Posts and Polls
Posts
In order to post an idea, announcement, files, or homework for your students, click on the “post” bubble located at the top of your center panel on your Edmodo homepage.
Polls
If you would like to send out a quick Poll to check for understanding after a lesson or assess students' prior knowledge, follow these steps to send a Poll!
Note: If you choose the post to send when scheduled, it will only save in your previously loaded once it is sent. Poll results are anonymous. You cannot see which student gave which response. Students can only select one answer in a Poll.
Teachers can send a post to recipients and multiple Groups by typing in the “Send to” field of the post bubble. Your post can be sent to the following recipients:
“All Groups”: Sends a post to all of the Groups you are a member of (even those you don’t own or co-teach).
In order to post an idea, announcement, files, or homework for your students, click on the “post” bubble located at the top of your center panel on your Edmodo homepage.
Polls
If you would like to send out a quick Poll to check for understanding after a lesson or assess students' prior knowledge, follow these steps to send a Poll!
- Click on "Poll" at the top of your center panel of your Edmodo Homepage.
- Type your Poll question in the Question box.
- Type the answers you'd like students to choose from in the answer boxes. You can select "Add Answer" if you'd like to have additional answers for students to choose from.
- Choose to Send Now or Scheduled:
- Send Now: Clicking the "Send" button will send the Alert immediately (posts will appear on the communication stream in the order they were sent).
- Scheduled: Clicking the "Scheduled" icon will automatically send the Alert at the chosen time at the top of the hour (make sure the timezone settings are the same for teachers and students).
Note: If you choose the post to send when scheduled, it will only save in your previously loaded once it is sent. Poll results are anonymous. You cannot see which student gave which response. Students can only select one answer in a Poll.
Teachers can send a post to recipients and multiple Groups by typing in the “Send to” field of the post bubble. Your post can be sent to the following recipients:
- Students: Must be member of a Group that you own or co-teach.
- Teachers: Teachers in your Groups or established connections.
- Groups: Any of your Groups.
- Parent Groups: Type in the Group name and select the parent Group option in the drop-down list that appears, e.g., “Math (Parents).” This is the only way for parents to view your posts!
“All Groups”: Sends a post to all of the Groups you are a member of (even those you don’t own or co-teach).
- Yourself: Type your name in the “Send to” field to send yourself a direct message.
- Connections: All of your teacher connections.
- Everyone: All of your Groups and teacher connections (does not include parent Groups).
Note: You can send a post to multiple Groups at once. However, all of the Groups that are copied on your post can see the replies to your post. To keep Group replies separate, send posts individually to each class.