The

Educator’s
Guide to

By Sean Fahey and Karly Moura

 Welcome to

We hope this ebook will be a helpful little guide to

get you more comfortable with using Flipgrid in your
classroom.
Flipgrid is available to use on all platforms (iOS,
Android, and the web) and is easy to get started using
right away. In this ebook the screenshots are taken
from the web version of Flipgrid, but the functions
described are the same regardless what version you
are using.
If there is anything we can assist you with more,
please don't hesitate to reach out and ask us.

See you on the grid!

Sean Fahey (@SEANJFAHEY)

and
Karly Moura (@KarlyMoura)
 Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started
Creating your Account …………………………. 2
Creating a Grid ………………………………….. 3
Flipgrid Lingo …………………………………… 4
Adding Topics …………………………………….. 5
Responding to a Grid ……………………………. 7

Section 2: Resources
Blog Posts ………………………………………….. 9
Webinars & Videos ………………………………… 10
Infographics ………………………………………. 11

Section 3: The Flipgrid Community

Hashtags, Chats & Follows ……………………… 14
Global Grids ………………………………………. 15
Explorer Series …………………………………… 16

Section 4: Next Level

Certified Educator ………………………………. 18
Ambassadors ………………………………………. 19
 Section 1: Getting Started

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Creating your Account!
1. Go to www.flipgrid.com and
select “create FREE Account”
2. Create your account by entering your name, email, and
password.
3. Select your account Type: Flipgrid ONE or Classroom.
○ We recommend choosing Flipgrid Classroom and enter
promo code FLIPFALL17 for a free upgrade!

4. Complete the registration process by selecting your

instruction type, organization name, and subjects taught.
5. Click “Create My Grid!”

Congratulations!
You’re
You’re one
one step
step closer
closer to
to amplifying
amplifying student
student voice!
voice!
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Creating a Grid
Below are the basics needed to know to get started creating your first grid.
The great thing about Flipgrid is its laid out very nice and easy to follow along.

Select + New Grid to get started!

Give your Grid a name!

e.g. Mr. F’s class, Biology 3, This is automatically generated, but
Back to School with a Flipgrid classroom account you
can customize your link!

In the Flipgrid admin,

anything toggled
green is enabled or
turned on.
When creating a grid
these are the default
settings.
You may change them
to however you’d like.

Also when creating a grid you’ll be able to select or upload a

cover image. Right now Flipgrid supports only jpeg image files.
When you are finished make sure and select
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Video Walkthrough

A quick two minute video by Kevin Soran (@KevSoran)

that walks you through the steps of getting started
with Flipgrid by creating your first grid and topic.

goo.gl/hHdH5w

Flipgrid Lingo
Grids
A grid is your classroom or community of learners. Grids house
your topics
Topics
Topics are your discussion starters or prompts. Students respond
to topics
Responses
These are your students videos they record and add to the topic.
This is how they share their voice!
Replies
You reply to a response. This is only available with a Flipgrid
Classroom account.

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Adding Topics to Your Grids
Topics are where your learners share their videos with the community.
You can create as many topics as you would like within a grid.

By default response time is

set to 1:30.
With a Classroom account
you have more response
You’ll need to add a title and times to choose from.
description/question to your topic.
These are required. The description or
question is the prompt students will read to
know what to respond to.

Bring life to your topic by adding a topic resource!

This is an optional setting, but will help greatly in getting your students engaged in your topic!

WIth the most recent update to Flipgrid you can now add a file attachment as a resource for
your students when they are preparing to add a response!

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Adding Topics cont…
The Response Features are the settings or options you enable students to
have access to when adding their responses.
Flipgrid has done a great job of give teachers control over all these
features!

The replies to a
response is a video,
not text comment
response. This
feature is only
available to Flipgrid
Classroom accounts.

Give students feedback on their response added to your grid.

There are two options, basic and custom. The basic feedback is
the default setting chosen.

Feedback gets sent to the student by email. For teachers

to give and students receive feedback students must
enter an email when submitting their response.
Teachers can require this in the response features.

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Adding Response to a Grid
#1
Click the plus icon to begin
and add your response.

#2
Click the record button to begin. When
finish click the green “next” arrow
to review your response.

#3
Snap a selfie and add
Stickers or drawing to it!

#4
Enter in your info (some is optional) and
click the green submit button!

After successful submission you’ll be taken directly

back to the grid where you will see your response has
been added & viewable to all!
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 Section 2: Resources

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Blog Posts
Flipgrid using teachers from all over are sharing how they are using
this incredible video response platform. Check out these blogs to
help inspire you to use Flipgrid in new ways!

10 Reasons why I
Have #FlipGridFever

Author: Karly Moura Author: Holly Clark Author: Jen Giffen

(@karlymoura) (@hollyclarkedu) (@virtualgiff)
goo.gl/UTne3M goo.gl/1cvqA7 goo.gl/UUW9nv

Authors: Sean Fahey Author: Sean Fahey

Karly Moura (@seanjfahey)
goo.gl/EaMcza goo.gl/YCHOZS

Building Community on
the First Day of School
Meet the All New Flipgrid!
Author: Kristen Merrill Author: Andy Plemmons
(@friendsinfourth) (@plemmonsa)
goo.gl/HX2KT2 goo.gl/V2CP8o

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Webinars & Videos

I Have a Voice. Flipgrd. The Power of Student Voice

goo.gl/U4HdjR goo.gl/KkVJfF

Making the Most of Student Voice with Appsmashing with Jornea Erwin
Charlie Miller (@design2research) (@savvy_educator)
goo.gl/V3RPAc
goo.gl/LUL11N

Hacking the Grid with Joe Marquez The All NEW Flipgrid with
(@JoeMarquez70) Charlie Miller (@design2research)
goo.gl/x5yhEi goo.gl/x5yhEi

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Infographics
John Schwartz (@jschwartzcen), a fellow Flipgrid Ambassador and 3/4
teacher in Canada, keeps making these amazing infographics to help
compile all the uses he found for Flipgrid. You can find all of these on
his blog.

goo.gl/MJTdyc

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Infographics cont...

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Section 3: The Flipgrid Community

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#Hashtags, Chats & Follows
Search for #Flipgrid and #Flipgridfever
for a TON of great ideas being shared daily
on Twitter by the incredible Flipgrid
community.

Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for #Flipgridfever chats

that happen on some Monday evenings. Also follow
@Flipgrid to stay up to date on these chats and other ways
to connect with the Flipgrid community.

Created by Matt Frattali and F. Margret

Atkinson #Vedchat is a weekly slow chat
powered by Flipgrid and a new way to
experience personalized professional
learning. It is a video extension of
Twitter’s text-based #edchat; it is a weekly
video Q&A among teachers. Visit
goo.gl/PNSbES to see this week’s topic and
follow @LetsVedchat on Twitter.

The Flipgrid community is full of amazing

people ready to support you with whatever you
need. Check out this spreadsheet of
ambassador contacts compiled
Carmelle Vietti @MrsVietti goo.gl/nbNMD3 and
flipgrid.com/ambassadors to meet this
awesome group of educators. Connect with them
on Twitter for a warm welcome to the Flipgrid
family!
To learn how to become an ambassador yourself
check out the section titled Next Level.

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Global Grids
Connect your classroom with students
of your fellow Flipgrid educators
around the world!

Explore connections by grid, age, or

subject domain and check out the
educator’s goal.

A grid created by Bronwyn Joyce Created by World’s Largest Lesson

(@JoyceBronwyn) To create a
collaborative forum for students to
share their curiosities, using
prompts from Matt Murrie's book What
if....
goo.gl/V3RPAc
To share and discuss questions
and ideas about the UN Sustainable
Development Goals with students
from across the World.
goo.gl/ynHC7Y

A grid created by Claudio Zavala To see more global grids click on

(@ClaudioZavalaJr) Sharing the
power of singing and bringing
teachers & students together
through song & music!
goo.gl/xAPbJn
“connections” in your teacher admin
page. There you will see featured grids
and can search for more!

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Flipgrid Explorer Series
The Flipgrid Explorer Series is a way for
students to connect and engage with people
doing interesting things around the world.
These events give students the opportunity to
learn from experts all over the globe and allow
them to experience what it is like to be in a
career they may otherwise have never even
thought of!
The first explorer was Laura
Goetz, a marine biologist
stationed at Palmer Station in
Antarctica. How cool is that?
Check Flipgrid.com/antarctica
and all of the incredible students
who engaged in the discussion.

The second Explorer was Mike

Billington, a raptor expert with the
University of Minnesota Raptor
Center. Mike gave students a bird’s
eye view into the world of Raptors
and discussed wildlife
conservation. Visit his grid at
flipgrid.com/raptors.

Flipgrid has LOTS of amazing explorers lined up to take

your class on an incredible virtual adventure! Be sure to
follow @Flipgrid or check out blog.flipgrid.com/news to
get the 411 on the next explorer in the series.

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 Section 4: Next Level

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Flipgrid Certified Educator
Are you ready to
become a Flipgrid
certified educator?
Follow the steps
below and get your
badge!

1. Scroll down to the bottom of the support center page to watch

more videos about the admin side of Flipgrid.
2. Create your first grid and topic, then receive at least ten
responses (existing grids, topics, and responses count). If you’re
just getting started, create a fun topic and share with your
colleagues. If you’re sharing on Twitter, be sure to use the
hashtags #FlipgridFever and #FlipgridCertified!
3. Share how you use Flipgrid with the rest of our community by
posting at least one video in this grid. Make sure to post in the
topic corresponding to your students’ age! If you’re not in the
classroom, feel free to post in the most applicable topic.
4. Get a perfect score on this five-question quiz. Every answer can
be found by exploring your Teacher Admin (admin.flipgrid.com)
and you can retake it as many times as you need.*
*Flipgrid blog post.

Check out the Flipgrid

Certified Grid for TONS
of great ideas for using
Flipgrid in the
classroom. Topics are
grouped by grade level.

goo.gl/tbTRgq

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Flipgrid Ambassador
Flipgrid Ambassadors represent the
community of Flipgrid educators. As an
ambassador you get the opportunity to hear
about new updates and they give feedback to
the Flipgrid team. Ambassadors are at the
forefront of the Flipgrid community working
with one another and the team to continue to
improve and refine Flipgrid for the
educational community.

Are you interested in becoming a

Flipgrid Ambassador? Simply fill out
this form and meet all of the
requirements to be considered for
becoming part of the Flipgrid
Ambassador team!

goo.gl/YFQnd5

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