Overview

Padlet is a media rich application that enables you to create posts on digital boards that your tutors have shared with you and your peers. Padlet boards allow for collaborative group work where you and your peers can post videos, text, images, files and can also leave comments.

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Accessing Padlet

Your tutors will share a link with you to access any padlet boards that they have set up. 

When you click on the link, you will be prompted to sign in 

Click on the 'Log in with Microsoft' button. 

Then enter your university email address and password to log into Padlet.

Logging into falmouthuniversity.padlet.org screen showing 'Continue with Microsoft' button.

Creating a padlet

Once you have logged into Padlet you will see your dashboard and can create a padlet 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
  2. Select a format for your Padlet - you can choose from a range of possible formats such as Wall, Columns, Grid etc

  1. Then click the ‘Done’ button

Padlet board settings

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

This will give you access to heading, appearance, layout, posts, engagement and content settings.

Heading - In the heading section you can add/amend the title of your padlet and add a description and icon (optional)

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 peers or your tutor. 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

Share permissions and privacy options 

Share permissions and privacy options can be accessed by clicking the ‘Open share panel’ (arrow icon), located in the top right side of the screen.

Note: Students can only share their padlets with other Falmouth users, so the ‘Visitors with a link’ option is set to ‘No access’ and cannot be changed.


You can set the permission you want your peers or tutors to have by clicking the default ‘Writer’ permission and selecting an option (reader, commenter, writer, moderator or admin)

To share your board with a specific person enter their name into the ‘Add a collaborator’ field. This will search Falmouth Padlet users and display their name which you then need to click to invite them

You can also get a share link for your padlet board by scrolling down to the ‘Links’ section and selecting the ‘copy link to board’ option. Note: Access via the shared link will be denied to anyone without a Falmouth account

Posting to a padlet

  1. To post to a padlet, click on the plus button 

  1. Add a title to your post in the ‘Subject’ field
  2. Add content - you have the option to add the following to your post:
    • Upload a file
    • Add a link
    • Access your camera to take a photo
    • Search for and add an image
    • Click on ‘More attachment types’ to add content such as gifs, YouTube videos or music from Spotify

  1. Enter your text in the ‘write something beautiful...’ field  

    Note: the ‘write something ...’ text field is always situated beneath the content icons, but the wording will vary.

  2. When you have finished adding content, click on the ‘Publish’ button

For detailed information on posting, view Padlet’s Add a post guidance. For guidance on deleting a post view Padlet’s Delete a post guidance.

Question mark iconFurther Support

For general queries about the Learning Space, students should first contact their module leader or personal tutor. For any other comments or issues within this guide, please contact 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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