Getting Started with Flipgrid

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

Instructions

Navigate to flipgrid.com.
Click the Educator Sign-up button in the upper right-hand corner.
Under the educators tab, click Sign Up with Google.
Choose your Boise State Google account. This will automate signing into the platform.
Fill out the required demographic information. This is for Flipgrid's purposes only.

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 and choose Public or Private.
Edit the Join Code if desired.
Under Add Students, choose Student Email.
Type @boisestate.edu, @u.boisestate.edu into the email field.
Click Next.
If you have Topics you would like to duplicate (e.g. from prior classes), you can do that now. Otherwise, click Skip for Now.
Copy the Join Code and paste it somewhere to be shared with your students – e.g. in Blackboard, Canvas, or an email.
Click Go to Group to visit the group, check settings, create topics, get the join code, and more.

Creating Topics

While on the page for a group, click Add a Topic.
Give your topic a Title and Prompt.
Select the allowed recording time (between 15 seconds and 10 minutes).
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 Blackboard course site.

To share the code, navigate to the Group page and click on Share.
Under Share this Group, Copy the Join Code link (flipgrid.com followed by a 6-7 character string).
Paste this link to Blackboard, 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 Blackboard 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!