Overview

Padlet is an application that enables staff and students to create and share digital boards where collaborators (staff or students) can pin videos, text, images, PDFs etc. 


Exclamation mark iconImportant: If you are teaching on Falmouth Online, padlets will be discussed as part of the learning design process. They will be created for you and integrated into the Falmouth Learn (Canvas) by your Learning Technologist.

Contents

Log in

Exclamation mark icon DO NOT use a Google search for Padlet or create a free account at padlet.com. 


It is important that you follow the steps below to login to your Falmouth Padlet account:

Creating your padlet

After logging into your Falmouth Padlet account, you’ll be taken to your dashboard and can create a padlet board by following the steps below.

  1. Click on the ‘Make a padlet’ button
  2. Then click ‘Create new’
  1. Add a title – there will be a default title such as ‘My supercalifragilisticexpialidocious padlet’ which you can replace (refer to the Organisation: 3 steps to action section below)
  2. Select a format for your padlet - you can choose from a range of possible formats such as Wall, Columns, Grid etc.

Padlet board settings

To access your padlet board settings, click the cog icon to ‘open padlet settings’ (top right).

This will give you access to the following settings:

  • Heading - In the heading section you can add/amend the title of your padlet (refer to the Organisation: 3 steps to action section below)
  • Appearance - from here you can select a wallpaper (background) and other customisation preferences for your padlet board
  • Layout - select how you want padlet posts to be sorted and set the position for new posts. You can also access/change padlet formats in this section.
  • Posts  - author name and time - leave this toggled on if you want author names and date/time to be displayed above posts. You also have the option to customise post fields in this section.
  • Engagement - in this section you can toggle on/off comment related settings
    • Comments can be a good tool for encouraging communication, collaboration and sharing of ideas between your students. If you opt to leave comments toggled on, you can also select from a range of comment attachment options.
    • Reactions – this allows visitors/contributors to leave emoji reactions to posts and can be toggled on/off
    • Commenter name and time – leave this toggled on to display the commenter name and timestamp above each comment

Organisation: 3 steps to action

  1. For Padlets used with students, name your Padlet to match the Learning Space name of the corresponding module e.g. DJP101 An Important Subject S2 (2026/27). This will help you stay organised in future.
  2. Add at least one other colleague and give them administrator rights. This will allow management of your Padlet if you become unavailable.
  3. Provide clear instructions for your students. 


Exclamation mark iconReminder - If you are teaching for Falmouth Online,  padlets will be created for you, named to a specific convention and staff given appropriate access.

Sharing your padlet

Padlet privacy settings were reviewed in October 2025 and settings updated to provide the most secure access.

Teacher created Padlets can be shared with any ‘Falmouth University members.’

Note: Students (and staff) will need to be logged in to their Falmouth Padlet account to access your board and will be prompted to do so if they’re not.

External Visitors

External visitors can still be given access to your Padlet board. Please follow guidance in our Padlet - External user access guide.

Link from Learning Space

In Learning Space, the 'URL resource' can be used to add a link to your Padlet.

Training & Support

If you're having trouble accessing accessing Padlet or if you would like to know how Padlet can be used to support teaching and learning, please use the contact details found in the Further Support section below. For technical support and help with Padlet, please refer to Padlet's help documentation.

Question mark iconFurther support 

For further support on Learning Space, or to report any issues with this guide, please get in touch with the Digital Learning Team via dlsupport@falmouth.ac.uk. Alternatively, please refer to the numerous help guides found on our Knowledge Base. 


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