8.3 Guide for Teachers: Creating and Sharing Maps and Working with Classes
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What is EdumapsTeacher AccountCreate MapEdit and structure MapsCopy existing materialsShare MapsFeedback of Students
What is Edumaps2
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General Information
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✔️ With Edumaps you can:
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- Create pinboards, timelines and stickerwalls
- Create weekly plans
- Work in collaboration in real time
- Upload files in 100+ formats
- Embed media from Edupool and Mundo
- Manage students and teachers
- Record microphone and webcam directly
- Import existing Padlets
- Export maps as Moodle courses
- Create bookings/courses
- Automate Certificates of participation
- Organize Reservations for Rentals
- Write texts with your team in Teamtext
- Create content with our AI Assistant
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Our startpage contains all the important information and details. Please take a look there.
- Our FAQ is very comprehensive and answers almost all questions: https://www.edumaps.de/faq
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We wish you and your students a lot of joy and easy organization with Edumaps.
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Teacher Account4
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Set up your Account
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The following simple steps will set up your account:
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- Login with Username and Password.
- Go to the my account page.
- On your profile you see, which school you belong to.
- There is also a hint that you should set up your account which links to the setup-account-page.
- There you specify your email and password. Optionally you can add your name and your class.
- Confirm and your account is set up.
- Next an email is sent to you with a link to confirm your new email address. Please click this link.
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Your email address will help to recover your password if you forgot or lose it. Otherwise your teacher can change your password using the admin account of your school.
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Remove your Data / Delete your Account
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Remove your Data
- If you like to delete all your data, you can open the my account page, scroll down and click „Remove Data“.
- On the Remove Data page you can see all the data that will be deleted.
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Note: The deletion is final and cannot be reverted.
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Confirm by clicking the button “Remove my data”.
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Delete your Account
- To delete your account, open the my acocunt page, scroll down and click „Delete Account“.
- On the Delete Account page you can see all the data that will be deleted.
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Note: The deletion is final and cannot be reverted. – Your account gets immediately deleted and cannot be used afterwards.
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Confirm by clicking the button “Delete my account”.
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List of all Students
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The list of all student accounts can be found at:
- https://www.edumaps.de/users/list
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Create Classes/Groups
- Each teacher can create their own classes or groups on the “Manage classes & groups” page.
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Classes are not “school-wide”, but are created by each teacher for their own account. You can also create any groups instead of classes (e.g. a math remedial course).
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The maps can then be distributed to the students in the specified groups (“Share map to class”). Each student in the selected group will then receive a notification on Edumaps.
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Classes or groups are created once and are available to the user in Edumaps and also in Matheretter.
Create Map5
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Map Formats
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Pinboards, timelines und stickerwalls are called „Maps“.
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Pinboard
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The pinboard consists of columns. Each column contains boxes.
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Multiple columns are positioned side by side.
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Timeline
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The columns are horizontally arranged (“rows”). The boxes are arranged from left to right.
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Multiple columns are positioned below each other.
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Stickerwall
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The boxes are freely arranged. There are no columns.
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❤️ Changing from one map format to another map format is possible at any time.
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Create Map
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To create a map click on “Create Map” in the main menu.
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Use the Tutorial: Map Settings to familiarize yourself with the settings.
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Notes:
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- If you define “My School” under “Access to Map” then your map will show up for all students under “My School”
- Tags are used to sort your maps on the “My Maps” page by clicking on them.
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Create Columns and Boxes
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A map / pinboard consists of columns and boxes.
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Creating Columns
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- First, create a new map.
- Then click on “New column”.
- In the column settings, give the column a title. Feel free to set various options.
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Use the Tutorial: Column Settings to familiarize yourself with the settings.
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Creating Boxes
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- For a pinboard or timeline, you have to first create a column before the “Add Box” button appears.
- On a stickerwall, you can add a new box immediately without creating a column.
- In the box editor, give the box a title. You can also set various options.
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Use the Tutorial: Box Settings to familiarize yourself with the settings.
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Insert Material into Box (Media/Files)
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You can easily insert material into a box.
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First click on the edit icon and then upload any file (photo, video, audio, etc.) by drag and drop or upload button.
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Further, you can start microphone recordings, photo recordings and webcam recordings directly with the according buttons.
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Edit Box Content
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To edit the contents of a box afterwards, click the orange edit icon or double-click on the box background.
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You can then use the editor to make your texts and materials look appealing.
- See Tutorial: Inputs and Formatting in the Box Editor
Edit and structure Maps4
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Move Columns and Boxes
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To move a column to the left or right, click on the three dots and choose “Move”.
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To move a box to another position on the map, click on the three dots and choose “Move”. Then drag the box to the new position.
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Delete Box or Column
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Delete Box
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To delete a box, you click the three dots and choose “Delete Box”.
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Delete Column
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To delete a column, you click the three dots and choose “Delete Column”. Note that all boxes inside this column will also be deleted!
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Delete entire Map
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To delete the entire map, you click on the three dots on the top right and choose “Delete Map”.
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Deleting an entire map deletes all columns and boxes.
- Uploads that were in this map are not deleted automatically because they could be used in other maps. To delete them, visit the upload manager and delete them manually.
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Discover Maps and Copy Maps
- In the Edumaps Media Library, you can find maps and media that you can use freely.
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Use the search and keyword selection directly on the discover page to find interesting maps.
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Any public map can be copied by you. Simply click on “Copy map” in the top right menu:
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You can change the copied map as you like, redesign it and distribute it to third parties.
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Maps of your own school
- If you click on the tab “My school”, you will see all the maps and folders that the teachers of your school have shared.
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Add external Media and copy boxes from other Maps
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You can easily add external media or simply copy boxes from other maps.
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See details in the tutorials:
Share Maps
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Share Maps + Access Rights
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You share your map by clicking the share button at the top right:
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A dialog with the share link will then open:
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You can send this link to your students or colleagues if they need to work on the map as well.
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See tutorials under Manage and share Maps & Folders
Feedback of Students3
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Rating of Boxes
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For each box a drop down can be activated that the students can use to gauge their understanding.
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There are three types of ratings:
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1. Assessment (get feedback on how the contents of a box is rated)
2. Answer (yes/maybe/no - make a poll)
3. Voting (get feedback on which option A, B or C is preferred)
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Comments for Discussions and Submissions
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Comments can be activated for each box.
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With the help of the comment function, discussions can be held or students can submit their solutions (directly to the teacher).
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In the comments the following inputs are possible:
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- Text input
- Image uploads
- Microphone recordings
- Uploads of media files
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Comments can be set to be only visible to the teacher or to anyone viewing the map.
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All comments (including uploads) can be deleted by the teacher with just one click.
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💖 Notifications about new comments are displayed directly on to the top right of the Edumaps website.
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Notification of new comments
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The notification for new comments is displayed in yellow in the top right-hand corner.
Uploads4
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Upload of Files into Boxes
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You can upload any file to the editor.
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For example photos, videos, PDFs, MP3s, GIFs, Word documents, ...
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The allowed file formats can be found in the following map:
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The upload works via drag and drop or with the upload button.
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Thumbnails are generated for almost all uploaded materials.
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Overview of Uploads
- You can find an overview of all your uploads in the Upload Manager.
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There you will see the name of each file, the upload date, file type and file size.
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You can delete any of your files at any time.
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Furthermore, you can see in which box you uploaded the file. Simply click on the “Show box” button.
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You can also leave information (e.g. a source) as a reference for each file. Simply click on "no info" to open the input field. This information is only displayed to you.
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The uploads can be filtered according to “All uploads”, “My uploads” and “Uploads of Others”.
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Audio Recordings and Webcam Recordings
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If you want to leave a message for your students, you can activate your microphone directly in the Box Editor using the "Microphone" button.
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⚙ webcam
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Storage Space
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Each account has a certain storage space available. Teacher accounts usually have 5 GB.
- In the Upload Manager you can see how much storage space is still available for you:
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Accounting for storage space:
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Your storage space will count towards:
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- Your uploads to your own maps.
- All uploads to your maps from students/colleagues.
- Uploads at the comments of the boxes of your maps.
