Edmodo User Guide
Edmodo User Guide
Table of Contents
A. Getting started
1. Setting up an account
2. Edmodo settings
3. Creating a group
B. Edmodo tools
1. Notes
2. Tags
3. Editing, deleting and popout options
4. Links
5. Files
6. Alerts
7. Polls
8. Assignments
9. Calendar
10. Spotlight, filters and tags
11. Managing a section
A. Getting started
The pages in this section will show you how to get started with Edmodo.
1. Setting up an account
1. Go to www.edmodo.com.
2. Sign up as a teacher.
3. Enter the required information in the popup and click on “Sign Up”.
2. Edmodo settings
1. After signing up, the following screen appears. Click on the “Settings” option.
2. The following screen appears. Change the settings as rquired. In the example below, an
edmodo image as your current photo but you can upload one. Also, notifications are set to
“Alerts”, “Assignments” and “Replies”. When a student posts any of these functions in
edmodo, you will receive an email to the address specified. Click on the “Save” buttons
when changes are made. Click on “go back home” to return to the main page.
3. Creating a group
2. A popup appears. Type in the name of the group. (Note: It must be unique, so use the full
numeric code for your sections.) Click on the “Create” button when finished.
3. The group appears on the left-hand side. Click on this to enter the group. (Note: An access
code is also created - fsa390 in the example below. You will need to give this code to the
students to join the group.
B. Edmodo tools
1. Notes
Notes allow you to send messages to students. Students can then reply to these notes.
2. Tags
Tags are very, very important. They help you organize all the activity in your Edmodo class.
After posting something, you should add a tag.
1. Add a new tag by selecting the tag pulldown, clicking on “New Tag” and entering the new
tag name in the popup.
2. Select a tag by selecting the tag pulldown and clicking on the required tag.
At the top of each post, there are icons for editing and deleting each post. There is also an icon
for putting the post in a popout.
4. Links
The links tool allows you to put hyperlinks or embed links into a post.
2. Type in the address of the website or the embedded code. (Note: If you type in a website
address, it will open in a new window. If you use embedded code, it will open up within the
edmodo page.)
3. Send it to a section.
5. Files
The file tool allows you to send files as attachments to your students.
6. Alerts
The alert tool allows you to send announcements to yor students. Alerts can only be 140
characters long. The have a larger font than the other posts.
3. Send to a section.
7. Polls
The poll tool allows you to send polling questions to your students.
3. Send to a section. The poll appears in the main page as shown below.
Note:
1) In student view, there is a radio button beside each answer. Students use these buttons to
answer the question.
2) After voting, students can see how many votes were cast for each answer.
3) Polling is anonymous. You cannot see how individual students voted.
8. Assignments
4. Send to a section. The assignment appears in the main page and in the calendar.
9. Calendar
The calendar tool allows you and your students to dates of specific course activity.
2. The calendar shows the due dates for all the course assignments.
3. Clicking on an assignment entry shows a list of all students’ grades for that assignment.
4. You can add an entry, e.g. “mid-term exams”, by clicking on the top blue bar at the top of
each day.
Edmodo is a form of blog so the newer posts are shown at the top. Finding specific posts can
therefore be difficult. The spotlight, filters and tags allow you to find posts sorted into
categories.
Spotlight
Filters
Tags
Using Edmodo is very intuitive – your students should be able to use it very quickly. However,
the student view is different from the teacher view. This section outlines how a student can use
Edmodo.
2. In the popup, students should enter their sign in data. You will need to supply them with the access
code of the group you have already created for them. You can get this code from the “Code & Info”
of the group.
3. Students will be logged into Edmodo automatically. They should then click on the group you have
set up for them.
Sharjah HCT | Educational Technology Department
Sean Dowling | Feb 18, 2010
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