Introducing Edmodo 2.0

For the last few months we have been hard at work on version 2.0 of Edmodo and we would now like to share it with you.

Notable new features visible to users

Redesigned Home Page
Tagging of all posts
Locker has been removed in favor of tagging, all previous posts will be moved to a locker tag soon.
Wider Time-line to support a wider range of embeddable content
Grades tab
View a list of all grades received for a given group
New Default Avatar set
Notificiations
- via twitter (user must follow @edmodonotify)
- via text message, users select cell phone provider and enter phone number
Viewing of the following file formats within Edmodo using Scribd’s iPaper technology
- Microsoft Word Files doc, docx
- Microsoft Powerpoint Files ppt, pptx, pps
- Microsoft Excel Files xls, xlsx
- PDF: PDF pdf, ps
- Open Office: Open Office Documents odt, odp, sxw, sxi, etc.
- Plain Text: Text Documents txt, rtf
Ability to add RSS feeds to a group
Inline viewing of youtube, google video, flickr, slideshare, wikipedia, if posted as a link
Ability for a teacher to return a file when assigning a grade to an assignment

March 24, 2009 | Filed Under features, general

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