Edmodo Training Handouts

MASL spring conference 2013
Edmodo Training Handouts
Nina O’Daniels

Library Media Specialist
Fort Zumwalt West High School
1251 Turtle Creek Dr
O’Fallon, MO 63366

The following handouts were created specifically for my building and therefore, some information presented may or may not be applicable to your school or district. When training was conducted, we broke it up into four sessions, approximately 35 minutes each. The handouts provided can be used as a large packet or as part of continuing training. If these will be helpful to your building teachers, please feel free to use them.

Example of how handouts were presented to my faculty:

Session 1: Introduction, logging in to Edmodo, creating a group, joining a group Pages 1-2

Session 2: What is a community/group, navigation page for a “home page” on Edmodo Pages 3-5

Session 3: Posting/attaching files and assignment, student work in Edmodo, posting to library Pages 6-10

Session 4: Open training for those who had specific questions and needed more one on one help

Edmodo is an online social networking site for educators. Students are able to log on to share ideas, files, and complete their assignments with their class.

· To sign up for Edmodo, simply go to “Edmodo.com” and complete the sign-up form as a teacher. You will need the building’s code to enter the FZW District Group/School Group. That code is “XXXXX.”

CREATE A GROUP

Organize your students by subject, section, or grade level. Teachers and students can join multiple groups and educators can make small groups or sub-groups within a group.

· Click on Create in the Groups area on the left of your home page.

· Give the group a name, select the grade level or use the slider to select multiple grade levels, and choose a subject.

· Click create and you will be given the group code for others to use and join the group.

STUDENTS JOINING YOUR GROUP

Students signing into Edmodo the first time will need to click on “I’m a Student” to create an account. They can add codes at this point, if available. Having students use their lunch pins for a password is suggested. If student is already in Edmodo, teachers will need to provide classes with the group code.

TEACHERS JOINING A GROUP OR COMMUNITY

· Join various Edmodo community groups of interest. Find communities by scrolling down under Groups on the left side and click “Browse.”

I HAVE AN ACCOUNT; MY STUDENTS ARE SIGNED UP- NOW WHAT?

· Create and post assignments

· Reply to students comments

· Online grade tracking for students and teacher

· Create or post quizzes

· Poll students

· Manage students and members of groups

OTHER FEATURES

· Ability to archive classes from year to year

· Library feature allows easy access to information for students (handouts, links, videos)

· Notification system can be through email or text

· Mobile app for iPhone or Droid

· Posts can be tagged for easy retrieval

· Teachers can delete any post; students can only delete their own

· Google Apps/Docs talks to Edmodo (they play nicely with one another)

· Connect to other teachers with the same teaching topic

· Ability to create subgroups within a group

HOW ARE TEACHERS USING EDMODO?

· As an alternative to a classroom website or wiki

· Creating special groups for specific assignments

· Teach students correct usage of online behavior

· Student collaboration

· Can be used as a resource for absent students to ask questions outside of school or to find information missed in class.

· Use with Google Docs

· Book clubs

· Planning committees

· Project-based learning

· RSS feeds

· Absent information for students

RESOURCES FOR EDMODO USAGE

AND IDEAS

· www.edmodocon.com

· http://help.edmodo.com/

· http://edmodoteacherhub.wikispaces.com/

· http://www.slideshare.net/seyfert6/20-ways-to-use-edmodo

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY?

· Participants are part of a community (outside of Zumwalt) that posts questions, lesson plans, links and ideas to persons within that community.

· Find educators all over the world within the communities and professional organizations with similar ideas and interests.

· Find the communities icon on the left side of your screen. Click on browse and icons will pop up with the name of the community. There should be a description of the community to read. If you are interested in joining, simply click on the community and follow.

· Posts will show up on your “latest post” feed from the different communities to which you belong.

· The administrator of our Edmodo account (JB Mette) is the only one who can create communities. Edmodo and publishers created existing ones on Edmodo.

WHAT IS A GROUP?

· Useful for classrooms (one group for each class is recommended)

· For PLC groups, clubs, organizations, departments that need a way of communicating, sharing information and ideas that is in one location.

· Create a group by clicking on the “create” button on the left side of your screen. You will be asked to enter a name for your group and it will supply you with a group code.

· To have people join your group, you can simply give them the code or give the URL provided.

· The code can be locked or changed if needed.

· CWC teachers can be included as a co-teacher which will allow them most of the same functions as the group creator.

WHAT IS A SMALL GROUP?

· Essentially a group within a group.

· Ideal for students who are working together on a project. They would be able to post to each other, without clogging up the classroom posts.

· Lit circles, lab groups, discussion groups, collaborative projects

· Easily managed by the administrator of the larger group (the teacher and/or co-teacher)

· Click and drag members into the small group (easy to add and delete)

· Teacher can post to small groups or as a whole group

· Only students within the small group can post/see posts within the small group

SUGGESTION:

*****Create an Edmodo folder in your Outlook calendar and create a rule to avoid clutter. You will receive numerous notifications if your classes are using Edmodo; this will eliminate frustration with an inundated inbox. *****

“Home Page” Navigation:

POSTING ASSIGNMENTS

· Click on “Assignment” and a pop-up menu will show.

· Add title, details, due date, upload the assignment (if needed) and select which groups you would like it sent to.

· After posting the assignment, you will see the title, due date, and it will track how many students have turned it in (if using Turn it in through Edmodo).

· This is what it will look like after it is posted to your group.

POSTING TO MULTIPLE GROUPS OR PERSON

· When making a general post or posting an assignment, you have the option of sending it to one group, multiple groups, students, or connections.

FORGET TO SEND IT TO A GROUP?

· This is an easy fix without having to retype and attach information.

· Click on post assignment. On the right side of that box you will see “load assignments.”

· From there, you will be able to select from previously posted assignments and re-post.

· Choose selected assignment and details will “auto-populate”

ATTACHING FILES, LINKS AND LIBRARY CONTENT

· When the pop-up box appears when posting assignment, you have the option to add content.

· Select which type you would like to add

· Edmodo Help center states: “You can add any type of file (photo, video, document, etc.), in any format, or add web links to your library. Your library has unlimited storage space, however, each piece of content added must be under 100MB.”

ADDING TO THE LIBRARY

· Information can be added to the library at any time.

· Links, handouts, videos, audio files, documents can all be loaded.

· This is a great resource for students who have misplaced handouts, are working from home and forgot materials, absent students, and as a resource for supplemental material.

· To add to the library, click on the “Add to library” icon. You will be prompted to load either a link or file.

CREATING A FOLDER AND ADDING CONTENT

· Click on library icon and “new.”

· Decide on a name for folder

· Decide which group the folder will be shared

(See pics on the next page)

NEW FOLDER CREATE FOLDER

MOVE ITEMS IN LIBRARY INTO FOLDER

· Choose the item in folder by clicking on item- a black box outline the item

· A pop-up box on the left side will let you select which folder you want it placed. Choose one or multiple.

Students Turning in Assignments

When you have assigned an assignment the students see this:

When they are ready to turn in an assignment they click on the Turn In button and see the following:

Once they have turned in an assignment a teacher will see this:

Grading in Edmodo

When you click on the turned in button it takes you to the following screen:

Assignment Overview is where you can set the default total (100 pts)

To see a student’s work click on Turned In, this is what you will see: