Flipgrid is an engaging social learning tool that allows students to video record responses and share them to a class discussion board, or group. Flipgrid provides exciting opportunities to build a classroom community with teacher-created topics, student posts and responses, and other safe and positive social media elements.
Flipgrid integration in Passport means students can practice speaking, discuss cultural topics, and reflect on their learning anytime, anywhere. Students also benefit from seeing other learners who may look and sound like them as well as those who are different from them or at different levels of language learning. Building student confidence, giving each student a voice, and providing a space for language practice is our main goal with Flipgrid activities in Passport.
As a teacher, a Flipgrid account was automatically created for you along with your Passport account using your school email.
If you previously used Flipgrid outside of Passport with that same email, your accounts were automatically merged so you will not lose any of your topics or videos.
If you have never had a Flipgrid account, you will be asked to enter some basic information to complete your account setup.
To locate your Flipgrid in Passport: Navigate to the Resources page in a teacher or student account and click Flipgrid. You may be prompted to log in with Carnegie Learning and/or authorize Passport to access your account.
You will see the group of all topic responses for the class you selected. A group is automatically created for each class that you create in Passport.
If you want to assign a Flipgrid Activity to your students, you must first find or create that activity through the Assignment Library or from your Assign Cart. Some programs have pre-loaded activities that align with units and lessons. See Related Articles below for additional help articles.
When you assign an activity, it will automatically create the topic in the class group in Flipgrid.
Students access the assignment through their Passport account by clicking on the assignment tile. Students automatically have a Flipgrid account created once they are registered in Passport.
There is no need to access Flipgrid outside of Passport or provide codes or links to topics.
Once a Flipgrid Activity has been created and assigned, any changes or edits must be made in Flipgrid from your Resources tab.
When students record their responses, you will be able to view, score and give feedback for each response from your Assignment Dashboard in Passport.
After their teacher assigns a Flipgrid activity, students will be able to record videos ranging from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. Flipgrid features allow students to capture widescreen videos, use filters, stickers, text, and whiteboard features. Students are in control of the recording process and can pause while recording, add more, or erase and begin again an unlimited number of times. When finished, students take a picture to be displayed along with their response and are able to add fun stickers and emojis. Passport creates a community for your classroom so students can reply to each other’s videos.
Flipgrid provides critical practice opportunities and interaction for language learners in a low-pressure, familiar environment. Students who may not be confident speaking in class have an opportunity to shine by recording where and when they are comfortable. Students can go to the group and topic in Passport and watch videos that others have submitted before submitting their own. Students can respond to teacher prompts within their Passport accounts from laptops, Chromebooks, or Surface devices. Students who want to work from their iPhone, iPad, or Android device install the Flipgrid app and continue to access prompts from their Passport account.
Flipgrid allows teachers to see how all of their students are progressing at any given moment, not just the few they can call on in class or listen to during an activity. Flipgrid also has great features for teachers:
Record video prompts or include specialized resources, links, attachments, and photos in topics
Use video moderation and access controls such as student replies
Discovery: allows teachers to search ideas for topics from other educators
Shorts: allows teachers to record their screen, create and edit explanations and more!
MixTapes: create collections of videos to showcase student work
GridPals: make connections with other educators to allow students to collaborate—even go global!
For more information on Flipgrid capabilities visit www.flipgrid.com.
Assign Flipgrid activities in Passport to spark students’ conversation and interaction while they practice their interpersonal and presentational speaking skills.
Provide feedback and scores to students to help them improve and give them credit for their practice, discussion, and reflection.
We recommend using Flipgrid for formative assessment that focuses on content and developing skills or for capturing student creativity through projects.
Some uses of Flipgrid for language learners include responding to discussion questions, making cultural comparisons, reflecting on essential questions, providing opinions or reactions to the material, summarizing articles or videos, conducting surveys or interviews, recording conversations, performing role-plays, delivering speeches, creating chain stories, or anything at all that gets students speaking!
