Flip
What is Flip?
Flip is a free, online, video bulletin board and so much more. Students and teachers have access to tools that let them add text, images, stickers and more to their videos. A whiteboard/blackboard recording mode is available with annotation tools to use to draw on the boards.
The mission of the Flip team is to "empower every voice" and the tools they have provided are doing just that!
For ideas on ways to use Flip, check out Karly Moura's guest post on the Ditch That Textbook site, "50+ Ways to Use Flipgrid in Your Class." Note: Karly wrote this post when the product was still known as Flipgrid. Her ideas still work for the renamed Flip tool.
The mission of the Flip team is to "empower every voice" and the tools they have provided are doing just that!
For ideas on ways to use Flip, check out Karly Moura's guest post on the Ditch That Textbook site, "50+ Ways to Use Flipgrid in Your Class." Note: Karly wrote this post when the product was still known as Flipgrid. Her ideas still work for the renamed Flip tool.
Getting Started with Flip
Set up an Account
- Decide if you will login with your educator Google or Microsoft account
- It's that easy!
Create Your First Topic
- On the Discussion tab with Topics the active link, click on Add a Topic.
- Add a Title for your topic.
- Fill in the prompt.
- Add a Media artifact from the available choices as desired.
- Select the Permissions. The Permissions will determine how your students will access your Topic.
- Typically, teachers select Student Email when their students have email accounts. With this type of account, students enter the Join Code or Link and join using Microsoft or Google accounts. Only those with a Microsoft/Google email that matches the approved emails can open the Topic.
- Teachers select Student Username when their students don't have email accounts. Students enter the Join Code or Link and input their Student Username, which is created and assigned by you.
- Be sure to turn on Topic Moderation so you can preview student posts before they go live.
- Choose the kinds of Comments students can leave for each other.
- Select the Recording Time length desired.
- Select the appropriate Closed Captions option.
- Click on Create Topic.
Tutorials for Getting Started with Flip
Watch the "Getting Started with Microsoft Flip!" video to the right to view step-by-step details for getting started with Flip. Visit Flip's "Getting Started" page to learn more. |
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Groups & Importing Google Classroom Rosters
In Flip, you can easily create individual Topics to engage your students in learning experiences. Each time you make a topic, you must select the Permissions for how your students will login to use the Topic. If you’re planning to use multiple Topics with the same set of students, you can create a Group (formerly known as a “Grid”). Groups provide a single access point to any number of Flip Topics and the permissions are set at the Group level. If you want to be able to import your student roster from Google Classroom to set up student IDs, you will need to create a Flipgrid Group first.
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Flip Camera - All the Features!
Learn the basics for using the Flip camera by reading through this information.
Read through "Engaging Creativity with the Flip Camera" to learn more about the Camera Features and how to use them.
Read through "Engaging Creativity with the Flip Camera" to learn more about the Camera Features and how to use them.
Discovery Library
The Flip Discovery Library consists of 33,000+ community generated Topics you can copy, edit, and use with your students. Explore Topic of the Day, Trending Topics or Search by grade level and subject areas to find Topics that match what you need for your students.
Flip has many Partners that are providing content for the Discovery Library. These Partners include Wonderopolis, the National WWII Museum, the Elephant Sanctuary, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yellowstone National Park, and more. All of the Partners provide Topics populated with amazing learning resources and powerful discussion prompts. You can save, edit and use any and all of these Topics with your students.
Flip has many Partners that are providing content for the Discovery Library. These Partners include Wonderopolis, the National WWII Museum, the Elephant Sanctuary, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yellowstone National Park, and more. All of the Partners provide Topics populated with amazing learning resources and powerful discussion prompts. You can save, edit and use any and all of these Topics with your students.
Flip Shorts
Use Flip Shorts to create stand alone video that are not part of a Topic. These videos can easily be shared in Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Remind, and teacher websites.
Learn how easy it is to create Shorts by reading through, "Shorts: create here, share anywhere!"
Learn how easy it is to create Shorts by reading through, "Shorts: create here, share anywhere!"
Guest Mode
You can involve families, community members, experts, and more in your Flip activities by granting them special permission to specific Topics. Guests are granted access through a unique Guest Password. You decide whether guests have view-only or view & record access. You can share the Guest Password with whoever you’d like and you can revoke access at any time by simply turning off Guest Access.
Instructions on how to Set Up Guest Passwords |
Flip MixTapes
MixTapes allow you to organize student videos from across any Grid or Topic into an easily shared webpage with view-only access. This is a great way to publicly share the best video responses your students have created.
Click here to learn more about creating MixTapes.
Click here to learn more about creating MixTapes.