Presented to the HHS PTSA 5-16-12 Edmodo Intro and parent tutorial

1. www.edmodo.com
www.edmodo.com

2. What is it?
Edmodo is a free, secure, social
learning platform for
teachers, students, parents, and
schools.
Edmodo provides teachers and
students with a secure and easy way to
post classroom materials, share links
and videos, and access
homework, grades and school
notices.
Teachers and students can store
and share all forms of digital content –
blogs, links, pictures, video, documents
, presentations, and more.

3. Did you say social?
Like Facebook?
Or
Twitter?

4. vs.

5. vs.
• Social: connect! • Social: connect!
• Simple • Simple
• Handles events • Handles events
• Handles grades • No grading
• Teacher • No teacher
controlled control
• Private and • Public and
education- unregulated
oriented

6. Ok, I get it, but what’s
wrong with a piece of
paper and a pencil?

7. vs.

8. vs.
• Social: connect! • Not social
• Simple • More cluttered
• Events not
• Handles events
updated live
• Handles grades • Grades not
• Teacher updated live
controlled • Controlled
• Private and • Private and
education- education-
oriented oriented

9. Over 1 Million Users

10. What do students get out
of Edmodo?
Communication
Collaboration/Social
Creativity

11. What Can Edmodo Do?

12. Edmodo

13. Notes
Students and
teachers use
the “note
bubble” to
communicate
and share with
each other.
Students can only send notes
directly to the teacher or the entire
class.

14. What can we share? You
mp3 files
name it! Video clips
Links
Documents

15. New Assignments
New
Assignments
appear in the
Spotlight
And on the main page

16. Completing Assignments
Students can type responses, submit files, or link to
their work on another site

17. Graded Assignments

18. Polls
Anonymous
Results
Students can voice dissenting opinions without fear
of being judged

19. Library
Storage Space
All files, links, or media resources for
a group

20. Organizational Tools
Calendar
Gradebook

21. Mobile and Notifications
•Mobile Website:
•http://m.edmodo.com
•Mobile App: Android and
iPhone/iPod Touch
•Email and Text Message
Notifications
Check updates, view and reply to posts, and publish new messages to your Edmodo
groups from anywhere, anytime, with the mobile Web application.

22. Parent Accounts
Parents will be able to send messages to the
teacher and their student
Parents will be able to view assignments, due
dates, and grades for their student.
Parents will be able to view communication
between their student and teacher.

23. Parent Accounts
Once you receive a parent code from your child’s
teacher you will be able to register with Edmodo at
www.edmodo.com

24. Parent Registration

25. Creating an Account
• Use your Parent
Code to create an
account
• Add all children in
the family with
additional parent
codes

26. Edmodo Parent View

27. Parent Calendar

28. Parent Assignment Page

29. Parent Notifications

30. Questions?

31. Edmodo Tutorial

32. Credits
All website images (Edmodo and Facebook) taken from their
respective sites
Image of “notebook and pencil” used under creative commons from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elea/201457176/
Edmodo tutorial video found on YouTube uploaded by joeSoss1325
and can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWaqgTk4Mbs