October Updates to Flipgrid

 

What has changed?

October has brought several changes to Flipgrid. Previously, students could only respond to each other with a newly recorded video. Now students and instructors alike have the ability to leave text responses as well. 

All new Topics will have public comments automatically enabled on them; as an instructor, you can always disable this option in the Default Topics Settings at any time. You can also activate Moderation on these comments, so that they must be approved before being visible to other students. 

It is important to note that private comments are not yet available; however, Flipgrid has hinted that they are coming soon!

Other Updates

If you would like to use Flipgrid but have a large number of students to add to the system, you can now bulk upload student emails to Flipgrid using .csv files. 

For those of you who are music instructors and would like to incorporate Flipgrid into your courses, the company has also added music note stickers for use within students' videos. While not life-changing, it does add an extra layer of fun!