What is Padlet?

Padlet is a digital board with which users can collect and share diverse ideas at a single platform. It is called an electronic bulletin board or free virtual wall where documents, text, videos, image, file, web link can be uploaded in form of digital sticky notes by teachers and students.

Some features of Padlet:

• Create the unique Padlet link. 
• Padlet allows you to insert ideas anonymously or with your name. 
• Whoever has the Padlet board opened on his smartphone or computer, can see what’s on it and what everyone is writing.
• Students just have to take a device and start adding little sticky notes online. 
• Students can see all the ideas gathered on the teacher board immediately.
• Resources can be dragged and arranged easily.
• Walls can be shared or exported in many different formats.
• Content may be exported in form of an image, PDF, Excel document or CSV file.
• The creator of the wall can manage posts from other users.
• Student do not need an account to access Padlet walls.
• Real-time view of other students posts.
• It makes lessons more interesting.
• The website allows “mobilizing” the wall and creating a QR code.
• Students and teachers can post their notes on a common page.

How to use Padlet?

Step 1: You can install the Padlet app for Apple or for Android on your phone or just go to the Padlet website. www.padlet.com 

*If you do not have an account you need to sign up for once.

Step 2: Once you have signed up and logged in then you are on dash board. click onto ‘MAKE A PADLET’

Step 3: Start with blank or select a template

• Wall : Pack content in a brick like layout.
• Canvas: Scatter, group, and content content in any way.
• Stream: Top to bottom stream line content.
• Grid: Arrange content in rows of boxes.
• Shelf: Arrange content in series of column.
• Backchannel: looks like chat environment.
• Map: Add content to point on map.

Step 4: After selecting wall it appears like this.

Step 5: You may design the  wall, color, font and other setting.

Step 6: Click on  modify to save your setting  wall will appears like this.

Step 7: Click on '+'  button or double click  anywhere to post.

Now you are ready to post: You can....

• Type
• Record Your Voice
• Capture video from your camera
• Take a photo from your camera
• Add a Hyperlink
• Add a Photo
• Add a Document
• Draw on an onscreen canvas
• Add a location 
• Link to one of your other Padlet

If you want your wall to be visible to a specific group of people, you can set this using the privacy menu.