Padlet for the Art Room

A Guide for Art Teachers

www.padlet.com

What is Padlet?

Padlet is a free and easy to use online virtual “bulletin” board. Students and teachers can use it to collaborate, reflect, and share links and pictures, all in a secure location from anywhere at any time.

Go to www.padlet.com and set up a free account. There is a premium account option that offers additional features with a yearly subscription.

Getting Started

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Sign up or Sign in

Go to www.Padlet.com and Log in with your already established Google or Facebook account or Click on “Sign Up” to create a new Padlet account.

Making a Padlet

From your Dashboard, click + Make a Padlet

Choose Your Layout

A Wall packs your content in a brick-like layout.

A Canvas scatters, groups, and connects the content in any way.

A Stream streamlines content in an easy to read, top-to-bottom feed.

A Grid arranges content in rows of boxes.

A Shelf stacks content in a series of columns.

A Backchannel allows communication in a chat like environment.

Modify your Padlet

Change how your Padlet looks. Work from the top of the submenu, down to create your wall. Come back to this menu anytime by clicking the gear icon in the top right section of your screen.

Give your work a Title, Description, Wallpaper, Theme, Post Color, Font Style, and Icon.

There are also options to display the author's name above each post, to choose where new posts appear, to replace bad words with nice emojis, to allow viewers to comment on posts, to grade, star, upvote, or like posts, and to tag the Padlet to make it easier to search for.

Additional Notable Feature: Padlet allows users to “customize” a URL for free to share with students and/or collaborators.

Posting to a Padlet

Double click anywhere on your wall to add a "post" or "write" on your wall. Provide a name and/or post title and a description of what the post is about.

Here you can also add URL's (including images, websites, videos, etc), upload documents or files from your computer, or take and add pictures with the camera on your computer or device.

In Addition

Share a Padlet

Click on the "Share" button for options to share, save, embed or export your Padlet. Make your Padlet as public or as private as you want. Add contributors and give them special access. Padlet even provides a QR Code to make sharing easy.

Copy a Padlet

The "Copy" option allows you to "Copy" a "Wall" with or without posts! Click the Remake to make a copy of a Padlet to use as a template for another own work.

Delete a Padlet

Remove a Padlet by selecting Delete in the top right corner of your screen when you click the More icon. It will ask you if you are sure that you want to delete and then you choose Yes.

You can choose to reuse a wall without deleting it completely by clicking Clear All Posts.