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Publisher Community Guide Updated October 7, 2013

Contact: apps@edmodo.com Through your publisher community, connect directly with the educators using your app, answer questions, ask for feedback, post instructional content, and more. Following are guidelines and best practices for creating an effective publisher community and building relationships as your technology gets implemented in the classroom.

Update Your Account Information Add Your Company Avatar Display an image to teachers who visit and follow your community page.

1. Select “Me” on the right side of the Edmodo toolbar at the top of the page. 2. Choose “Settings.” 3. Click “Upload a New Photo.”

Note: We recommend uploading a photo that is 150 x 150 pixels. Your photo should be no larger than 10 MB in size. Change Your “About” Information Provide your community’s value proposition. How will this community benefit a teacher? Are there specific types of teachers who will find your community useful? Use this section to tell educators the most important information about your core offerings. Note: The “About” section has a length limit of 400 characters.

Build Your Collection Add Files and Links Share files, links, or embedded content by adding it to your publisher collection, which serves as a public library for teachers who visit your community page.

1. Click the “Collection” icon on your Edmodo toolbar. 2. Select the “Add” button at the top right of the page.

To edit content in your collection, select the item and click the pencil icon on the top of the page.

• Each item can be up to 100 MB in size. • Item descriptions have a length limit of 200 characters. • The recommended thumbnail size is 120 x 120 pixels. File thumbnails make it easier for teachers

to see what they’re downloading or adding to their libraries. Add Folders Create folders in your collection to better organize the items you share and to provide a simple navigation experience.

1. Click on “Folders” on the left navigation column on the Collection page. 2. Select “New Folder” on the top right of the page.

     

       

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3. Click “Collection” on the left navigation column and select the item(s) you want to place in your new folder.

4. Select the “Folder” icon at the top of the page and pick the folder(s) you want to add the item(s) to. Add Content to Your “Favorites” Folder You have a unique folder in your collection called “Favorites,” where you can highlight your most valuable items for teachers to see.

Promote Your Community Make Your Community Visible Once the basic features of your community are complete, activate its visibility with the “Promote My Page” option located on the bottom left of your publisher account homepage. Add a “Tweet this Community” Widget

1. Visit http://clicktotweet.com/ 2. Type in the tweet you want users to send out when they follow your community on Edmodo.

e.g., “I just followed the [Your Company Name] Community on Edmodo. You should, too! [insert URL to your community page]”

3. Select the “Generate Link” button and copy the URL generated. 4. Log into your Edmodo account and click the “Collection” icon on your Edmodo toolbar. 5. Select the “Add” button located at the top-left corner of the page. 6. Choose the “Link” option in the pop-up box, and copy and paste the “Click to Tweet” URL

generated in Step 3. 7. Upload a thumbnail image, add a title and description, and select the “Add” button.

Grant Educator Access Vanity URL Your collection and your community page will be available to teachers from a unique URL: http://www.edmodo.com/publisher/[YourCompanyName] Followers Although anyone can view the messages posted in your community, only educators who follow the community can post a message. Educators who previously joined other Edmodo communities can immediately begin posting to your community by selecting the green “Follow Publisher” button. In order to maintain the integrity of communities, all educators must be verified as a teacher associated with a school. Educators can request to be verified by clicking the “Request Posting Rights” button at the top of your community page. Requests are routed to the Edmodo team and the account is reviewed to ensure legitimacy. Once verified, educators are notified via email that they’ve been granted posting rights. This process takes approximately 48 hours. Whether or not they follow your community page, all educators can add content shared on your community feed to their own libraries for later use in their classrooms and groups. They can also access your collection and save items to their libraries.  

     

       

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You can interact with teachers in your community by sending posts, sharing content, creating polls, and asking questions. When you log into Edmodo, you’ll be presented with the internal view of your partner page; send new posts and replies by entering a message in the post bubble, or by clicking the “Reply” icon below each post.

Leverage Social Media Seed the Discussion in Your Community Help educators visualize your service in their classrooms by providing concrete ideas and activities. Identify “power users” who can serve as educator evangelists for your service. Announce Your Community on Social Media Promote the launch of your Edmodo community page on Twitter and Facebook. Include your community’s vanity URL in your tweet or post. e.g., “I just followed [Your Company Name] on Edmodo. You should, too! [Your Community Vanity URL] Add a Welcome Post Demonstrate appreciation for your followers by posting welcome messages to your community page. Examples: “Welcome to the [ xxx ] community, where we provide [ xxx ]! We’ve posted some [ sample lessons, content, video, etc ]—click “Collection” at the top of the page to add these items to your library and use with your students today.” � “We’d love to hear your thoughts on how you’re using [ xxx ] lessons in the classroom. Please come back often and share your experiences with the community!” Implement the “Edmodo Share” Button Allow Edmodo educators to share your resources with their groups and connections. When users click “Edmodo Share” on your website, the content is embedded as a link attachment to a post that users can send to their groups and connections. To embed the “Edmodo Share” feature, contact apps@edmodo.com for the code and imagery. Post a Message to Your Newsletter or Blog Send out a newsletter or create a blog post about your community page on Edmodo. Example: “We now have an Edmodo community page! For those of you not yet using Edmodo in the classroom, it’s a free and secure social learning network for teachers, students, and schools. This network surfaces the world’s most relevant and applicable teaching resources and tools, providing the building blocks for a high quality education. On Edmodo, teachers and students can collaborate, share content, and use educational apps to augment classroom learning. For those of you already using Edmodo in the classroom, this community will provide a seamless way for you to integrate our content directly into your classroom activities. We’re excited to get our community started. Visit us at Edmodo.com/publisher/[YourCompanyName] today and check out our collection for great content you can use in your classroom!”