Edmodo:
A Guide to Getting Started
BCPS – Department of Digital Learning
What is Edmodo?
Free social learning network for
teachers, students, schools and districts
Safe and easy way to connect
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Exchange ideas
Share content
Access homework, grades and school notices.
District and school subdomains give
flexible suite of tools
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Monitor usage
Manage users
Communicate across district
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
Sub domains allow district
administrators greater control
BCPS RULES FOR USE OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Technology Acceptable Use Policy (TAUP) for Employees
and Approved Non-Employees
http://www.bcps.org/system/policies_rules/rules/4000Seri
es/RULE4104.pdf
Technology Acceptable Use Policy (TAUP) for Students
http://www.bcps.org/system/policies_rules/rules/6000Seri
es/RULE6202.pdf
Create Your Account – You will need your school code!
https://bcps.edmodo.com/
Teacher Landing Page
Store unlimited
content for easy reuse and sharing
Post assignments,
reminders, polls, or
discussion questions
Create Groups
for Classes and
Clubs
Encourage
collaboration and
participation in
classroom
discussions
Update Your Account Settings
Upload a
photo or
select an
icon from
our list
Choose your
privacy settings
Customize email or
text notification
Change your
school
Join a Group
1. Select + on
Groups menu
2. Select Join
3. Enter Group
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Create a Group
1. Select + on
Groups menu
2. Select Create
3. Complete group info
4. Distribute code to
group members
Manage Groups
Organize shared
resources in folders
Create small
groups within
your groups
View grades, reset passwords
and set students to “read only”
Student Sign-Up
Students are NOT
required to give
email address
Student must have group
code to register
Students should sign
up with their AD
username and
external password
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” or “Moderate” status to curb inappropriate
behavior
Always log in through the BCPS subdomain
Use BCPS AD username and external password
Student View
Students can
only join groups,
they cannot
create them
Unlimited
storage for
documents,
videos and other
resources
Students receive notifications for
new grades, new assignments,
alerts or replies
Students can only send
messages to the entire
group or directly to the
teacher
Parent Sign-up
Parent must
have parent
code to
register.
Parents can retrieve parent codes from their
child’s Edmodo account.
Parent View
Parents have a dashboard
view of all of their child’s
assignments, grades and
calendar notices
Teachers can send parents messages.
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!
Post a Message
Select to post a note,
alert, assignment, quiz
or poll
Send a message to a group,
or post direct messages to
specific students or teacher
connections
Embed videos, attach files,
link to websites or point to
documents from your
Edmodo Library collection
Post message
immediately or
send out at a
scheduled time.
Create an Assignment
Click “Load
Assignment” to
easily pull up a
previously given
assignment
View and grade
assignments as
students turn them in
Grading Assignments
Students can attach documents,
links or embed video.
Teachers can annotate
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.
Teachers can grade
assignments using
points and/or use
“stickers.”
Create a Quiz
Select to create a new
quiz or load a previously
created one
Choose from
multiple choice,
true/false, fill in
the blank, short
answer, or
matching
questions
Add a quiz title, instructions, time limit and choose whether you’d like
to allow students to view results immediately.
Planner
Filter by
group or
view all
Add class events,
school events or
view scheduled
assignments
Mobile Access
Get updates and notifications on
the go with the mobile app.
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Available for iOS and Android
devices.
Access Edmodo on any mobile
browser at m.edmodo.com
Training and Support Resources
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View an Edmodo Webinar
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Explore resources in the Help Center
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Follow the Edmodo Support Community
https://support.edmodo.com
Grading Quizzes
View number of
correct responses
by question
Select individual students to view their
responses, and grade short answer
questions
Gradebook/Progress
Export option allows
you to transfer
grades to another
program
Manually add grades for
other assignments.
Scores are updated
automatically after
each assignment is
graded and recorded