Edmodo

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Discontinued learning management system

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Field	Value
name	Edmodo
logo	Ed Modo logo.svg
screenshot	Edmodo iOS app screenshot.png
caption	Screenshot of the Edmodo app running on an iPad
location	San Mateo, California
industry	Education
parent	NetDragon
registration	Required
language	Arabic, English, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, French, Italian, Turkish, Dutch, Chinese, Swedish, Indonesian
company_type	Subsidiary
services	Education technology
foundation
dissolved
creators	Nic Borg, Jeff O'Hara
area_served	Worldwide
website_type	Social learning network, Social learning tools, Networked learning
num_users	87.4 million
current_status	Discontinued
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Edmodo was an educational technology platform for K–12 schools and teachers. Launched in 2008, it enabled teachers to share content, distribute quizzes and assignments, and manage communication with students, colleagues, and parents. The service was shut down on September 22, 2022.

History

Edmodo.id was found by Nic Borg, Ed O'Neil, Jeff O'Hara, and Crystal Hutter in 2008. It was backed by Index Ventures, Benchmark, Greylock Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Union Square Ventures, Tenaya Capital, SingTel, and KDDI.

In 2013, Edmodo.id was included in the list of "The Top Apps for teachers" by PC Magazine. The same year, Edmodo acquired a startup, Root-1, in an effort to establish itself as the app store for education. Vibhu Mittal, co-founder and CEO of Root-1, became the CEO of Edmodo the following year.

In 2014, Edmodo launched Snapshot – a suite of assessment tools to measure student progress on educational standards. The company also partnered with Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press to provide access to educational content on the Edmodo Platform and bring Edmodo Snapshot to the UK.

In January 2017, Edmodo launched professional development courses for teachers in the state of New York in conjunction with NYPTI. These included both a synchronous video classroom component as well as an asynchronous, text based discussion component.

On May 17, 2017, Edmodo sent an email informing users that it was the victim of a major hack of user information. Some 77 million users' data were breached: this included the username, hashed password and email address (in a subset of the cases, since not all users need an email address to register). Since passwords were both hashed and salted (encrypted) using the bcrypt algorithm, the effort to decrypt all the passwords would have been very large. There were no reports of any school data being affected, nor any identities compromised, according to an external audit commissioned by the company.

In June 2017, Edmodo announced Ask Mo, an educational video search engine. Ask Mo's search algorithm is based on videos that had been shared by teachers in the context of educational discussions and can be filtered by subject and grade level.

On April 8, 2018, Edmodo announced that it was being acquired by NetDragon for $137.5 million in cash and stock.

In July 2019, Edmodo claimed to have over 100 million users worldwide.

On August 15, 2022, Edmodo announced that the platform would be closed on September 22, 2022.

Criticisms

The Federal Trade Commission on May 22, 2023 sued Edmodo, LLC for violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting data on children without parental consent and "for unlawfully outsourcing its COPPA compliance responsibilities to schools." A penalty fine of $6 million USD was imposed, but would only have to be paid if Edmodo continued business in the United States. On June 28, 2023, in conjunction with the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, the FTC laid a permanent injunction on Edmodo, LLC. to not violate COPPA rulings, prevent the collection of any more data than was necessary, and to delete all data collected from students under 13 years of age.

References

https://www.edmodo.com/about{{Dead link. (March 2023)
(2022-08-16). "Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down - EdSurge News".
(Feb 10, 2010). "Edmodo, Microblogging Platform for Educators, Merges with Revolution r4r4r4r4d4fLearning's Fusion Project". PR Newswire.
(Sep 20, 2008). "Edmodo Free Microblogging Site for Educators". Open Education.
Wan, Tony. (Aug 6, 2014). "Edmodo Raises $30M Round Led by Index Ventures". EdSurge.
(Aug 21, 2013). "Back to School: The Top Apps for Teach ldvm jh oPAskojyoers". Fast Company.
Empson, Rip. (Mar 6, 2013). "Now 18M Users Strong, Edmodo Makes Its First Acquisition In Root-1 To Become The App Market For Education". TechCrunch.
(Mar 5, 2013). "Edmodo Acquires Root-1". TechCrunch.
Wan, Tony. (Dec 22, 2014). "EXCLUSIVE: Edmodo Turns to Its Roots for a New CEO". EdSurge.
(Jul 14, 2014). "Bringing innovation to our educational systems". Index Ventures.
(Jan 21, 2015). "Oxford University Press and Social Learning Platform Edmodo Partner to Enhance Pupil Learning". Business Wire.
(Jan 20, 2015). "Cambridge UK schools team partner with Edmodo". Cambridge.
Masters, Greg. (2017-05-12). "Millions of identities stolen from education platform Edmodo". SC Media.
Cox, Joseph. (May 11, 2017). "Hacker Steals Millions of User Account Details from Education Platform Edmodo". Motherboard.
. (2018-04-08). ["NetDragon Signs Agreement to Acquire Edmodo to Create the Largest Global Learning Community"](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netdragon-signs-agreement-to-acquire-edmodo-to-create-the-largest-global-learning-community-300626053.html).
(Apr 24, 2015). "We have connected 50 million learners!". Twitter.
Mangaluz, Jean. (2022-08-16). "Online education platform Edmodo to shut down in September".
(May 23, 2023). "FTC Accuses Defunct Edtech Company Edmodo of Violating Kids' Privacy".
(May 22, 2023). "FTC Says ed Tech Provider Edmodo Unlawfully Used Children's Personal Information for Advertising and Outsourced Compliance to School Districts".
(May 21, 2023). "Oh no, you don't, Edmodo: FTC sues ed tech company for violating school kids' privacy".
(June 28, 2023). "Northern District of California | Permanent Injunction Imposed on Online Education Platform Company Edmodo, LLC for Alleged Violations of Children's Privacy Law | United States Department of Justice".
(June 30, 2023). "San Mateo Firm Permanently Barred from Using Its Online System, Admits Harvesting Data About 36M Children".

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