Edmodo Video Presentation
A teacher did a great online presentation of Edmodo on Dim Dim explaining how to use Edmodo. It is hard to see, but there is a full screen button in the lower right hand corner of the video.
You can now search within Edmodo
One of the critical features missing from Edmodo was the ability to search your posts. We can finally say that this has been corrected as the search feature was rolled out quietly last week. Search works based on which group’s posts you are viewing at the time of the search. If you’re viewing the “everything” timeline, then the search will occur across all of your groups and direct messages. The search is pretty simple, it will either match an exact phrase, exact word, or even part of a word within your posts. When your done searching, click the “Clear Search” link.
The search box after a search has been done. Note the “clear search” link.
Feel free to leave any questions you have about this feature in the comments.
You can now edit posts on Edmodo!!!
We just pushed out our #1 requested feature: you can now edit posts! This shouldn’t need much more explanation than you click the edit link on posts you have created, edit your post, and save. Please let us know if you have any problems.
Classroom 2.0 Live Workshop Lightning Demo
Last friday a teacher using Edmodo, Phil Cook, gave a demo at the Classroom 2.0 Live Workshop in Chicago, IL. I decided to go and video the demo, take some pictures, and answering any questions anybody might have about edmodo.
Assignment Turn-In & Grading System Launched
When we launched Edmodo just a little over a month ago our assignment system was pretty much just a notification for assignments. We are proud to announce a complete Assignment Turn-In and Grading system has been added to Edmodo.
After a teacher has posted an assignment in Edmodo a student will see a link to turn-in the assignment in the assignment post.
When the student has completed their assignment according to the teachers instructions, they are ready to “turn-in” their assignment by clicking on the Turn-In link.
Once the Student turns in their assignment the post will then be marked as “waiting” for their teacher to grade the assignment.
Once students turn in assignments, the teacher will be notified.
Now the assignment is ready to grade. We currently only have 1 student in this demo class, but all your students would show up in the following screenshot for your classes.
Time to review & grade!!!
Once you’ve graded the assignment your students will be notified of their grade in Edmodo.
Please let us know what you think of the Assignment Turn-In & Grading System. We are striving to make Edmodo as best we can and make it a first class learning platform.
Edmodo in the news
We have been getting some great press over the last 3 weeks since we launched Edmodo. I wanted to share some of the best articles with you.
- http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=432 - What students think of Edmodo
- http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=432 - What students think of Edmodo
- http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=403
- http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/edmodo-twitter-for-educators/
- http://www.openeducation.net/2008/09/20/edmodo-free-microblogging-site-for-educators/
- http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/digital_passports/2008/09/05/edmodo-twitter-designed-for-the-classroom/
- http://www.blogher.com/edmodo-microblogging-classroom
We have been really humbled by the support that people have given to Edmodo and thank everyone that has taken the time to sign up and write about Edmodo. We also want to thank every teacher using Edmodo in their classroom. Edmodo is an attempt to give teachers & students a better communication tool that makes their lives easier, so keep the feedback coming!
We now have a documentation wiki
One of the things we have been lacking is documentation about Edmodo and how to use it. So we have just setup a wiki at http://wiki.edmodo.com. We currently have 4 guides posted and we will be posting more.
If you have any tips or how-to’s and would like them added to the wiki, let us know by either commenting to this post or by contacting us.
-Jeff
Bear with us while we tidy up
Please bear with us as we get our blog put back together. We re-designed the blog and switched blog engines. If your visiting us for the first time, don’t forget to subscribe to our blog in your favorite RSS reader.
New features - Calendar & Notifications
I just wanted to let everyone know we launched Notifications on Sunday & we Launched a simple calendar yesterday. You can setup your notifications in the settings tab and you should now see a calendar tab inside your Edmodo account.
Cheers,
The Edmodo Team
We are launching Edmodo…. NOW!!!!
Big news today: We have just launched Edmodo at http://www.edmodo.com and invite you to come sign up.
What is Edmodo?
Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. Teachers also have the ability to mark any post from their classes as public to share with the outside world. You can also create private groups for you and your colleagues to collaborate. It’s free & simple to use!
Share the love
We would love for you to share Edmodo with your fellow teachers. You’re also encouraged to blog, post screenshots, and discuss Edmodo wherever and however you would like.
Thank You
Your thoughts and comments are always welcome and encouraged. You can reach us by posting in the public “edmodo” group within Edmodo or by e-mailing us at contact@edmodo.com. All teachers are automatically signed up for a “support” group to post any problems you may have with Edmodo.
Enjoy!
Nic & Jeff
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