Creating Assignments in Drive and Posting in Edmodo
Note: After I made this tutorial Google released Classroom. That new tool is an excellent way to get assignments to your students! You might still prefer Edmodo because of other things other things it does. Just be sure to watch the Classroom Basics tutorial to see if that better suits your needs.
For this session I have only one video that is almost 12 minutes long. Some steps are a quick review of the previous sessions, so you might skip ahead. Here's an outline of the video with approximate times in the video if you want to skip ahead to certain parts.
Either as you watch the video (pausing as necessary) or afterward, I suggest you take some time to create an assignment from scratch or upload an existing assignment as I show in the video.
For this session I have only one video that is almost 12 minutes long. Some steps are a quick review of the previous sessions, so you might skip ahead. Here's an outline of the video with approximate times in the video if you want to skip ahead to certain parts.
- Very brief overview of creating a Group (class) in Edmodo - 0:27
- Creating an assignment from scratch in Drive - 1:30
- Posting it Edmodo as an Assignment - 3:27
- Uploading and editing an existing assignment - 4:50
- Posting that assignment along with a video tutorial in Edmodo - 7:26
- A look at how the students will view and begin your assignment - 9:05
- A note about the Revision History feature - 11:00
Either as you watch the video (pausing as necessary) or afterward, I suggest you take some time to create an assignment from scratch or upload an existing assignment as I show in the video.
How students "turn in" assignments
If you follow the directions in the video above, you will have your students' work shared with you at all stages of completion. When it comes times to grade it, you'll just find it in your Shared with me view in Drive.
One thing the video doesn't address, though, is that students should still "turn in" their assignment in Edmodo. Otherwise Edmodo will tell them it's late.
These pictures show one suggested way they might do this. Remember this is really just a way of telling Edmodo the work is done, but students should not write this note in Edmodo before they actually complete the work in Drive.
One thing the video doesn't address, though, is that students should still "turn in" their assignment in Edmodo. Otherwise Edmodo will tell them it's late.
These pictures show one suggested way they might do this. Remember this is really just a way of telling Edmodo the work is done, but students should not write this note in Edmodo before they actually complete the work in Drive.