<s>
Edmodo	B-Application
was	O
an	O
educational	O
technology	O
platform	O
for	O
K12	O
schools	O
and	O
teachers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edmodo	B-Application
enabled	O
teachers	O
to	O
share	O
content	O
,	O
distribute	O
quizzes	O
and	O
assignments	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
communication	O
with	O
students	O
,	O
colleagues	O
,	O
and	O
parents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edmodo.id	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Nick	O
Borg	O
,	O
Ed	O
O'Neil	O
,	O
Jeff	O
O'Hara	O
,	O
and	O
Crystal	O
Hutter	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Edmodo.id	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
The	O
Top	O
Apps	O
for	O
teachers	O
"	O
by	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
startup	O
,	O
Root-1	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
establish	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
app	O
store	O
for	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vibhu	O
Mittal	O
,	O
co-founder	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
Root-1	O
,	O
became	O
the	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
Edmodo	B-Application
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
launched	O
Snapshot	O
–	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
assessment	O
tools	O
to	O
measure	O
student	O
progress	O
on	O
educational	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
partnered	O
with	O
Oxford	O
University	O
Press	O
and	O
Cambridge	O
University	O
Press	O
to	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
educational	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
Edmodo	B-Application
Platform	O
and	O
bring	O
Edmodo	B-Application
Snapshot	O
to	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
launched	O
professional	O
development	O
courses	O
for	O
teachers	O
in	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
NYPTI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
sent	O
an	O
email	O
informing	O
users	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
victim	O
of	O
a	O
major	O
hack	O
of	O
user	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
passwords	O
were	O
both	O
hashed	O
and	O
salted	O
(	O
encrypted	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
bcrypt	B-Algorithm
algorithm	O
,	O
the	O
effort	O
to	O
decrypt	O
all	O
the	O
passwords	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
very	O
large	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
announced	O
Ask	O
Mo	O
,	O
an	O
educational	O
video	O
search	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
NetDragon	O
for	O
$137.5	O
million	O
in	O
cash	O
and	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
over	O
100	O
million	O
users	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Edmodo	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
platform	O
would	O
be	O
closed	O
on	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
