8 NEW Padlet Features Every Teacher Should Know
Summary
TLDRThe video script introduces eight significant updates to the Padlet platform that are particularly beneficial for educators. These updates include the ability to create slideshows from existing Padlets for a more visual and interactive review of student work, grouping posts into sections for better organization, and a search and filter function to easily locate specific posts. Google Drive integration allows for direct uploads of files, and the platform now supports scheduled posts and draft saving, enhancing planning and workflow. Additionally, Padlet now enables the creation of polls within the platform, adding an interactive element to discussions, and the tagging feature allows for direct mentions of individuals to draw attention to specific posts. These updates aim to revolutionize classroom use of Padlet, making it a more dynamic and efficient tool for teachers and students.
Takeaways
- 📌 Padlet is a versatile digital tool for classrooms, allowing collaboration and multimedia integration.
- 🆓 A free account on Padlet, known as the Neon level, can create up to five padlets, which is more than the advertised three.
- 📈 Padlet offers paid options like Gold, Platinum, and team/classroom accounts for more features.
- 📑 The ability to create slideshows from existing padlets makes reviewing student responses and content more visual and organized.
- 📂 Padlet now allows grouping posts by sections in various formats, including Wall, Grid, Timeline, and Map, enhancing organization.
- 🔍 Users can search and filter posts within a padlet by text, color, author, and other criteria for easier navigation and focus.
- 📁 Google Drive integration has been improved, allowing users to upload files directly from Google Drive into Padlet.
- ⏰ Posts on Padlet can now be scheduled to be published at a future date and time, aiding in planning and reducing real-time workload.
- 📝 Drafts of posts are automatically saved, allowing users to resume writing if they accidentally close their browser.
- 🗳️ Padlet now supports creating polls within the platform, enabling real-time feedback and interaction with students.
- 📝 The tagging feature allows users to mention specific individuals to draw their attention to a post or discussion.
Q & A
What is Padlet and how does it function?
-Padlet is a digital tool that acts like a virtual bulletin board, allowing users to collaborate and incorporate multimedia content such as text, images, videos, and audio files. It can be used in educational settings to facilitate interactive learning.
What are the different account levels available on Padlet?
-Padlet offers a free account known as the Neon level, which allows creating up to five padlets. There are also Gold and Platinum accounts, as well as team and classroom options for more advanced features and capabilities.
How can Padlet be used to create slideshows?
-Padlet allows users to turn an existing padlet into a slideshow with just a few clicks. This feature is useful for reviewing student responses or going through a collection of resources in a more visual and organized manner.
What is the new feature that allows for organizing posts within Padlet?
-The new feature called 'sections' allows users to group posts into different categories within a padlet. This can be applied to various formats including the wall, grid, timeline, and map, making it easier to organize and categorize information.
How can posts be searched and filtered in Padlet?
-Users can search for posts by text and filter them based on criteria such as color, author, or post status (published, submitted, scheduled). This feature makes it easier to find specific posts or to display certain posts at certain times.
What is the Google Drive integration feature in Padlet?
-The Google Drive integration allows users to upload files directly from Google Drive into a Padlet post. This can be done by connecting the user's Google Drive account to Padlet and selecting the desired files.
How can posts be scheduled for future publishing in Padlet?
-Users can schedule posts to be published at a specific future date and time without manual intervention. This feature is useful for planning content in advance, such as weekly discussion posts or unit materials.
What is the draft feature in Padlet?
-The draft feature allows users to save a post as a draft if they start writing a post and accidentally close the browser or if they want to save their work and complete it later.
How can polls be created within Padlet?
-Polls can be created by selecting the 'poll' option when creating a post. Users can pose a question and provide multiple-choice answers for others to vote on. Poll results can be viewed in real-time and can be shown or hidden based on the user's preference.
What is the tagging feature in Padlet?
-The tagging feature allows users to tag specific individuals in a post by typing the '@' symbol followed by the person's name or email. This can be used to get someone's attention or to notify them about a specific post.
How does Padlet help with content moderation and privacy?
-While the script does not go into detail about these features, Padlet has been updated to include privacy and content moderation tools that help maintain a safe and controlled environment for educational use.
What are some potential uses of Padlet in a classroom setting?
-Padlet can be used for collaborative projects, student discussions, sharing and reviewing resources, organizing class materials, and conducting polls for quick feedback. It can also be used for creating interactive bulletin boards and timelines.
Outlines
🚀 Padlet Updates for Teachers in 2023
This paragraph introduces the video's focus on eight updates to the Padlet platform that were released in 2023, aimed at enhancing its utility for teachers. The speaker mentions that Padlet functions as a virtual bulletin board, allowing for collaboration and the incorporation of various multimedia elements. They also discuss the different account levels available, from free to premium, and hint at the first update, which is the ability to create slideshows from existing Padlet boards for a more visual and organized presentation of student responses or materials.
📈 Organizing with Sections and Filtering Posts
The speaker demonstrates how to organize Padlet content using sections, a feature that allows categorization of posts into different groups or categories. They show how to add, rename, and color-code sections within various Padlet formats, including the grid, timeline, and map. Additionally, the paragraph covers the search and filter functionality, which enables users to quickly locate specific posts based on text, color, author, or other criteria, facilitating the review process and making it easier to manage large volumes of content.
🔄 Google Drive Integration and Scheduling Posts
This section highlights the new feature that allows users to directly upload files from Google Drive into Padlet, eliminating the need to copy and paste links. The speaker also introduces the ability to schedule posts to be published at a future date and time, which is particularly useful for planning ahead, such as setting up weekly discussion prompts or unit materials in advance. Furthermore, they mention the option to save posts as drafts, ensuring that any work in progress is not lost if the user accidentally closes their browser.
📊 Creating Polls, Adding Tags and Mentions
The speaker discusses the new feature that enables the creation of polls within Padlet, allowing teachers to gather student opinions or feedback on various topics. They explain how to set up a poll, including adding multiple-choice options and additional text. The paragraph also covers the real-time display of poll results and the option to close the poll once voting is complete. Lastly, the speaker introduces the ability to add tags and mentions to posts, which can be used to draw the attention of specific individuals or to notify them about relevant content within the Padlet.
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Keywords
💡Padlet
💡Slideshow
💡Sections
💡Search and Filter
💡Google Drive Integration
💡Scheduled Posts
💡Drafts
💡Polls
💡Tags and Mentions
💡Multimedia
💡Classroom Use
Highlights
Padlet is a versatile digital tool for classrooms, allowing collaboration and multimedia integration.
Free accounts can create up to five Padlets, not just three as previously stated.
Padlet offers Gold, Platinum, Team, and Classroom account options for more features.
Padlets can be turned into slideshows with a few clicks for easier and more visual content review.
Slideshows can be automatically played, paused, and shared through various means including links, embeds, and PDFs.
The ability to group posts by sections in various formats like Wall, Grid, Timeline, and Map enhances organization.
Existing Padlets can be updated to include sections for better categorization and information management.
A search and filter feature allows for quick retrieval of specific posts based on text, color, author, and more.
Google Drive integration enables direct uploading of files from Google Drive into Padlet.
Posts can be scheduled for future publishing dates, allowing teachers to prepare content in advance.
Drafts of posts are saved and can be resumed if not published, preventing loss of work.
Polls can be created within Padlet for real-time student feedback and voting.
Polls can be embedded in slideshows and are viewable in real-time, even during shared presentations.
Tags and mentions allow for direct notifications to individuals, useful for drawing attention to specific posts.
Padlet has also made updates around privacy and content moderation, though not detailed in this transcript.
These updates are aimed at improving Padlet's utility for teachers and enhancing classroom experiences.
The presenter encourages viewers to subscribe and engage with the content for more informative videos.
Transcripts
hello there and welcome back to my
channel padlet is a fantastic digital
tool to use in your classroom if you
haven't already seen my full tutorial
video I will link that for you in the
description box it's a few years old but
it does a good job of covering the
basics for getting started today I
wanted to share eight padlet updates
that have come out in 2023 that will
revolutionize the way you use it as a
teacher
thank you
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Padma is essentially like a virtual
bulletin board where you can not only
collaborate with others but also
incorporate multimedia such as text
images video files audio files and so
much more you can create a free account
it's known as the neon level which it
says it will allow you to create up to
three free padlets but you can actually
create up to five okay just keep that
between us it's like a little loophole
however there also are options to
upgrade to a gold or platinum account as
well as team and classroom options as
well but again if you want more details
on padlet be sure to check out the
tutorial video which is linked for you
in the description box in this video I'm
going to focus on eight padlet updates
that have come out this year that I
think are most relevant or useful for
teachers starting with number one which
is the ability to create slideshows
padlet will allow you to take an
existing padlet and immediately turn it
into a slideshow with just a few clicks
of a button so let me show you what that
might look like let's say I have this
padlet where my students have put
questions or comments or
discombobulations my sixth grade teacher
used to always say that to us it
essentially means confusions we're in
for an epic
and throughout the lesson my students
have compiled their thoughts onto this
padlet at the end of the lesson I might
want to go through those questions and
comments and discombobulations as a
slideshow it's just a little bit easier
and a more visual way to look at it in
order to do that all I have to do with
the padlet open is click the slideshow
button it looks like the little play
button
and it will automatically generate and
format a slideshow for you from here you
have a few different tools so if I move
my mouse around I can have it
automatically play so if I click the
play sign after a few seconds it's going
to automatically advance and if you
click on auto you can change that time
span to be what you want you also can
pause at any time if you would rather
navigate through the slides on your own
which in order to do that you can just
click the arrows down here at the bottom
you also can share this slideshow so if
you're doing maybe like a review before
an assessment you might share this out
with family so they have access at home
you can share it as links you can embed
it onto an existing website share
through apps you can save it as images
or PDF files there's tons of different
options and then you can go into full
screen mode by clicking that button
there at the bottom I think this is a
perfect way to look over student
responses in an easier format versus
trying to like click and open every
single post so that it's more visible
you can just use the slideshow option
and it will make it full screen as I
mentioned I think it's also great for
reviewing for assessments maybe you have
created a padlet for the unit just full
of links to websites and videos and
pictures of student work samples from
the unit then you can go through it and
review using that slideshow at the end
before the assessment the second new
update is the ability to group posts by
sections now a while ago padlet had a
format or a layout called shelf which
allowed you to create columns in order
to organize information and I loved it
but now you can actually incorporate
that into other formats including the
wall the grid the timeline the maps
there's so many different options so now
when you make a padlet you will see
those options available so if you click
make a padlet the most popular one would
be that wall which is just kind of the
compilation of all the posts so there is
now the basic wall as well as the wall
with sections which is what was
previously known as shelf but if you
scroll down under simple formats there
are these Advanced formats where you
have those sections available so there
is the timeline with sections grid width
sections stream with sections wall with
sections which was also at the top
because that is most popular as well as
the map with sections just to show you
what this could look like I'm going to
choose the grid with sections it's going
to create my padlet we're just going to
title it example we're going to skip
over all the rest from here if I close
out of the settings I now have this
section which I can click the three dots
and I can rename it so this might be
reptile bills click done I can then add
another section so click add section
this one might be Birds done then within
each of those different sections or
categories I can add posts so I can
click the plus sign in order to add a
post so for example snake I can click
publish and it will post it under that
section the great thing is you can take
an existing padlet that maybe you had
previously created that does not have
sections and you can add sections into
it so for example if I have this
timeline with Michelle being born in
1993 I can click on these settings gear
over on the right I can scroll down and
where it says group post by section I
can toggle that on and you'll notice it
automatically created section one so I
might rename this as childhood
and click done from there I can add
additional sections so you can convert
an existing padlet to have sections by
using that option I personally think
this sections are great for categorizing
information you might even have students
dump a bunch of examples onto a padlet
and then you can add in those sections
and start to group the posts so for
example you might have different
characters from stories or character
traits and then you're attributing them
to different characters you might have
different math strategies so you might
put a problem up students solve it and
then you group it depending on the
strategies that they used the third
update is the ability to search and
filter posts there are so many different
ways that you can use this feature I'm
going to open back up that share your
thoughts padlet let's go ahead and color
code some of these so I'm going to click
the three dots let's make this one red
we'll make this one green and blue and
we'll throw some purple in there I'm
just kind of attributing random colors
will go red again we'll go yellow get
another green we'll leave that one white
and then we'll do another blue okay now
within this padlet I have the search
option up here at the top so I could
search by text so for example if I want
to find questions or comments that have
a certain term in them I'm just going to
use the number two
it will pull up all of the posts that
have that number two or I could search
the word comment and it will pull up all
of the posts that had the word comment I
also have the ability to filter so I'm
going to x out of that search click
again and notice that little filter icon
I'm going to click it and from here I
can choose to show only certain posts
depending on the filter I apply so I
could show just published posts
submitted posts scheduled posts we're
going to come back to that I can filter
by color so for example I could show
just the red posts or I could show red
and yellow I can reset it and show just
the blue post so it's a really quick and
easy way to pull up specific posts now
as you saw as soon as I clear that
filter or delete the text that I was
searching for it returns to normal so
I'm not deleting posts I'm just
displaying certain ones at certain times
you can also search by the author or the
contributor so so if you want to pull up
a specific student's post you can type
in their name and it will pull it up so
just a few ideas of how you might use
this let's say a student made a post on
a padlet they really want you to share
it you're struggling to find it because
there's so many posts you can search for
their name or you could place students
into teams and you could have their
posts color coded based on their team
and then you could review just one
team's responses at a time or again you
could color code them by the strategies
that they're using and then kind of
color code or filter out the colors in
order to display certain strategies and
be able to compare them the fourth
update is the Google Drive integration
so for a while you've been able to link
to things within Google Drive by copying
and pasting the link but now you can
upload files directly from Google Drive
so in order to do that I'm going to
create a new post so I'm going to just
click that plus sign from here I'm going
to click the three dots in order to show
all those different post options and you
will notice right here in the middle is
the Google Drive and it tells me it is
new if I click it when it is the first
time you are using this feature you do
have to connect your Google Drive just
like you do with all other apps and
websites so I'm going to click connect
it's going to prompt me to choose my
account
I'm going to give it access click
continue
and now I'm able to select files
directly from my Google Drive I love
that it pulled up the random GoPro
footage from my honeymoon when we were
snorkeling you're a nice guy Jim but you
have no idea how to vacation I might
type in exit ticket just
just use this exit to example once I
click select it's going to upload that
file and once I publish it I then can
click and be able to access that file
now if you are adding a Google doc
Google Slides or Google Sheets it will
post it as a link but if you are
uploading an image or a video it will
actually upload it directly into the
padlet the fifth update is the ability
to schedule posts this one is so
exciting because it means you can prep
in advance let's say I have this weekly
discussion padlet and maybe this is
going to be September we want it in all
capital letters September click done I
can actually schedule these like weekly
posts to show up without me having to do
anything in real time it will
automatically post I can click the plus
sign and let's say this is going to be
week one and we'll put example
discussion question instead of clicking
publish I'm going to click the button
and right next to it it looks like a
little clock and it says set a future
published date once I click that I have
the option to choose the exact date and
time that I want it to post so maybe I
want this to come up on September 4th at
let's do 9 15 a.m I can select that
choose set date schedule and I can see
that post but any of the other students
who are on that padlet will not be able
to see it until it goes live this is
fantastic as I mentioned for getting
ahead you could schedule weekly
discussion posts or different unit
materials as the year goes but you can
do it ahead of time that way you don't
have to worry about getting too busy and
forgetting update number six is kind of
similar you can now save posts as drafts
so if you start writing a post and let's
say you accidentally close out of your
browser that draft post will still will
be there just to show you how this works
I'm going to start typing a post so
example draft and I'm just going to kind
of leave that up there I'm going to
close out of this weekly discussion so I
did not post it onto the padlet all I
did was type it I'm going to open it
back up and now down at the bottom you
will see where it says example draft I
can now click and resume that post the
seventh update is the availability to
create polls within padlet so let's say
as part of my weekly discussion I want
to be able to survey my students
thoughts on something services
when I go to create the post I can click
those three dots again to see all of the
options and right next to Google Drive I
now have pull from here I can ask a
question so does pineapple belong on
Pizza obviously the answer is yes but
we'll give them some different choices
of course
Maybe
and absolutely not
from there I can click add and I can
even add in additional text with that
poll so like let me know your thoughts I
can publish that
from there my students would be able to
vote on the poll I can see the votes and
the results in real time I can choose to
show the results so I can show that
percentage and my students can't see
their results unless I choose to show it
to them so they would have to vote first
that way they're not influenced by
anyone else's I can also close the poll
if I want to stop them from voting so I
can click the three dots and that can
come down where it says close poll and
it kind of locks it in place now if I
want to reopen the poll I can follow
those same directions so I can click the
three dots and then I can reopen the
poll also worth noting this works within
that slideshow feature so if I click the
slideshow
and I move on to that
post I can vote right there on the poll
and if I share this with students so if
I use that share button and I share the
link to the slideshow they can then vote
on the poll in real time as they're
viewing the slideshow the eighth and
final update I wanted to share is the
availability to add tags and mentions
this will allow you to tag specific
individuals in order to get their
attention so within a post
I'm gonna do example post you can just
type the at sign like you do on both
social medias and you can start to type
the person's name or their email however
they were added in so for example the
Emerson's 2020 click and it will tag
them in that post now if you are using
padlet within an organization such as a
school or District you will be able to
tag anyone within that organization if
you're using padlet outside of an
organized account such as a school or
District account like mine is just a
personal account you can tag anyone that
has been added as a contributor so if I
go into my share settings you will see
that I invited the emersons 2020 which
is my joint account with my husband to
this padlet that's why I was able to tag
it now there have been plenty of other
updates with padlet recently especially
around privacy and content moderation
but I felt that those were the eight big
best and most useful updates
specifically for teachers and classroom
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most excited about as always thank you
for watching I love you so much don't
forget to put your positive pants on and
I will catch you in the next one
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