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

Join a Group

1. Select + on Groups menu

2. Select Join

3. Enter Group Code

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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

Planner

Filter by group or view all

Add class events, school events or view scheduled

assignments

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

Gradebook/Progress

Export option allows you to transfer

grades to another program

Scores are updated automatically after each assignment is

graded and recorded

Manually add grades for other assignments.