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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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
Technology Acceptable Use Policy (TAUP) for Students

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

6. 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

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

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3. Enter Group Code
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9. 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

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

11. 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 address
Students should sign up with their AD username and external password

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. 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.

16. 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!

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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.

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

22. 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

23. Training and Support Resources
View an Edmodo Webinar
Explore resources in the Help Center
Follow the Edmodo Support Community 1 2 3

24. 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

25. 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