Getting Started with Flip

This article guides instructors through signing up for Flip, setting up their first grid, and sharing with students.

Instructions

Go to https://auth.flipgrid.com/signup .
Click Sign Up with Google.
Choose your Boise State Google account. This will automate signing into the platform.

Creating a Group

Note: “Groups” replaced “Grid” as the terminology for creating groups of students (e.g. each class may be a “group”)

You will be redirected to a landing page. Choose Create a Group.
Give the group a name.
Select your Group Status:
1. Active: Students can respond to and comment on topics in the group.
2. Hidden: Students will not be able to find or see this group or any of the topics in this group.
Under Permissions then Add your students, choose Student Email.
Type @boisestate.edu, @u.boisestate.edu into the email field.
Select Your Notifications setting
Select if you want Group Notifications for Others.
Click Create Group.
Copy the Join Code and paste it somewhere to be shared with your students – e.g. in Canvas or an email.
- Top-tip: The Join Code will also be available on the Group Page as well.
Close the pop-up with the code and you should be on the newly created Group Page where you can visit the group, check settings, create topics, get the join code, and more.

Creating Topics

While on the page for a group, click Create a Topic.
Give your topic a Title and Prompt.
Share a Media resource. (optional)
Add a Guest Password for others not in the class to join the Topic (optional)
Select if you would like to have Topic Moderation for this Group.
Select the allowed Recording Time (between 15 seconds and 10 minutes).
Allow Comments on video responses.
Check the language for Closed Captions.
There are additional options to customize if desired such as moderation, media, feedback, and more. Select More Options for advanced configuration options.
When you have customized to your liking, click Create Topic.
You can share the link to the Topic directly with your students if desired, or they can simply use the link for the Group and navigate to the Topic from there.

To share the grid with students, you can either copy the URL or embed the grid in your Canvas course site.

To share the code, navigate to the Group page and click on Share.
A pop-up window will open. Click on Copy for link (flipgrid.com followed by a 6-7 character string).
Paste this link to Canvas, email, or anywhere else a student can find it.

OR

To embed the group in your course, navigate to the Group page and click on Share.
Scroll over the embed code symbol (< / > ) to click on Copy Embed Code.
1. To continue embedding, open a Canvas content item, switch to HTML view, then paste the item.

Did you remember to add both @boisestate.edu AND @u.boisestate.edu as allowed email domains? This is the most common mistake in setting up a Group!