Suggested Training Time:

1 hour

Descriptor of Session:

Learn how to use Flipgrid video response tool to engage your students and promote student voice. In this session, we will explore grids, topics and special features that will connect your classroom to the world. Flipgrid is great for blended and personalize learning and increasing student engagement and motivation.

IMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR TEACHER LAPTOP TO THIS SESSION if you have one.

Team Rubric Indicator

Activities and Materials, Motivating Students

ISTE Student Standard:

Empowered Learner and Creative Communicator

TN Standards

Varies

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?

Digital Citizenship

Communication, Literacy, and Etiquette

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.

Objectives:

·         Participants will create a FLIPGRID account using Office 365 SSO.

·         Participants will discuss and explore ways FLIPGRID can elevate student learning through.

·         Participants will create a FLIPGRID experience for future use with students.

(For 1 hour this can be the follow up with the Teacher)

·         Participants will explore FLIPGRID Features they want to learn more about (Task 7)

Success Criteria:

At the end of the session,

·         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.

Suggested Bell Work:

·         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!

Task 1: Participating in Grid

·         Open up flipgrid.com and enter code: flipgridpd2019

·         Notice the grid name and topic: How would you like to use Flipgrid in your classroom?

·         Record your response. (Redo if necessary)

·         Snap your selfie.

·         Post your video.

·         Respond to another video in the grid.

Task 2: Creating a Grid

• Click the “+ New Grid” button.
• The “Grid Launchpad” will ask you to select your community type
• Choosing School Email Domain will students can log in with their RCS email.
• You could also choose student ID, but you'll need to import all of your students from the spreadsheet in teacher apps
• Name your grid--you may want a grid for each class period 
• Customize your flip code, 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 Co-Pilots

·         Grid Notifications to turn on/off email notifications for each video.

·         Difference between Grid and Topic

Task 3: Create a Topic

To return to your grids & create a new topic, click My Grids at the top of any Flipgrid page

·         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 by using the “Actions” Dropdown menu.

·         Click the New Topic button.

·         Enter a title for your topic.

·         Select the response time (maximum video response length)—think about student audience.

·         Enter the topic description or questions you want your students to answer in their video.

Customization

·         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 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 video features to allow students to add reactions, reply to videos, add stickers, etc.

·         Add feedback, if you choose

·         Click “Create 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.

Task 4: Share Your Grid or Topic

To return to your grids to share, click My Grids at the top of any Flipgrid page

To share a grid:

• Click the blue Share Grid button 
• Choose to share a flip code, 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 flip code 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 flip code, link, or QR code OR embed the topic/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

OR

• Paste the link on your webpage, Team, Edmodo, OneNote--wherever your students will go to access info

OR

• Share the flip code on your class PowerPoint, write it on the board, etc.
• Choose One method of sharing—whichever is easiest for you and your students

Task 5: 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 flip code

·         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 they 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 activated that option

Pro tips:

·         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

Task 6: View, Respond to, and Delete Videos

From admin.flipgrid.com, you can

·         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 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

OR

·         Click 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

Task 7: Making 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!

Gridpals - want to be hooked up with a partner class to share ideas or to communicate on topics? Fill out the gridpals request and Flipgrid will do the matching!

MixTapes – add your BEST student responses to show the greatests 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 videos 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! Ex. Have students create chatterpix videos and upload them to a grid or have students create powerpoint screen recordings of their presentations and upload them to a grid—the possibilities are endless!

Spark Response – use a student video as a topic to spark responses from other students

Add Flipgrid to Teams – Add a Flipgrid tab to your Microsoft Teams so your grid is always embedded!

Closure Activity

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!

https://flipgrid.com/f2c9abcd

Additional Resources

Google Doc with quick student directions in English and Spanish:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PTcaAoB1bwJc1UT5PvBZXdSdBmj7LGhS