Newsfeed is a space for discussion, to share interesting stuff, to ask questions and to answer questions others might have. It's also the space for instructors to post homework for learners. In short, it's Teamie's discussion forum to share and collaborate!
In Teamie, newsfeed page can be viewed at two levels. The first level is the main newsfeed that you see on your home screen everytime you login. It has posts that are collated from all classrooms / social groups that you are a part of. The second level is the classroom / social group newsfeed, where you see only the posts shared in that classroom / social group. An analogy is the Facebook main newsfeed versus the newsfeed of a group that you are a part of.
This article will guide you on:
1. Tap the + icon at the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Tap Post Thought.
3. Tap the To bar to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) with which you want to share your post.
4. Tap the classroom / social group name to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) you want to share your post with and then tap Done.
Note 1: If you share a post from classroom / social group newsfeed screen, then that classroom / social group will be auto selected in the "Share with" field.
5. Enter the post text.
6. Tap the Attachment icon and start adding attachments, take photo or choose existing photo, record video or choose existing video, record audio from the new Choose Attachment section.
7. Tap POST at the top-right corner of the screen. As soon as you tap the Post icon, the uploading process starts, if any attachments are added in the post.
8. Once the attachments are uploaded successfully, the post creation process starts and your post will be shared shortly.
9. You can access your thought from the collated newsfeed or from the classroom's/social group's newsfeed screen.
1. Tap the + icon at the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Tap Ask Question.
3. Tap the To bar to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) with which you want to share your post.
4. Tap the classroom / social group name to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) and then tap Done.
Note 1: If you trying to share a post from classroom / social group screen, then that classroom / social group will be auto selected in the "Share with" field.
Note 2: You can share your post with multiple classrooms.
5. Enter the post text.
6. Tap the Attachment icon and start adding attachments, take photo or choose existing photo, record video or choose existing video, record audio from the new Choose Attachment section.
7. Tap announcement icon to share your post as an announcement. Tapping on announcement icon enables the bulletin board notification by default.
8. This indicates that all members will receive a bulletin board notification once the post is shared.
9. Tap the email icon to also send an email notification to all the classroom members notifying about the post.
10. Tap lock icon to lock the comments. When comments are locked for a post, then learners will only be able to view their comments and not anyone else's, until the instructor unlock the comments of the post. Instructors can lock/unlock comments of their posts any number of times, just like a toggle!
11. Tap POST at the top-right corner of the screen. The post creation process starts and your post will be shared shortly.
12. You can access your question from the collated newsfeed as well as the classroom's / social group's newsfeed screen.
You can change a question to become a poll, which, in turn, provides options for users to vote.
As a Teamie app user, you would now see an option to create a poll while creating a question.
1. Tap the + icon at the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Tap Ask Question.
3. Tap the To bar to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) with which you want to share your post.
4. Tap the classroom / social group name to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) you want to share your post with and then tap Done.
Note 1: If you trying to share a post from classroom / social group newsfeed screen, then that classroom / social group will be auto selected in the "Share with" field.
5. Enter the post text.
6. Tap the Create a poll button.
7. Tap + icon to add poll options.
8. Enter the answers/poll options for users to vote on and tap the Go button or your keyboard's enter/return key. Repeat this step to add more poll options.
9. In case you wish to remove the poll option(s), tap the X icon and the poll option will be removed from the list.
10. Tap the gear icon to allow users to vote for multiple options.
11. By default, users can only vote for single option.
12. Tap the "Allow users to select multiple options" toggle so that users can vote for more than one option. The moment, you enable this toggle, the radio buttons will change into check boxes so that users can vote for multiple options.
To exit this screen, tap anywhere and you will be brought back to the poll creation screen.
13. In case you are done with adding poll options, tap Done at the top right corner of the screen to go to the post creation screen.
14. Tap POST at the top-right corner of the screen.
15. The post creation process starts and your post will be shared shortly.
16. You can access your question post from the collated newsfeed or from the classroom's / social group's newsfeed screen.
1. Navigate to the required poll that you wish to take.
2. You can easily figure out by looking at the label provided right above the poll options whether you are allowed to vote for single or multiple options.
3. Tap the poll option(s) you want to vote for.
4. Tap a selected poll option to unvote / unselect a poll.
5. Tap the Tick mark icon to submit your poll. Tapping on tick mark starts the poll submission process.
6. A success message appears confirming that the poll is submitted successfully.
7. The poll option(s) you have voted for will be highlighted in coloured background.
As an instructor, you can add a task / homework for your learners to attempt. It could be a simple task like reading a lesson before coming to the class.
1. Tap Classrooms on the collated newsfeed page.
2. Tap to select a classroom/social group by going to the Starred, Classrooms or Social Groups tab. In this case, we have starred a class for quick access (Science) and we have selected the same classroom.
3. Now, you are on the classroom's newsfeed screen. Tap the + icon at the top-right corner of the screen.
4. Tap Post Task.
5. The classroom (in this case 'Science') will get selected automatically in the "To" drop down field. Tap the To bar again in case you need to share the task post with multiple classrooms / social groups.
6. Tap on the Due on bar to set the due date and time before which learners should complete the task / homework.
7. Enter the post text.
8. Tap the Attachment icon and start adding attachments, take photo or choose existing photo, record video or choose existing video, record audio from the new Choose Attachment section.
9. Tap announcement icon to share your post as an announcement. Tapping on announcement icon enables the bulletin board notification option by default.
10. This indicates that all members will receive a bulletin board notification once the post is shared.
11. Tap the email icon to also send an email notification to all the classroom members notifying about the post.
Note: Bulletin board notification will also be sent to the learners, unless you tap on the bulletin board icon and disable it.
12. Tap the lock icon to lock the comments. When comments are locked for a post, then learners will only be able to view their comments and not anyone elses, until the instructor unlock the comments of the post. Instructors can lock/unlock comments of their posts any number of times, just like a toggle!
13. Tap POST at the top-right corner of the screen.
14. The post creation process starts and your post will be shared shortly.
15. You can access your task post from the classroom / social group newsfeed as well from the main newsfeed screen.
1. Tap the + icon at the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Tap Ask Question.
Note: You can also choose to share a thought or a task.
3. Tap the To bar to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) with which you want to share your post.
4. Tap the classroom / social group name to select the classroom(s) / social group(s) and then tap Done.
Note 1: If you trying to share a post from classroom / social group screen, then that classroom / social group will be selected automatically in the "Share with" field.
5. Enter the post text.
6. Type the "#" symbol before a relevant keyword or phrase in your post without space. You can use multiple hashtags separated by comma. Using hashtags in posts make it easy to filter them at a later stage.
7. Tap announcement icon to share your post as an announcement (either bulletin board or email notification). Similarly, tap the lock icon to lock the comments. When comments are locked for a post, then learners will only be able to view their comments and not anyone elses, until the instructor unlock the comments of the post. Instructors can lock/unlock comments of their posts any number of times, just like a toggle!
8. Tap the Attachment icon and start adding attachments, take photo or choose existing photo, record video or choose existing video, record audio from the new Choose Attachment section.
9. Teamie will upload the attachment(s) you have selected. To review the attachment(s), tap Attachments.
10. To delete an attachment, swipe left and you will see the Delete icon next to the file name. Tap Delete to delete the attachment.
11. Tap on your profile picture to share a post as anonymous user.
12. As soon as you tap on your profile picture, you become anonymous.
Note: Users with "Instructor" role can see the name of the user who have posted a thought as anonymous.
13. Tap POST at the top-right corner of the screen. As soon as you tap the Post icon, the attachments uploading process starts, if any attachments are added in the post.
14. The post creation process starts and your post will be shared shortly.
15. Your post will be shared anonymously to other learners but instructors will still know your identity.
Lock and hide comments (Overview)
Locking comments in a post will restrict learners from viewing comments made on the post in the following two ways:
a) Lock comments: As a teacher when you lock comments on a post, it remains locked until you unlock it.
Note: This feature will be enabled on your site by default.
b) Hide comments: As a teacher when you hide comments of a post, students will be able to unlock it after they make a comment of their own.
Note: This feature will not be enabled by default on your site. Currently, it can only be enabled from our side. So, you can contact us at support@theteamie.com in case you want us to enable this feature on your Teamie site. Rest assured, we will be bringing this feature to the Manage Optional Features page soon for you to enable / disable at your own convenience.
1. Tap the ellipsis (...) icon of the post whose comments you wish to hide.
2. Select Hide Comments from the actions menu.
3. A confirmation message appears stating that the "Comments are now hidden!".
4. In case you wish to unhide comments for the same post, tap the ellipses(...) icon and then tap "Unhide Comments" from the actions menu.
5. A confirmation message appears stating that the "Comments are now unhidden!".
Once comments are locked for a post, then learners will only be able to view their comments and not anyone elses, until the instructor unlock the comments of the post. Instructors can lock/unlock comments of their posts any number of times, just like a toggle!
You will be notified via a bulletin board notification when all learners in the classroom have at least commented on the post once. This notification will serve as a reminder for you, after which you may choose to unlock comments for the post.
1. Tap the ellipsis (...) icon of the post whose comments you wish to lock.
2. Select Lock Comments from the actions menu.
3. A confirmation message appears stating that the "Comments are now locked!".
4. In case you wish to unlock comments for the same post, tap the ellipses(...) icon and then tap "Unlock Comments" from the actions menu.
5. A confirmation message appears stating that the "Comments are now unlocked!".
1. Go to the post you want to comment on and tap Comment.
2. Type your comment.
3. Tap the Attachment icon and start adding attachments, take photo or choose existing photo, record video or choose existing video, record audio from the Choose Attachment section. You can add multiple attachments as well as audio recordings in your comments upto 10.
4. Tap the post button to comment on the post.
5. After the comment is posted, you can view the comment by tapping on the view comment icon count.
6. Tap ellipses icon and then tap Delete to delete the posted comment. Else tap Cancel to go back to the previous screen.
You can quickly reply to comments by following the simple steps below:
1. Tap the View Comment icon of the post that you wish to reply to and tap Reply below the comment.
2. Add your reply and tap the Post icon.
3. Posting reply action starts.
4. Your reply will be nested below the comment. Tap the view comment icon of the reply to view your reply.
4. Tap ellipses icon and then tap Delete to delete the posted reply. Else tap Cancel to go back to the previous screen.
If you find a post useful or simply like it for some other reasons, you can like that post on Teamie iOS app as well.
1. Go to the post that you want to like and tap the like icon (smiley icon).
2. Liking the post action starts.
3. The color and count of the like icon changes to indicate that you have liked the post. Tap the like icon again (smiley icon) in case you wish to un-like the post.
You can also like a comment that has been made on a post. Let's see how.
1. Go to the post and tap View comment icon to expand and view the comment that you wish to like.
2. The Comment box expands. Tap the like icon (smiley icon).
3. Liking the comment action starts.
4. The color and count of the like icon changes to indicate that you have liked the comment. Tap the like icon again (smiley icon) in case you wish to un-like the comment.
1. Go to the post and tap View comment icon. The comment box expands.
2. Tap Reply icon to see the associated replies of the comment and reply box will expand.
3. Tap like (smily icon) shown next to the reply.
4. Liking the reply action starts.
5. The color and count of the like icon changes to indicate that you have liked the comment reply. Tap the like icon again (smiley icon) in case you wish to un-like the reply.
Whenever a new post is created, you can identify it with the help of the post count appearing alongside the name of the classrooms/social groups on the classroom screen.
1. Tap the Classrooms menu option at the bottom of the screen.
2. Go to Starred, Classrooms or Social Groups tab and you will see a post count right above the classroom / social group image indicating that there are new posts in this classroom / social group.
3. On that classroom's newsfeed, you will be able to view the post(s). All the posts that you have not seen till that moment will have the New label infront of them.
4. You will also see the New label infront of new posts on the main newsfeed screen as well.
You can delete a post that you have added to the newsfeed. As an instructor, you can delete any post added to your classroom/social group.
1. Tap the ellipsis (...) icon of the post you wish to delete.
2. Tap Delete to delete the post. Else, tap Cancel to go back to the previous screen.
3. A message appears while the post is being deleted. The post will be deleted. All gone!
Note: Deleting posts on Teamie is permanent. The data cannot be retrieved later.
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