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Due to the COVID-19 global crisis, the authors moved their traditional face-to-face ESL classes, approximately 400 students in total, to a fully online learning environment that utilized Edmodo, a free Learning Management System (LMS). The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness and usability of Edmodo for teaching ESL at a Korean university. Based on the results of a student survey, with a nearly 100 percent response rate, as well as a usability analysis of Edmodo, the authors found this LMS to be an effective tool for teaching ESL. In particular, the authors found that Edmodo was an effective tool for communicating with students; furthermore, they concluded that Edmodo should be integrated with other technologies to promote differentiation. With these findings in mind, the authors provided recommendations to educators in using Edmodo along with other online learning technologies.