCPS Rules for use of telecommunications Employee policy: See Instructional Responsibilities starting at the bottom of page 3, particularly C which refers to student passwords. Student policy: See section B on page 3 Technology Acceptable Use Policy (TAUP) for Employees and Approved Non-Employees http://www.bcps.org/system/policies_rules/rules/4000Series/RULE4104.pdf Technology Acceptable Use Policy (TAUP) for Students http://www.bcps.org/system/policies_rules/rules/6000Series/RULE6202.pdf

https://bcps.edmodo.com/ Create Your Account – You will need your school code! https://bcps.edmodo.com/

Teacher Landing Page Store unlimited content for easy re-use and sharing Fill out profile Poll Assignment Post assignments, reminders, polls, or discussion questions Encourage collaboration and participation in classroom discussions Create Groups for Classes and Clubs

Update Your Account Settings Upload a photo or select an icon from our list Email and text notifications are global for all groups. You can customize notifications for each group. Choose your privacy settings Customize email or text notification Change your school

qrfpx4 Join a Group 1. Select + on Groups menu 2. Select Join New Teacher Edmodo Training qrfpx4 3. Enter Group Code qrfpx4

4. Distribute code to group members Create a Group 1. Select + on Groups menu 2. Select Create 4. Distribute code to group members 3. Complete group info

Manage Groups Organize shared resources in folders View grades, reset passwords and set students to “read only” Create small groups within your groups

Student Sign-Up Student must have group code to register Check with student to see if they already have an account. Students are NOT required to give email address Students should sign up with their AD username and external password

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” or “Moderate” status to curb inappropriate behavior Always log in through the BCPS subdomain Use BCPS AD username and external password

Student View Students receive notifications for new grades, new assignments, alerts or replies Unlimited storage for documents, videos and other resources Storage for students is “backpack” instead of library. Students can only join groups, they cannot create them Students can only send messages to the entire group or directly to the teacher

Parent Sign-up Parent must have parent code to register. Parents can retrieve parent codes from their child’s Edmodo account.

Teachers can send parents messages. Parent View Parents can have multiple students under one account. Parents only see their own child’s updates. Parents have a dashboard view of all of their child’s assignments, grades and calendar notices Teachers can send parents messages.

Edmodo Library Upload, store and edit content to your personal library Organize library into folders and share files and folders with groups Unlimited Storage, accessible anywhere!

Post a Message Select to post a note, alert, assignment, quiz or poll Send a message to a group, or post direct messages to specific students or teacher connections Post message immediately or send out at a scheduled time. Embed videos, attach files, link to websites or point to documents from your Edmodo Library collection

View and grade assignments as students turn them in Create an Assignment Click “Load Assignment” to easily pull up a previously given assignment View and grade assignments as students turn them in

Grading Assignments Students can attach documents, links or embed video. Teachers can annotate assignments. Teachers can grade assignments using points and/or use “stickers.” Comments allow you to provide feedback on assignments and students are notified immediately. Students can also comment back and a permanent record is kept for reference.

Select to create a new quiz or load a previously created one Create a Quiz Select to create a new quiz or load a previously created one Choose from multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, short answer, or matching questions Add a quiz title, instructions, time limit and choose whether you’d like to allow students to view results immediately.

Planner Filter by group or view all Add class events, school events or view scheduled assignments

Mobile Access Get updates and notifications on the go with the mobile app. Available for iOS and Android devices. Access Edmodo on any mobile browser at m.edmodo.com

Training and Support Resources View an Edmodo Webinar Explore resources in the Help Center Follow the Edmodo Support Community 1 2 3 https://support.edmodo.com

View number of correct responses by question Grading Quizzes View number of correct responses by question Select individual students to view their responses, and grade short answer questions

Export option allows you to transfer grades to another program Gradebook/Progress Export option allows you to transfer grades to another program Manually add grades for other assignments. Scores are updated automatically after each assignment is graded and recorded