EdPuzzle: Quick Start Guide

 

In order to get up and running with EdPuzzle you need to 

 

Create a teacher login Create some content Create a class Assign the content to the class Inform your students How to find your class code What your students see Monitor student progress Here's how it works Student reports An important caveat One last thing

 

Create a teacher login

 

I like to work as a teacher on a PC, in a browser

However, you can work with EdPuzzle on an iPad either in a browser there, or using the app

 

If it's your first visit, create an account. Students will need to do the same.

 

 

Once you've created an account, you can log in

 

 

Your students will need to create student accounts. You can create a student account too if you want to see what your students see, though you can also preview your students' view in your teacher account on EdPuzzle

 

 

 

Create some content

 

When you first create an account at EdPuzzle the program forces you to get some content.

It's good to have a URL of some content handy.

 

Where we work, teachers have shared numerous links to EdPuzzle videos.

For example, there are some links that you can use for your first content in Bb Learn here:

https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_5337514_1&course_id=_76128_1&mode=reset

(Available only to those enrolled in N202 in Oct 2016)

 

Alternatively, use the link shown here as the URL for your first content item

Flying on Empty Part 1 - https://edpuzzle.com/media/5772054148539f3e3dbb25aa

 

• If it's your first content item, copy the link and paste it in the field you can't escape until you've done this
• If you already have content, then clicking on the link above will open that item in Edpuzzle 

 

When the link opens in EdPuzzle, COPY the video to "My Content" in your account, as shown below

 

 

You should now be able to see this video in My Content in your EdPuzzle account.

 

Create a class

 

Now that you have content, you need to assign it to a class

but first you have to create a class!

 

On a PC or in a browser on iPad, there is an ADD CLASS link at the bottom of your list of any other classes you might have (if it's your first time, this option will be at the top of your class list)

 

 

In the iPad app, you create a class by clicking on the plus at the TOP of your class list.

 

 

Your students will see a plus there too. That plus lets them write in the code for your class.

When they have done it once, your class will appear in their class list.

 

Since a lot of teachers use EdPuzzle, it's a good idea to make your class name unique;

otherwise students can get confused over a clutter of similar class names.

My classes are called "Vance's 47 section 4" for example. 

 

Assign the content to the class

 

To assign content to any class you have created,

• Click on My Content
• Select the content you want to work with
• Click on the blue ASSIGN | SHARE button at the top of your screen

 

 

 

• Select the class or classes to which you wish to assign the content
• Decide whether you want to prevent skipping
  (so the students have to answer questions before moving on)
• Decide if you want to set a due date. You can easily change this later 

 

 

When you click on the class you have assigned the content to, here is what it looks like to you and what you can do here

 

 

"Delete" removes the item from your assignments to this class. It doesn't remove the item from your content. 

 

If you want to delete an item from content, you have to open that item and click on REMOVE.

 

 

Inform your students

 

The last thing you need to do is "invite" your students to the class. This is easily done. You simply show them the code for your class, they "add" your class to their class list by entering its code, and after that your class appears in their class list and they have only to visit your class via their left hand sidebar to find your assignments for them. Let's take this step by step ...

 

How to find your class code

 

 

What your students see

 

Students who have not yet added a class are prompted to do so.

 

 

Students who already have classes listed can add more classes by clicking on the plus sign in the upper left of the screen, 

 

 

When they press the + they are prompted to enter your class code 

 

 

When they enter a code, they are prompted to SEARCH for it

 

 

When the class is found on the EdPuzzle servers, student can JOIN it.

 

 

The class is added to their list and they can find any assignments there that are not past due,

 

(Note, they CAN work on assignments that are past due. Their work will appear in your PROGRESS view, but it will not be marked ON TIME. This can be confusing for students who might work on the wrong assignment if they fail to notice the due dates.)

 

When they select an assignment and START it, it begins to play on their iPad. The video stops when it reaches a green tab and waits for the student to answer the question that is embedded there

 

 

Monitor student progress

 

EdPuzzle is especially effective for class work because you can see in any given class who is working on your assignments in real time. Your ability to project your view of student progress and see how well the students are doing as they work can serve as a motivator to encourage participation in class.

 

Here's how it works

 

 

• Start at My Classes and select a class.
• Click on the blue PROGRESS button associated with the assignment in that class you wish to monitor.

 

Here's what you see for that class.

 

 

Student reports

 

EdPuzzle generates comprehensive student reports on students. Click on a student name to get that student's report on work completed for that assignment.

 

From the student report, it is easy to give feedback to students on items they missed.

 

An important caveat

 

This started out as a quick-start tutorial meant to enable novice users of EdPuzzle to get up and running with it using content that has been created by others. This tutorial does not cover the ins and outs of content creation.

 

You might want to know at this point that EdPuzzle allows two kinds of questions, open ended and multiple choice.  The examples in the report above show multiple choice questions, and you can see in the first one for example that the teacher who created the quiz indicated that the third answer was the correct one. 

 

When EdPuzzle knows the answers, as indicated by the creator of the exercise, then it can mark and score the assignments automatically and generate results even as the students are working. However, it the content creator opts for open ended questions, then EdPuzzle cannot know the answers, and simply reports progress as a percentage of questions answered.

 

It can produce scores only when teachers go through the student reports and mark the answers correct or not. So be aware that if you create or use exercises with open ended questions, you (or someone) will have to manually mark them.

 

One last thing