Edmodo is a famous learning social network in the world, created by 2 teachers since 2008. The point of view of the founders and developers of edmodo is to focus on building a technology platform through which teachers want to use. Use technology to teach instead of having to use it.
Using Edmodo Teachers can share files, links, lessons, grades as well as announcements, updates, chat with students like on Facebook wall, survey students, manage class by calendar. Students can contact their instructors directly, message other classmates, interact with public discussion spaces, and even access Edmodo from a mobile phone through an optimized website. for mobile to watch lectures,…
Salient features of Edmodo
- Share unlimited resources:
- Effective collaboration
- Promote and increase teaching and learning activities
- Is a form of testing and evaluation
Edmodo User Manual
1. Create an Edmodo account and class
Step 1: Visit the website https://www.edmodo.com
Step 2 : From the interface of the website, select Sign Up -> I'm a Teacher or Teacher right on the homepage to log in (if you already have an account)
Step 3: Fill in Email and password information and click Create your account to create an account (Teachers can also Sign Up with Gmail or Office 365 account)
Step 4: Enter your full name and press NEXT.
Step 5: Teachers will see a welcome screen appear.
- Set Up A Class: Create a new class.
- Explore Your Interests: Explore your interests.
- Have a Code? Join a Class or Group: If you have the code, join a class or group.
Here, teachers choose Set Up A Class to create a new class for themselves
Step 6: Set up class information.
- Name the class
- Select the category and subject of the subject
- Select a child theme (if any)
- Select a student object
Step 7: Choose the color for the class and click Create Class
And this is the teacher's classroom interface.
Step 8: Create a group
Teachers can create groups for their students according to projects, topics or certain criteria of the teacher. Click Create a group
More information for the group
2. Class Management
At the teacher's homepage, click Classes -> Select a teacher's class
Classroom management interface.
- Posts : Posts on the classroom wall
- Folders: Manage folders in the teacher's library.
- Members: Manage members, allow teachers to add students and teachers to the class
- Small Group: Small groups in class
- Invite People : Invite people to join the class by code or email
2.1. Add students to the class.
Step 1: To add students to the class, the teacher selects Member from the class management interface (here the teacher can add a Co-Teacher if desired by clicking the Teacher Tab) -> At the Students tab, the teacher clicks Add Students
Step 2: Enter information for the student, including Name, Surname and Email (can be added later)
After filling in, the teacher clicks Add Student to add students to the class
Next, the teacher clicks Download and Continue or Continue without Downloading depending on the teacher's needs.
2.2. Resource management
Step 1. Edmodo allows teachers to manage their teaching resources very easily and scientifically. To do this, at the classroom management screen, the teacher selects Folders
Step 2: Teachers Click Manage Folders -> Select Add Folder to create a new one
Step 3: Add documents to the folder
Select a folder in the teacher's library -> Select New to add documents
Here teachers can add:
- File Upload: Upload documents from your computer to the Edmodo library
- New Folder: Create a new subfolder
- Link: Link link or Embed link (Embed)
- Quiz: Create quizzes.
- Micorosft Word: Create word files
- Microsoft Excel: Create Excel files
- Microsoft Powerpoint: Create PowerPoint presentation files
Step 4. Exchange, texting
At the classroom management interface, teachers click Messages to text and exchange with students
Here teachers can send private messages to each student or group of students.
Teachers can also use Imoji, Insert resources from the library or attach files to messages.
Step 5: Assign exercises and tasks to students
At the classroom management interface, teachers click the plus sign to start creating exercises and assigning tasks to students
Here teachers can choose:
- Create Assignment: Create tasks for students
- Select an Assignment to copy: Copy an existing assignment.
- Create Quiz: Create Quiz
- Load Existing Quiz: Select an existing Quiz.
Let's choose Create Assignment together, with Quiz teachers can learn by themselves because it's extremely simple.
Teachers create assignments and can attach files, links or from the library -> Then click Assign to assign tasks
At the Assign screen, teachers can:
- Assign to: Assign a task to a class, one or more individual students, or a group of students
- Due on: Set submission deadline
- Look after due date: Automatically lock the exercise when it expires.
- Add to Gradebook: Add assignments to Gradebook
- Schedule for late: schedule.
Click Assgign to finish assigning tasks
Once the quest is assigned, it will appear right on the class timeline (wall)
Teachers can click on the assignment and select ViewAssignment to view the assignment
It's simple, right? At this point, teachers can run their classroom smoothly. Wish teachers have great experiences with Edmodo
For more reference: Instructions for using Padled in teaching