Project+-+Course+&+Unit+Development

Project Guidelines After completing this workshop, you should have a good grasp on the purpose of Edmodo and the features that Edmodo offers. You also should have some ideas for incorporating Edmodo in the classroom for assignments, quizzes, and collaboration. For your own professional development, Now, your task is to create a course and a unit of study in Edmodo with a small group. Your group should consist of one or two other people who teach the same content as you. One person should create the group, other members should join, and then the creator should add the other members as teachers. (You can add other group members as teachers in the manage area of the group by changing their Access to Co-Teacher.) Your course/unit must include: Refer to the rubric for details outlining more specific requirements for your course and unit. When you finish, email (ms.rbrown09@gmail.com) your course join directions, including the group code, so that I may join your class.
 * join at least one community or group. Browse the community or group for ideas and resources.
 * connect with at least one other teacher.
 * add at least three resources to your library from a variety of sources.
 * directions to share with your students for joining your group with your group code;
 * calendar events;
 * a welcome note for your students;
 * an alert;
 * a library folder including unit resources, shared with your group;
 * two assignments, with at least one including a link to a file from your library;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">a quiz including a variety of questions; and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">a poll.

If you wish to refer to the tutorial, click here:

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Rubric
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3 **  ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2 **  ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1 **  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Project Submission ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a course and unit in Edmodo and invited instructor to join the group.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a course and unit in Edmodo, but did not invite the instructor to join the group.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not create a course or unit in Edmodo.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaboration ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant worked with one or two colleagues to create a course and unit in Edmodo. All group members are teachers in the course.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant worked with one or two colleagues to create a course and unit in Edmodo. All group members are not teachers in the course.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not collaborate with colleagues to create a course and unit in Edmodo.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Professional Development ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant joined one community or group and made one teacher connection to begin creating a professional development network in Edmodo.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant joined one community or group **or** made one teacher connection to begin creating a professional development network in Edmodo.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant is not a member of a community or group and has no teacher connections.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Library ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant has at least three resources in their Edmodo library. At least one of these resources was uploaded by the participant, and at least one resource was added from a community, group, or teacher connection post.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant has one or two resources in their Edmodo library. All resources are from the same source (user uploaded, added through a connection, added through a community or group).  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant has no content in their Edmodo library.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Edmodo Course/Unit ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Joining Course ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant provides directions for students to join their group, including the group code.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant provides directions for students to join their group.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant does not provide directions for students to join their group.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Calendar ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant has at least four events in the course calendar, including two assignments, a quiz, and another teacher-created event.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant has two or three events in the course calendar, including assignments, a quiz, **or** another teacher-created event.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant has zero or one events in the course calendar.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Note ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a welcome note to introduce students to the course and unit of study.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a note to welcome students to the course.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not create any notes.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alert ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created an alert as a reminder to students.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">N/A  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not create an alert.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sharing Library Resources ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a folder with resources pertaining to the unit and shared that folder with the class.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a folder with resources pertaining to the unit, but did not share that folder with the class.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not create a folder with resources pertaining to the unit.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Assignments ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created two unit assignments. At least one of the assignments includes a link to a resource from your library. The link could provide instructions, reference materials, or a rubric. At least one assignment encourages collaboration among students.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created one or two unit assignments. None of the assignments include a link to a resource from your library **or** no assignment encourages collaboration among students.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not create any unit assignments.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Quiz ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a quiz with three of the four types of questions available.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a quiz with one or two of the four types of questions available.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not create a quiz.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poll ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant created a poll.  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">N/A  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Participant did not create a poll.  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Total Points: /36 ** ||