Sync your LMS classes to Padlet User Groups
Updated 1 day ago
by
Rana Wilds
Padlet now allows you to sync your LMS classes to Padlet User Groups!
Requirements
A working LMS connection between Padlet and your Learning Management System.
What are groups?
Groups are a fantastic way to allow you to share boards with groups of people easily. Groups can be use to organize members into smaller groups, such as classes, project teams or departments.
Say you have an entire class you'd like to invite to contribute posts onto your board. Instead of inviting them all individually, one at a time > Create a Group!
You can add all your students from a particular class into a Group and invite them all at the same time!
How do I set it up?
- First, ensure that your Padlet is connected to a Learning Management System such as Moodle, Canvas or Blackboard. If you do not have your LMS set up yet, follow the instructions on the corresponding docs to get started.
Canvas
- Add Padlet to Canvas LMS (for padlet.org accounts)
- Add Padlet to Canvas LMS (for padlet.com accounts)
Moodle
- Add Padlet to Moodle LMS (for padlet.org accounts)
- Add Padlet to Moodle LMS (for padlet.com accounts)
Blackboard
- How to add Padlet to Blackboard LMS (for padlet.org accounts)
- How to add Padlet to Blackboard LMS (for padlet.com accounts)
Schoology
- Add Padlet to Schoology LMS (for padlet.org accounts)
- Add Padlet to Schoology LMS (for padlet.com accounts)
- Ensure that you have enabled permissions to retrieve user data. This is what it looks like in:
- Launch and publish a Padlet assignment in the course that you want to sync to a Padlet User Group.
- If you have a Padlet for Schools account at padlet.com, you will need to ensure that you have enabled the 'Sync LMS Course to User Groups' toggle on the School info page.
- Click on your account name/avatar in the upper-right corner of your dashboard > Settings > School info (under your School name on the left) > toggle the button ON next to 'Sync LMS Courses to User Groups.'
Click on your account name/avatar in the upper-right corner of your dashboard > Settings > Organization info (under your School name on the left) > toggle the button ON next to 'Sync LMS Courses to User Groups.'
Now the User Group will automatically sync to the LMS course once a day!
Important notes
- The name of your User Group will be the course name
- When students are added to the LMS, accounts will be created for them in Padlet and they will be added to the Padlet for Schools account and User Group.
- When students are removed, they will just be removed from the User Group.
