Jada Hazlett: Edmodo - Winthrop University

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Picture is a screenshot from Edmodo’s website.
For students to be able to join the group, each student must have the group code.
Depending upon the age of the students, the students can create their own accounts or the
teacher can do it for them. If the teacher creates the profiles for each student, he or she is then
in control of all usernames and passwords and also who has an account and who does not. If
students create their own profiles, the teacher will need to decide on what guidelines to give
students concerning usernames and passwords. It is important to keep in mind that a teacher
does not have access to passwords, but does have the ability to reset a student’s password if
needed.
If the teacher decides that it is best to create the accounts for the students, you must
log out of the teacher account and go back to the website entrance. Whether the students or
teachers are creating the accounts, you complete the following process. Instead of clicking on
“I’m a Teacher”, click on “I’m a Student”. Whoever is setting up the account will enter the
group code, the desired username, desired password, and name. This will allow the student to
be involved in only the groups they have the code for. Students’ full names are not displayed on
their profiles if privacy is a concern.
For students to have anything to do on Edmodo, teachers must assign things for them to
do. A teacher can choose to assign discussion starters, polls, notes, and alerts.
Discussion starters are used for a teacher to pose a question for students to
answer on the website. All discussions are moderated by the teacher. All
answers can be seen by other students in the group. Students can respond
publicly to one another throughout the discussion as well.