1. A Guide for Getting Started

2. What is Edmodo?
Free social learning network for teachers, students, schools and districts
Provides an engaging platform for blended learning and safe, productive social networking
Safe and easy way to:
Connect
Exchange ideas
Share content
Access homework, grades and school notices.

3. Founded in late 2008, Edmodo is now used by millions around the globe
Founded in late 2008, Edmodo is now used by millions around the globe. Our rapid growth is due to grassroots adoption - teachers sharing tools that work!

4. Security Closed environment
No private information required from students
Students join classes by the invitation of their teacher only
Students cannot directly message one another
All communications are archived
Teacher has full management control
Sub domains allow district administrators greater control

5. Create Your Account

6. Teacher Landing Page
Post assignments, reminders, polls, or discussion questions
Store unlimited content for easy re-use and sharing
Create Groups for Classes and Clubs
Encourage collaboration and participation in classroom discussions
Join Subject and Content Communities

7. Students receive notifications for new grades, new assignments, alerts or replies
Student view
Unlimited storage for documents, videos and other resources
Students can only send messages to the entire group or directly to the teacher
Students can only join groups, they cannot create them

8. Update Your Account Settings
Customize or text notification
Upload a photo or select an icon from our list
Choose your privacy settings
Select your School and connect with your peers

9. 3. Distribute code to group members
Create a Group
1. Select Create on groups menu
2. Complete group info
3. Distribute code to group members

10. Student Sign-up Student must have group code to register
Students are NOT required to give address

11. Manage Groups Create sub-groups within your groups
Set group members to read-only mode
Access Parent Account codes, view student grades, reset passwords and remove members

12. Select to post a note, alert, assignment or poll
Post a Message
Embed videos, attach files, links or any documents from your Edmodo Library collection
Select to post a note, alert, assignment or poll
Send a message to a group, or post direct messages to specific students or teacher connections

13. 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!

14. View and grade assignments as students turn them in
Create an Assignment
Click “Load Assignment” to easily pull up a previously given assignment
View and grade assignments as students turn them in

15. Grading Assignments
Students can attach documents, links or embed video, avoiding paper or use of thumb drives
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.

16. Export option allows you to transfer grades to another program
Gradebook
Export option allows you to transfer grades to another program
Scores are updated automatically after each assignment is graded and recorded

17. Calendar Filter by group or view all
Add class events, school events or view scheduled assignments

18. All of the child’s teachers are listed on the right panel
Parent Account
All of the child’s teachers are listed on the right panel
Parents can send direct messages to a child’s teacher or view any communication from the teacher to their child
Parent can add all of their children (students) under one Edmodo account

19. Communities/Professional Development
Follow subject and content communities to connect and share best practices with other teachers

20. Mobile Access
Get updates and notifications on the go with our mobile app available for:
iPhone
iPod
Android
Access Edmodo on any mobile browser at m.edmodo.com

21. Best Practices for Safe Networking
After all students join your group, lock the group code to prevent others from joining
Monitor group membership to ensure only students in your group have joined
Educate students on proper online etiquette
Teacher can immediately edit or delete any posts by group members
Use “Read-Only” status to curb inappropriate behavior
Students may still submit assignments and post messages to teacher; but cannot send messages to entire group

22. First Steps for Getting Started1
Create your account and invite students.
Read blog.edmodo.com for more ways to use Edmodo in the classroom.
Watch our Edmodo In Action videos to see first-hand how Edmodo is being used in the classroom:
Follow Edmodo updates on Twitter and Facebook (facebook.com/edmodo) 2 3 4

23. Training and Support
Join Weekly Edmodo Webinars:
Explore resources in the Help Center:
help.edmodo.com
Ask the Edmodo Support Community: 1 2 3

24. What questions to you have?