Class Collaboration with Edmodo

What is Edmodo?• http://www.edmodo.com/about - Clip

• social learning network for teachers, students, schools and districts

• Safe and easy way to connect– Exchange ideas– Share content– Access homework, grades and class notices.

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

What we can currently do…• Post notes to the class or individual• Add resources for the students• Add assignment that need to be turned in

online• Mark assignments online• Create a quiz• Create a poll of the class• Create a class calendar

Teacher Landing Page

Store unlimited content for easy

re-use and sharing

Create Groups for Classes and Professional

Development

Encourage collaboration and

participation in classroom

discussions

Post assignments, reminders, polls, or

discussion questions

Student View

Unlimited storage for documents, videos and

other resources

Students can only join

groups, they cannot create

them

Students receive notifications for new grades, new assignments,

alerts or replies

Students can only send messages to the entire

group or directly to the teacher

Sign Up to SMC Edmodo1. Visit -

stmarystmba.edmodo.com

2. Sign Up for an account– School code is => ruinqn– (students sign up the same

way, but have a GROUP CODE instead)

Jobs: Post a welcome message to

the group. Reply to someone else's

introduction.

Post a Message

When first introduced students are ‘silly’. After a day it stops.

Need strong example set

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

Edmodo LibraryUpload, store and edit content to

your personal library

Organize library into folders and share files and

folders with groups

Unlimited Storage, accessible anywhere!

Practice• Practice uploading a document from Pages to

your Library in Edmodo.

1. Open Pages2. Select the ‘spanner’ > ‘share and print’ > ‘open in

another app’ – select Edmodo3. Document is now in your Library.

• Try posting this document as a post for all the see.

Practice a Poll• Complete the demo Poll.

– Could be a way in class of igniting a discussion

Create an Assignment

View and grade assignments as students turn

them in

Click “Load Assignment” to easily pull up a

previously given assignment

Practice Assignment• ‘Turn In’ a document as your demo

assignment to Edmodo.

1. Place your document in the Edmodo Library2. Tap the ‘Turn In’ icon.3. Select your document from the library. Give

a reaction to the Assignment and click submit.

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.

Progress Export option allows you to

transfer grades to another program

Scores are updated automatically after each

assignment is graded and recorded

View grades or badges

Calendar/Planner

Filter by group or view all

Add class events, school events or view scheduled

assignments

View by month or week

Create a QuizSelect 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.

Create a group

2. Complete group info

3. Distribute code or Join URL to group

members

1. Select Create on groups menu

Student Sign Up

Student must have group code to register