Ian Simpson
November 2011
Copyright, Design and Patents Act The Edmodo terms and conditions, item 15: Copyright Dispute Policy explains that their policy towards copyright infringement aligns with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in that they will: 1. “block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, content providers, members or users” 2. “remove and discontinue service to repeat offenders” I feel that it should be up to the teacher administering each group to ensure that images, content and web links posted did not infringe the Copyright, Design and Patents Act.
Trial of Edmodo functions The live trial of Edmodo began on Tuesday 26th October involving 10 Higher Computing students and 2 class teachers. Time was allowed in class for exploration of the site and discussion of implications of its use. Profiles After discussion with the Higher Computing class we decided that: • • • •
No photographs of pupils should be uploaded to the site as profile images They should only enter their first name and the initial of their surname (e.g. Ian S) They should not enter an email address or mobile phone number for notifications No personal information or details about their location should be stored anywhere on the site
Figure 1 Public Teacher Profile which can be seen by any Edmodo user
Teacher profiles require an email address to send notifications of each post to the Edmodo group, however it is possible to restrict what information is displayed on a teacher’s public profile (see Fig. 1). Group members can see an extended teacher profile (see Fig. 2).
Figure 2: Private Teacher Profile which can be seen by Group Members
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