It is easy to invite users to your blog or site so that you don’t have to manually create accounts or add them.
Invite codes and invite URLs can be created and given out to those you want to add.
How To Invite Users
1. Go to Users > Invite Users in your dashboard
2. Add some text for your invite code. Keep it short.
3. Select the default role of the users that enter this code.
- If you are using My Class you select the default role Student.
- You can always change roles later and can create different codes for different permission levels.
4. Decide if you want the user to be prompted to create their own blog during the sign up process if they don’t already have one.
- Select ‘Allow users to create a blog in the process’ if you are using My Class and want your students to create their own blog while signing up for their account.
5. Click the Add New Invite Code button.
6. You will now see an Invite Code and an Invite Link.
The code has some numbers added to the front to ensure it is unique for your blog.
To use you provide the code or the link to those you wish to invite, and that is it!
Important tip:
- Use the Invite link, and not the invite code, if you don’t want students to create a new blog during the sign up process.
Using Invite Link
You use Invite link as follows:
1. Visit the Invite link by clicking on the link or pasting the URL into your web browser.
Existing users will be able to login and will be automatically added to the new blog. New users will be prompted to create their new free account before being added.
- If you have an existing Edublogs account scroll down the page and click on Already have an Account? Sign in! to log into your Edublogs account.
3. Enter your username, add your email address (optional for student), password, the human verification word, select ‘I agree to terms of service’ and click Continue to create a blog.
- You won’t see the option to create a blog if the invite code doesn’t allow the user to create a blog. If you don’t see the option to ‘Continue to create a blog’ you need to click Join.
4. Add your blog title and click Register and Create a blog.
5. Once your blog is created you will be redirected to a page that displays your username, password and blog URL.
- Record your username, password and blog URL in a safe location.
Using Invite Code
How you use the Invite code depends on if you are a new user or an existing Edublogs user.
New user
If you don’t have an existing Edublogs account and have been given Invite code you use as follows:
1. Go to the Edublogs homepage.
2. Enter your username, password and click Sign up for free
- Refer to these tips for choosing usernames.
- Record your username and password in a safe location.
3. On the next page select which best describes you.
4. Click on ‘I want to use Invite code‘
5. Add the Invite code.
6. Add your email address (optional for student), the human verification word, select ‘I agree to terms of service’ and click Continue to create a blog.
7. Add your blog title, choose your language and click Register and create a blog.
- Change the blog domain if you want the blog URL to be different from your username.
- Refer to these tips for choosing blog domain and blog title.
8. Once your blog is created you will be redirected to a page that displays your username, password and blog URL.
- Record your username, password and blog URL in a safe location.
Existing user
If you have an existing Edublogs account and have been given Invite code you use as follows:
1. Log into your Edublogs account.
2. Go to Users > Your Profile.
3. Scroll down the page to the Join Blog field.
4. Add the Invite Code and click Join.
