edmodo: a guide to getting started bcps – department of digital learning
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Edmodo:A Guide to Getting Started
BCPS – Department of Digital Learning
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?
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
Secure Platform Ensures Student Safety and Privacy
BCPS RULES FOR USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Technology Acceptable Use Policy (TAUP) for Employees and Approved Non-Employeeshttp://www.bcps.org/system/policies_rules/rules/4000Series/RULE4104.pdf
Technology Acceptable Use Policy (TAUP) for Studentshttp://www.bcps.org/system/policies_rules/rules/6000Series/RULE6202.pdf
Create Your Account – You will need your school code!
https://bcps.edmodo.com/
Teacher Landing PageStore unlimited
content for easy re-use and sharing
Create Groups for Classes and
Clubs
Encourage collaboration and
participation in classroom discussions
Post assignments, reminders, polls, or
discussion questions
Update Your Account Settings Upload a photo or select an icon from
our list
Change your school
Customize email or text notification
Choose your privacy settings
Create a Group
1. Select + on Groups menu
3. Complete group info
2. Select Create 4. Distribute code to group members
Manage Groups
View grades, reset passwords and set students to “read only”Create small
groups within your groups
Organize shared resources in folders
Student Sign-Up Student must have group code to register
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 safetyAfter all students join your group, lock the group code to prevent others from joiningMonitor group membership to ensure only students in your group have joinedEducate students on proper online etiquetteUse “Read-Only” or “Moderate” status to curb inappropriate behaviorAlways log in through the BCPS subdomainUse BCPS AD username and external password
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
Parent Sign-up
Parents can retrieve parent codes from their child’s Edmodo account.
Parent must have parent
code to register.
Parent View
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
Send a message to a group, or post direct messages to
specific students or teacher connections
Select to post a note, alert, assignment, quiz
or poll
Embed videos, attach files, link to websites or point to
documents from your Edmodo Library collection
Post message immediately or send out at a
scheduled time.
Create an Assignment
View and grade assignments as
students turn them in
Click “Load Assignment” to easily pull up a
previously given assignment
Grading Assignments
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.
Students can attach documents, links or embed video. Teachers can annotate
assignments.Teachers can grade assignments using points and/or use
“stickers.”
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.
Choose from multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, short
answer, or matching questions
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
Mobile Access
View an Edmodo Webinar
Explore resources in the Help Center
Follow the Edmodo Support Community
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Training and Support Resources
https://support.edmodo.com
Grading Quizzes
Select individual students to view their responses, and grade short answer
questions
View number of correct responses
by question