Edmodo is a free social learning platform that allows teachers, students, and schools to connect safely. It provides a way for teachers to share content, assignments, grades, and notices with students, and for students to collaborate and participate in discussions. The platform ensures student safety and privacy. The guide outlines how teachers can set up their Edmodo account, create classes, post assignments and materials, provide grades, and use other tools to engage students. It also describes how students and parents can sign up and access materials through the Edmodo app or website.

1. A Guide to Getting Started
Edmodo Training

2. What is Edmodo?
Free social learning network for teachers,
students, schools and districts
Safe and easy way to connect
• Exchange ideas
• Share content
• Access homework, grades and school notices.
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3. Founded in late 2008, Edmodo is now being used by
millions of teachers and students around the world
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4. Secure Platform Ensures Student Safety and Privacy
Closed environment
No private information required
from students
Students join classes by the
invitation of their teacher only
All communications are archived
Teacher has full management
control

5. Getting Started

6. Create Your Account

7. Teacher Landing Page
Store unlimited
content for easy
re-use and
sharing
Post assignments,
reminders, polls, or
discussion questions
Create Groups for
Classes and
Professional
Development
Encourage
collaboration and
participation in
classroom
discussions

8. Edmodo Student Demo

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

10. Edmodo in the Classroom

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

12. Create Your Profile
Tell people about
yourself
Find teacher
connections

13. Create a Group
1. Select Create on
groups menu
2. Complete group
info
3. Distribute code or
Join URL to group
members

14. Manage Groups
Create sub-groups
within your
groups
View grades, reset passwords
and set students to “read only”
Access Parent Codes, award
badges and remove members

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

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

17. Edmodo Library
Organize library
into folders and
share files and
folders with groups
Upload, store and edit content to
your personal library
Unlimited Storage,
accessible
anywhere!

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

19. Grading Assignments
Comments allow you to
provide feedback on
assignments. 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.

20. Create a Quiz
Select to create a new
quiz or load a previously
created one
Add a quiz title,
instructions, time
limit and choose
whether you’d like
to allow students
to view results
immediately.

21. Add Quiz Questions
Choose from
multiple choice,
true/false, fill in
the blank or short
answer questions
Add multiple
responses and set
correct answers

22. Grading Quizzes
View number of
correct responses by
question
Select individual
students to view their
responses, and grade
short answer questions

23. Progress
Export option
allows you to
transfer grades to
another program
View grades or
badges
Scores are updated
automatically after each
assignment is graded and
recorded

24. Planner
Filter by group
or view all
View by month
or week
Add class events,
school events or
view scheduled
assignments

25. Insights and Reactions

26. Discover

27. Recent Activity
Receive live
information about
students and
teachers in your
groups. You will see
“log-ins”, apps and
content all surfaced
here.

28. Apps
Browse apps in
the Store
View
purchased
apps

29. Store
Filter by paid
and free apps
Browse by
subject area,
recently added
and suggested

30. Purchase Apps
Purchase credit
Chose groups
to install for
View preview
Purchase and
install

31. Mobile Access
Get updates and notifications on the go
Mobile app available for
• iOS – iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
• Android smartphones and tables
Access Edmodo on any mobile browser at
m.edmodo.com

32. Edmodo Student and Parent Signup

33. Student Sign-Up
Student must have group
code to register
Students are
NOT required to
give email
address

34. Student Profile

35. Parent Sign-up
Parent must have
parent code to
register.
Parents can retrieve parent codes from their child’s
Edmodo account.

36. Parent View
Parents have a dashboard view of all
of their child’s assignments, grades
and calendar notices
Teachers can send parents messages.

37. Edmodo for Professional Development

38. Edmodo Communities
Follow subject and
content communities
to connect and share
best practices with
other teachers
Access digital
content to support
classroom
instruction

39. School & District Communities (for subdomain holders)
Schedule school
and districtwide meetings
and events
Encourage school
and district-wide
communication

40. Create a PD Group
Post discussion
questions, & polls, &
organize training
materials into
folders
Select “Professional
Development” as
Subject area and
distribute group code
to attendees

41. Best Practices for Safe Social Networking
Encourage students to create their own accounts to ensure
password safety
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
Use “Read-Only” status to curb inappropriate behavior
Always log in though your subdomain
If your school or district does not have a subdomain, claim one at
http://www.edmodo.com/institutions

42. Edmodo To-Do List

43. Action Items
1
Complete your profile
2
Create a group and invite your students
3
Post class materials and discussion starters within your group
4
Join a subject area community and connect with other
educators.

44. Training and Support Resources
1
View an Edmodo Webinar:
help.edmodo.com/webinars
2
Explore resources in the Help Center:
help.edmodo.com
3
Follow the Edmodo Support Community:
edmodo.com/community/support