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Welcome to EdmodoProfessional Development WorkshopAmerican School of Guatemala

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Thank you to Mrs. Vanita Vance College Station High School, College Station,TexasFor allowing us to revise her original powerpoint

A Guide to Getting Started

First Recording2nd recordingFree social learning network for teachers, students, schools and districts

Safe and easy way to connectExchange ideasShare contentAccess homework, grades and school notices.

What is Edmodo?

3Note: Image reflects data as of Oct11Founded in late 2008, Edmodo is now being used by more than 7 million teachers and students around the world

4Closed environmentNo private information required from studentsStudents join classes by the invitation of their teacher onlyAll communications are archivedTeacher has full management controlSecure Platform Ensures Student Safety and Privacy

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Create Your Account

6Teacher Landing Page this is a page where you need to scroll

Store 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

7Join our Edmodo Training GroupGroup code for Edmodo Training August 2012: 9gtzm9

Click Join and enter:oc12zqUpdate Your Account Settings

Upload a photo or select an icon from our list

Select your School and connect with your peersIf you wish to do so.Customize email or text notificationI use my own email not the Edmodo one.

Choose your privacy settings

9Create Your Profile you can return to this page at a later time.

Claim your personal URL

Add any previous schools youve worked at

Tell people about yourself

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Edmodo in the ClassroomCreate a Group

2. Complete group info3. Distribute code to group members1. Select Create on groups menu12Student Sign-Up

Student must have group code to registerStudents are NOT required to give email address

13Student View

Unlimited storage for documents, videos and other resourcesStudents can only join groups, they cannot create themStudents receive notifications for new grades, new assignments, alerts or repliesStudents can only send messages to the entire group or directly to the teacher

14Manage Groups

View grades, reset passwords and set students to read onlyCreate sub-groups within your groupsAccess Parent Codes, award badges and remove members

You may want to put a student at Read Only status if they are posting inappropriately.15Post a Message

Send a message to a group, or post direct messages to specific students or teacher connectionsSelect to post a note, alert, assignment or pollEmbed videos, attach files, links or any documents from your Edmodo Library collection

16Create an Assignment

View and grade assignments as students turn them inClick Load Assignment to easily pull up a previously given assignment17Grading 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.18Create a Quiz

Select to create a new quiz or load a previously created oneAdd a quiz title, instructions, time limit and choose whether youd like to allow students to view results immediately.19Add Quiz Questions

Choose from multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank or short answer questionsAdd multiple responses and set correct answers20Grading Quizzes

Select individual students to view their responses, and grade short answer questionsView number of correct responses by question21Gradebook

Export option allows you to transfer grades to another programScores are updated automatically after each assignment is graded and recorded22Calendar

Filter by group or view allAdd class events, school events or view scheduled assignments23Badges

Access badges from Group Member list or Student Profile.Use pre-loaded badges or create your own.

24Badges

To borrow shared badges from other teachers:Click on a teachers name to access their profileShared badges can be accessed here

and viewed and chosen here

Edmodo for Parents

Parent Sign-up

Parent must have parent code to register.

Parents can retrieve parent codes from their childs Edmodo account.27Parent View

Parents have a dashboard view of all of their childs assignments, grades and calendar noticesTeachers can send parents messages.28

Edmodo for Professional Development

Edmodo Communities

Follow subject and content communities to connect and share best practices with other teachersAccess digital content to support classroom instruction30Get updates and notifications on the go with our mobile app.Available for iOS and Android devices.Access Edmodo on any mobile browser at m.edmodo.com

Mobile Access

31Best Practices for Safe Social NetworkingEncourage 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 status to curb inappropriate behavior

32Complete your profile

Create a group and invite your students

Post class materials and discussion starters within your group

Join a subject area community and connect with other educators.

123Action Items4View an Edmodo Webinar: help.edmodo.com/webinars

Explore resources in the Help Center: help.edmodo.com

Follow the Edmodo Support Community:edmodo.com/community/support

123Training and Support ResourcesWhat questions do you have?

Please send me an email if you have any questions or problems.

Thanks to everyone for your support andunderstanding