Investigating Usability of Edmodo as an Educational Social Network Environment

This study aims to examine the usability of Edmodo and to propose solutions for current usability problems of a learning environment, namely Edmodo. The study group of the study consists of 6 students studying in Computer and Instructional Technologies Education Department of Afyon Kocatepe University in 2016-2017 academic years. The students included in the study were selected according to the experience criteria. The following tools were used for the study: the task list of 10 items prepared by the researcher, observation notes, Moodle and Facebook usage, Edmodo usage time "System Usability Scale (SUS)". In the analysis of the data, the observation notes were examined and grouped. The results of the SUS was scored and evaluated. The study reveals that the usability of Edmodo was moderate. Considering the results and conclusions, some suggestions were offered for further studies.