In the last month I’ve shared videos about how to make split screen videos in Flipgrid and how to make whiteboard videos in Flipgrid. It was pointed out to me, in the form of a reader request, that those are great features once you know how to use the basics of Flipgrid. To help people get started with Flipgrid, I made the following video.

I think it’s important to understand what students see when they use a tool that you’ve assigned to them. For that reason I’ve included the teacher and student views of Flipgrid in my getting started video that is embedded below.

What is Flipgrid?
In a nutshell, it’s a free tool for posting discussion prompts for your students to respond to with short videos that they record directly in the Flipgrid website or Flipgrid app.