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How student accounts work at Padlet

Updated 3 days ago by Rana Wilds

With all the different Padlet plans offered, one question that is often asked by teachers is, "How do student accounts work with this plan?" Depending on the plan type, student accounts work differently.

Specific plan details can be found below. 👇

Neon / Gold / Platinum

Logging in

With individual accounts, students have full control over how they sign in. Because student accounts are not included with teachers' personal accounts (such as Neon, Gold and Platinum), their accounts are completely separate and will need to be managed as such. An account will need to be created by the student at padlet.com.

Students can log into their personal accounts using one of the following:

  • Email and password
  • Login with Google
  • Login with Microsoft
  • Login with Apple

Account management

Students are fully responsible for the management of their own accounts. Teachers have no way of managing students' accounts while being a member of a Neon, Gold or Platinum plan.

Anonymous posting

To post on a padlet, creating accounts is not required. However, please know that if students interact with your padlets without being logged into an account, their contributions will be labeled as, 'anonymous.' This can (and often does) lead to students abusing their Padlet privileges and making inappropriate posts.

The only way to prevent this would be for the student to sign up for an account at padlet.com and to set each of your padlet's 'Link privacy' settings to Secret - Log in. This will require users to sign into their account before they can view your padlet.

If you wish for your students to interact with your padlets without having their own account, we recommend having them include their name with their post.
Permissions

Because student accounts are completely separate from a teacher's personal account, the option to control student Permissions is not available.

Safety

Because student accounts are completely separate from a teacher's personal account, the option to set up Content moderation and Safety Net features is not available.

Classroom

Logging in

Classroom accounts contain a shared environment between students and teachers. Everyone is included in the same space making collaboration simple!

After you set up your Classroom account, you can invite your students! By sending out the invite link, it allows students to accept their spot. Students can paste the link into their browser and then click Accept invite (if they're already logged into their account) or Sign up to accept invite (if they are not logged into their account).

If students are not logged into their account but they do have one, no worries! They can click Sign up to accept invite and then click Log in in the upper-right corner on the next page.

Students can log into their personal accounts using one of the following:

  • Email and password
  • Login with Google
  • Login with Microsoft
  • Login with Apple

Account management

Permissions

Teachers can control student permissions within a Classroom account. You can access your Permissions from your settings. Start by logging into your Padlet account, then click on your account name in the top-right corner of your dashboard > Settings > Permissions.

From here, you can toggle between the Students and Teachers tabs to set permissions for each role. Some examples of permission you can set are:

  • Pick and choose which padlet privacy setting options to allow
  • Set the default padlet privacy settings so that each new padlet created is automatically assigned that setting
  • Option to prohibit accessibility of padlets outside of the Classroom

You can read more about Permissions here!

Safety

Control the safety settings for your Classroom by clicking Content safety on your Settings page.

Classrooms and school accounts have the added benefit of turning on Content moderation to prevent students from posting inappropriate content. Choose to manually approve/deny posts before they are displayed on the padlet or allow Safety Net to automatically approve/deny flagged content for you.

Analytics

View the statistics of your account by clicking Analytics on your Settings page. View the total posts, padlets, comments, active users and more. You can read about how to utilize self-serve Analytics here: Analytics

Deactivate accounts

Deactivating a student's account can be done on the Settings page. Click on your account name at the top-right corner of your dashboard > Settings > under your Classroom name (on the left), click Members > click the drop-down menu next to the student you'd like to deactivate and click Deactivate.

Deactivated users will no longer have access to the Classroom account but all of their work (padlets, posts, etc.) will still be available. You can reactivate the account at any time by clicking the drop-down menu once again and choosing the appropriate role.

Padlet for Schools (at padlet.org)

Logging in

Padlet for Schools accounts contain a shared environment between students and teachers. Everyone is included in the same space making collaboration simple!

Once users are added to the Padlet for Schools account, choose the way you'd like your students to login.

You can also use automatic account creation to remove the need to add users to the account. Students could simply use their school email to log into the Padlet for Schools account and an account will be automatically created for them.

Account management

Permissions

The Owner and anyone with an Admin role can control student permissions within a Padlet for Schools account. You can access your Permissions from your settings. Start by logging into your Padlet account, then click on your account name in the top-right corner of your dashboard > Settings > Permissions.

From here, you can toggle between the Students and Teachers tabs to set permissions for each role. Some examples of permission you can set are:

  • Pick and choose which padlet privacy setting options to allow
  • Set the default padlet privacy settings so that each new padlet created is automatically assigned that setting
  • Option to allow students to see the gallery tab in their dashboard

You can read more about Permissions here!

Safety

The Owner and anyone with an Admin role can control the safety settings for your Padlet for Schools account by clicking Content safety on the Settings page. School accounts have the added benefit of turning on Content moderation to prevent students from posting inappropriate content. Choose to manually approve/deny posts before they are displayed on the padlet or allow Safety Net to automatically approve/deny flagged content for you.

Analytics

The Owner and anyone with an Admin role can view the statistics of the account by clicking Analytics on the Settings page. View the total posts, padlets, comments, active users and more. You can read about how to utilize self-serve Analytics here: Analytics

Suspend/Delete accounts

When users leave the school, the Owner or anyone with an Admin role can Suspend their account or Delete them completely.

Click your account name/avatar in the upper-right corner of your dashboard > Manage people > click View next to the user you'd like to update > select Suspend or Delete.

If rostering is turned ON, admins will need to use the external rostering system to modify users.
Suspended users will no longer be able to log into the Padlet for Schools account but all of their work (padlets, posts, etc.) will still be available. Deleting a user will delete all of their work.
To suspend/delete users in bulk, use the pink, Bulk select users button. Add the email addresses (one per line) and click Review. Verify the information is correct and then choose Delete Users or Suspend Users.

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