Flipgrid
Amplify student voice!
What is Flipgrid?
Bellwork
- Watch the following video to familiarize yourself with Flipgrid
- Visit https://www.flipgrid.com/ & click Sign up Today!
- Click Sign up with Microsoft and use your RCS account to log in--you get FREE access to all pro features with your RCS account!
Learning Objectives
· Participants will create a FLIPGRID account using Office 365 single sign on.
· Participants will discuss and explore ways FLIPGRID can elevate student learning.
· Participants will create a FLIPGRID experience for future use with students.
Standard Connections
ISTE Student Standard: Empowered Learner and Creative Communicator
ISTE Teacher Standard: Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity:Teachers use technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
Digital Citizenship:
Communication, Literacy, and Etiquette
PLC Guiding Questions:
1. What is it we want our students to learn?
2. How will we know if each student has learned it?
3. How will we respond when some students do not learn it?
4. How can we extend and enrich the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency?Success Criteria
- Participant can log on to Flipgrid
- Participant can create a grid and add topics.
- Participant can show students how to access grids and topics/
- Participant can view student videos & respond to them and/or delete videos.
- Participant can implement additional Flipgrid tools to enhance students' experience.
Participating in Flipgrid as a Student
- Open up flipgrid.com and enter code: (cbc33e93)
- Notice the grid name and topic: Bransford PD and the Worst Gift Ever!
- Record your response. (Redo if necessary)
- Snap your selfie.
- Post your video.
- Respond to another video in the grid.
Create a Grid
- The “Grid Launchpad” will ask you to select your community type
- Choosing School Email Domain will allow students to log in with their RCS email.
- You could also choose student ID, but you'll need to import all of your students
- Name your grid--you may want a grid for each class period
- Customize your flipcode, if you'd like.
- Select or upload a grid picture to personalize your space
- Click Next
- Enter the school email domains: student.rcschools.net and rcschools.net
- Click Launch my Grid!
- For Each New Class Period
- Duplicate your grid for each class by clicking the Actions button beside the grid name and selecting Duplicate Grid
- Edit your grid at any time by clicking on the Actions button beside the grid and selecting Edit Grid
- Other Actions:
- · Add a co-teacher to any grid by clicking on the Actions button beside the grid and selecting Add CoPilots
- · Grid Notifications to turn on/off email notifications for each video.
Create a Topic
- Click on a grid title to open it
- You will see that Flipgrid automatically creates an Ideas & Class Intros topic for you--delete these if you'd like
- Click the New Topic button
- Enter a title for your topic
- Select the response time (maximum video response length)
- Enter the topic description or questions you want your students to answer in their video
- Choose whether or not you want to moderate videos before they are posted to the grid (I would recommend NOT doing this)
- Choose whether you'd like your topic to be active, frozen, or inactive & select launch & freeze dates
Customize
- Customize your topic by adding resources--video can be used in lots of creative ways!
- Add attachments so students can see rubrics, prompts, external websites, etc.
- Customize the topic features to allow students to add reactions, reply to videos, add stickers, etc.
- Add feedback, if you choose
- Click Update Topic to save
- Duplicate your topic for each class by clicking the Actions button beside the grid name and selecting Duplicate Topic
- Edit your topic at any time by clicking on the Actions button beside the topic and selecting Edit Topic
Whenever you add a new Grid, it automatically creates an intro topic. Use your action drop down menu to delete this topic if you like.
Share your Grid or Topic
To share a grid:
- Click the blue Share Grid button
- Choose to share a flipcode, link, or QR code OR embed the grid in your webpage
- You can also share via Remind
- Paste the link on your webpage, Team, Edmodo, OneNote--wherever your students will go to access info
- Share the flipcode on your class powerpoint, write it on the board, etc.
- Choose whichever is easiest for you and your students!
To share a topic:
- Open the grid where the topic lies
- Scroll to the topic you want to share
- Click the blue Share button beside the topic
- Choose to share a flipcode, link, or QR code OR embed the grid in your webpage
- You can also share via Remind
- Paste the link on your webpage, Team, Edmodo, OneNote--wherever your students will go to access info
- Share the flipcode on your class powerpoint, write it on the board, etc.
- Choose ONE method of sharing--whichever is easiest for you and your students!
Students create videos
- Students will access the grid or topic from your shared link, QR code, etc.
OR
- Students can visit www.flipgrid.com and enter the flipcode
- If students are using a mobile device, they MUST have the mobile app to use Flipgrid
- They will then be prompted to enter their student email or student ID, depending on how you set up the grid/topic
- Once they enter this info, they may be prompted to type their name
- Once they access the grid or topic, they can watch other student videos
- When they are ready to record, they open the topic and click the green circle
- They will be able to record by pressing the record button
- When the finish, they should click the Next button to watch the video
- If they aren't satisfied with the video, they should click the Redo button and record again or click the Add More button to add more to the end of their video
- Students may add an attachment and title to the video on the review screen
- When they finish their video, they should click the Next button
- They will be prompted to take a selfie
- Once they take a selfie, they can add stickers and emojis, if you enabled those features
- When they finish, they should click the Submit button
- Once submitted, the video will instantly appear on the grid
- After submitting, students may view other videos and respond, if you've activated that option
- Make sure students turn the volume all the way up before they record and that they speak loudly and clearly
- Recommend that students record in a quiet space with good lighting for the best video quality
- Students who don't wish to show their face in a video could record their paper or other objects instead
View, Respond to, and Delete videos
- View and edit all of your grids and topics
- View, respond to, and delete all videos
- Share the student view of a grid or topic so you can play videos on your projector
To view student videos:
- Open the grid where the topic lies
- Scroll to the topic you want to view and click on the title to open it
- Click on any student name to view their video
- Use the star to mark which videos you've viewed
To respond to student videos after viewing:
- Leave written feedback in the Comments area beside the video
- Click the Add Private Video Feedback button to record a video that is only viewable by the student
- Click on the green Reply button at the bottom of the video to record a video that is viewable by everyone in the class and follow the next steps
- Click the red Record button
- Record your response
- Click the green Next button and follow the steps
- Make sure to click Submit when you're finished!
- Click on the Edit tab (not the edit topic tab, but the edit tab that exists inside the teacher view of a student video)
- Leave a written Vibe for all students to see
To Delete student videos:
- Make sure you're in admin.flipgrid.com and NOT the student view of the videos
- Click on the Actions button beside any student video
- Select Delete Response
Make it exciting!
Disco Library-want to steal topics and ideas from other teachers in your content area? Take a look at the Disco Library for ideas!
MixTapes-Mix Tape link HERE add your BEST student responses to show greatest hits from any topic! This is a great way to show student progress across a year or to organize videos sequentially to tell a story.
Vibes-leave a public response on student video so everyone on the grid can see!
Collaborate with other teachers-add co-pilots so you can collaborate with teachers in your PLC, other schools, other states, other countries...it's easy and FUN!
Appsmash-combine other apps with Flipgrid for maximum effect!
"App Smashing is the process of using multiple apps to create projects or complete tasks. App Smashing can provide your students with creative and inspired ways to showcase their learning and allow you to assess their understanding and skills."
Spark Response-use a student video as a topic to spark responses from other students
Upload video from other people
Add Flipgrid to Teams-Add a Flipgrid tab to your Microsoft Teams so your grid is always embedded!
Exit Ticket
Respond to the second Topic in your PD Flipgrid:
What did you most enjoy learning today about Flipgrid?
Then, respond the entire Flipgrid community: Visit the Flipgrid and tell everyone what you think about the tool & how you will use it to engage your students. Share your best ideas!
Resources
Ask your technology coach...
Email: bransfordc@rcschools.net
Website: https://chm.rcschools.net/apps/pages/bransfordc
Location: Christiana Middle School, Shelbyville Pike, Christiana, TN, USA
Phone: 615-904-3885 (29729)
Twitter: @TechCoachMrB