Flipgrid combines a bit of Snapchat, Instagram, and Youtube together to make an engaging tool for students and teachers. This tool is very user friendly. Flipgrid is 100% free for educators. This site empowers every voice to be heard in your class. FLIPGRID, IGNITES CLASSROOM DISCUSSION.
1) Download the app, Flipgrid, or go to https://flipgrid.com/ to use with a computer
2) Create an account, either teacher or student; educators receive a Flipcode to
give to their class to login.
3) After creating an account, the dashboard will pop up.
As a teacher you will see the class name, Flipcode, & all your Flipgrid topics...both active and inactive.
As a student, you will see the name of your class
4) Teachers can make any topic active or inactive with a drop down menu next to each topic or create a new topic with the new button. (Your students will only see the active ones)
5) For students to create a Flipgrid, they click on the Flipgrid logo under the topic, and then start recording!
6) After the student records, the video plays back and student can edit their video. Then students take a selfie and submit!
7) Submitted videos pop up underneath the topic on the teacher page for educators to view. It is really this simply.