How to Create/Manage Your Library

Save this page to your Edmodo Library

Tired of bookmarking web pages or having files on multiple school computers? Think of this as your own virtual library that you can access anywhere and share with anyone.  The Edmodo Library has unlimited space and allows teachers to store, organize and manage documents, all within your Edmodo account.

How to Add Content to your Library

You can add any type of file (photo, video, document, etc.), in any format, or add web links to your library.  Your library has unlimited storage space, however, the upload file size limit is 100MB.

1. Click the library icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Select the “Add to Library” button  at the top left corner of the Library page.
3. Select the “Files” tab to add a file from your computer, or select the “Link” tab to add a link or embed code to your library.
4. Click “Add”.

How to Create Folders

To help stay organized, you can place your library content into folders. To create a folder, do the following:

1. Click the library icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Select the “New” icon  in the “Folders” section on the left side of your library page.
3. Type the name of your folder in the pop-up window and select which groups (if any) you want to share the folder with.
4. Select “Create” and your folder will appear on the left side of your library page.

Note: At the moment, only the owner of a folder can add to the folder. To add to someone else’s folder, see below.

How to Add Content to a Folder that You Don’t Own

1. Attach a file to a post and send to the owner of the folder.
2. Request that the owner add it to the folder.
3. Owner of the folder can add the attachment to the folder from their library.

How to Organize Content

To add a library item to a specific folder and organize within the folder, do the following:

1. Click the library icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Select the item(s) you want to move.
3. Click the “Folder” button on the right panel.
4. Check the folder(s) you’d like to copy your library items to.
5. Click “Apply.”

Note: Once the items have been added to the folder, you can select the folder from the left panel and drag and drop library items to organize them within the folder.

How to Create Favorites

1. Click the library icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Select the item(s).
3. Select the “Folder” button on the right panel.
4. Check “Favorites” and then “Apply.”

Note: Any item saved to the Favorites folder, will also appear in the “Favorites” tab of your your Teacher Profile page.

How to Share a Folder

Once you’ve created your folders, you can also share them with any of your groups. To do this:

1. Click the library icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Select the folder you want to share and click the folder sharing icon  in the top center panel of the library.
3. Select the group(s) you want to share with and the folder will immediately be shared.
4. You (and the group) can view the shared folders in the “Folders” section at the top of the group’s communication stream.

Note: To share a folder with another teacher, create a group for just the teacher and you and share the folder with the group. Then, the teacher can go to the library, click on “shared folders” and copy all resources if desired.

 

How to Save Items from a Shared Folder

If you find great resources from other educators within a shared folder, you easily copy that content into your own folder. To do this:

1. Click the library icon  in the top tool bar.
2. Click the “Shared with me” link in the “Folders” section on the left side of the page.
3. Click on the items you’d like copied to your own folders.
4. Check the folders you want the items moved to on the right sidebar.
5. Click “Apply.”

How to Search and Filter

1. Type the title or keyword in the search field, located on the top navigation bar, and click “Search Library” in the drop-down (or hit the Return key).
2. From the left panel, you can filter library items by those attached to posts and those sent by you.
3. From the top right corner, you can filter your library items by type (files or links). You can also view the contents of your library in list view or icon view by selecting the appropriate icon.