1. An Interactive “Quick Start Guide” for Students

2. General Introduction
 This slideshow is designed to provide students with a
basic hands-on introduction to the social learning site:
edmodo.com.
 It provides a quick tour of the student’s Edmodo home
screen and all of the main features of the site.
 If students are viewing this slideshow within an
Edmodo post, they are advised to “popout” the post by
clicking the far right button above the post (displayed
below).
Popout button

3. General Introduction
 This slideshow is an unofficial student-focussed
companion to the official Edmodo Guide.
 While teacher-focussed, the Edmodo Guide is much
more comprehensive and details all of the great
features of Edmodo in more depth.
 This slideshow is more of a basic “quick start guide”.
 For more detailed help and information on Edmodo
features students and teachers are referred to the
Guide:
 http://www.edmodo.com/guide/

4. Note to Students
 This guide will take you through a tour of the key
features of the Edmodo social learning site, to help you
get started.
 Each feature will be described and explained with
accompanying images.
 The tour is interactive and will instruct you to take
brief action steps after each explanation.
 If you are not logged into Edmodo already, you should
open a new browser tab (if necessary) and log into
your Edmodo student account before continuing.

5. Features of the Edmodo
Home Screen

6. 1. The Spotlight
 The “spotlight” appears at the top right-hand side of
the Edmodo home screen.
 It is the first thing you should check when you log in to
Edmodo. It will highlight new replies to posts by you,
upcoming calendar events and important messages
(alerts) from teachers.
 Action Step: Locate the spotlight on your page and
check whether you currently have any items listed there
that you should respond to.

7. 2. Filters
 The filter options appear just below the spotlight.
Filters allow you to focus on specific types of posts.
Clicking on a filter label (e.g. Assignments) will hide
all other posts and leave only that type of post in view.
If there are no posts matching a particular filter then
no posts will be displayed.
 Action Step: Experiment with clicking the different
filter options.

8. 3. Everything & Direct
 These two options appear just under your profile
picture on the top left of screen. Clicking on
“Everything” will undo all filter effects and display
everything in your feed once again. Clicking on
“Direct” will display only direct messages between
yourself and others (e.g. your teachers).
 Action Steps: Click “Everything” to undo the filter
effects from step 2. Click on “Direct” to view only your
direct messages, if you have any.

9. 4. Tags
 Tags are labels you can apply to specific messages in your feed
to group them together based on topics or themes. For
example, for each class you might use tags for each unit topic so
that you can easily see all the posts relating to a unit together.
 A list of your previously used tags is listed below the filters on
the right of the screen. You can click on any tag in this list to
filter your feed and display only posts that have been tagged
with that label. To add a tag to a post, just click on the “Tag”
option below the post.
 Action Steps: Choose some posts in your feed and “tag” them
based on the topic, subject or unit they relate to. Experiment
with clicking the different tag labels in your list of tags on the
right.

10. 5. Groups
 The groups you belong to are listed to the left of your feed.
You can “filter” your feed to display only posts relating a
specific group by clicking on the group in the list. This
area is also where you join new groups by clicking “Join”.
You can also “hover” the mouse over a group label for extra
options in a context menu.
 Action Steps: Click on different group labels in the list to
filter your feed according to each group. Remember to click
“Everything” afterwards to reveal everything else that has
been hidden. Hover the mouse over a group label and
explore the options provided (don’t “withdraw” from the
group, or you’ll have to join it again).

11. Avatar picture
6. Profiles
 Everyone on Edmodo has a
profile, just like other
social networking sites.
A Student profile
You can view a person’s
profile by clicking on their
avatar picture beside a
message they have posted.
Their profile will list all
their public posts.
 Action Step: Click on a
fellow student’s avatar
picture next to one of their
posts and view their profile.

12. 7. Your Library
 All the files, documents, web links or other attachments
attached to all the posts you have ever received are kept
together in your personal Library.
 You can access your Library by clicking on the “Library”
link at the top of the page. Library items can be viewed or
downloaded, and like posts they can be filtered by group
or type. You can even create folders and organise your
Library items in a way that makes sense to you.

13. 7. Your Library

14. 7. Your Library
 Action Steps: Go to your Library and experiment with
the features. Create several folders and move items into
their appropriate folder if you have items in your
Library. You could create folders for “Assignment
handouts”, “Class work handouts”, or for specific units
or topics within a subject.

15. 8. The Calendar
 The Calendar can be accessed by clicking the link at
the top of the page. Your calendar will include
assignment dates and other events set by your teacher.
Calendar items will appear in your spotlight as they
approach.

16. 8. The Calendar
 Action Step: Go to your calendar and check if there are
any events or assignment due dates listed.

17. 9. Settings
 You can click the “Settings” link at the top of the page
to edit your profile and change other settings. This is
where you can go to change your login password, your
avatar picture and other personal information.

18. 9. Settings
 Action Step: If you haven’t already done so, choose a
profile picture from those provided or else upload an
appropriate novelty image to serve this purpose.

19. 10. Grades
 You can view grades for assignment you have “turned
in” via Edmodo by clicking the button at the top of the
page.
 You will be provided with a list of groups you belong to
and then you can choose a group to view assignments
teachers have graded.
 The assignment task, your turned in assignment, and
your teacher’s comments and marks will all be
displayed together (shown in the next slide).

20. 10. Grades

21. 10. Grades
 Action Steps: Click on the Grades button at the top of
your page and gain familiarity with navigating through
your different group sections, even if there are no
graded assignments listed just yet.

22. 11. Create A Post Box
 Obviously you make a post to your group using the box just
above your feed in the centre of the page. As a student, you can
post a note to your entire class group or else you can direct
message your teacher. You are unable to direct message other
individual students.
 You simply type your note, type the name of the person or group
you want to sent it to, click “Send” and you’re done.

23. 11. Create A Post Box
 Action Steps: Experiment with posting different types
of posts.
 More detailed help with posting files, links, attachments
and embedded content follows in the second part of this
slideshow.

24. Conclusion
 That’s the completion of the student tour of Edmodo.
 If you’re satisfied, go have fun with Edmodo and happy
learning.
 If you want more details on some of the features, consult
the Edmodo Guide mentioned earlier.
 If you’re specifically looking for detailed help with
making different types of posts (attaching files, rich
media content, videos, links) then proceed with the rest
of the slideshow.