A New School Year in Edmodo: Managing Groups

For those of you using Edmodo this school year that have used it in the past, you may find yourself trying to manage old and new groups. If you have your current class join an old group, they will be able to go back and view all the old posts from you and students in the past. But if you create a new group, you can start fresh.

Remember to add a new group for a class or subject, click the plus sign (in the full website on your computer.)

You can click the box next to each group to change the color for easy visual differentiation.

 

A couple tips for saving posts and content from old groups to use again with a new group:

• When you click "Show All" under your groups, you can hide a group from your home screen but still save the group to refer back to later. Click the star next to the group. A solid star means it will appear on your homescreen. An outline only of the star means it will only appear when you click "Show All" again (perfect for old groups to which to refer back.)
  
  
  
  
  
• For any old content you may have linked or uploaded, it should already be saved in your library. You can save old posts themselves in your library for future use, also. Hover over the post with the content until the settings gear icon appears and choose "Add Post to Library."

Do you have any other tips or ideas for using Edmodo you can share with others?