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title: "Using Flip: Instructors (formerly Flipgrid)"
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Flipgrid is a free online platform that faculty and staff can use to increase asynchronous engagement through short-form video discussions and presentations.

> ℹ️ Flip can be accessed via web browser (Chrome, Firefox etc.) as well as the free mobile Flipgrid app on iOS or Android.

## <span style="color: #000000">Signing Up for Flipgrid</span>

1. <span style="color: #000000">Navigate to the </span><span style="color: #000000">**[Educator Sign Up](https://auth.flipgrid.com/signup)**</span><span style="color: #000000"> page to create your free Educator Account.</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">Select </span><span style="color: #000000">**Sign up with Microsoft**</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>
3. Sign into Flip using your UConn email address and password.

> ⚠️ <span style="color: #000000">Students should log into Flip with their UConn email via the</span><span style="color: #000000">** Google Login**</span><span style="color: #000000"> option. </span>

## Groups

### Creating a Group

1. From your Flip home page click **+ Group.**
2. Choose a name for your group and set access permissions.
3. Under the *"*Email" heading, you can restrict who can join the group by only allowing certain email addresses or allowing anyone in a domain (e.g., @uconn.edu).
4. Click **Create Group.**

### Adjusting Group Settings

Once a group is created you can adjust its privacy and notification settings as well as manage members.

1. From the Group page, click the **menu **button in the top right (the **three horizontal dots**).
2. Click **Edit Group.**
3. Click the **Settings** tab in the top right.

Under the "Privacy*"* section, you can make the group inactive or block members.

Under the *"*Notifications*" *section, you can disable notifications for all members and set your own notification preferences.

### Adding a Co-Lead

Once the Team/Group is created, you can add co-leads such as a TA or mentor. Your co-pilot must also have a Flip account. 

1. From the **Group** page, click **Add a Lead.**
2. Enter the desired lead's email address. They must already have a Flipgrid account created.
3. Click **Invite.**

### <span style="color: #000000">Managing Members</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Leads of the group can remove, block, or promote members.</span>

1. <span style="color: #000000">From the Group page, click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Members**</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">In the list of group members, find the one you want to adjust and click the </span><span style="color: #000000">**menu **</span><span style="color: #000000">button (the </span><span style="color: #000000">**three horizontal dots**</span><span style="color: #000000">).</span>

## <span style="color: #000000">Creating Topics</span>

<span style="color: #000000">A Flip Topic is a discussion prompt in the form of a question, idea, experiment, debate, or exploration to jumpstart conversations between learners. The instructor can write a prompt for a topic and include prior material, like videos and links, for students to review.</span>

1. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Add a Topic**</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">Provide a </span><span style="color: #000000">**Title**</span><span style="color: #000000"> and </span><span style="color: #000000">**Prompt**</span><span style="color: #000000"> and add optional images, links, or files to the topic for additional information.</span>
3. Select how long you want video responses to be using the **Recording Time** dropdown.
4. Click **Settings** in the top right to adjust topic settings such as:
  1. Scheduling when the topic is open
  2. Allowing closed captions
  3. Allowing links, downloads, likes, and view counts
  4. Allowing guest access to the topic
5. Click** Save to Group.**

> ℹ️ For more information or assistance, contact the Educational Technology Office at [edtech@uconn.edu](mailto:edtech@uconn.edu) or (860) 486-5052.

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