Note: Student accounts are an optional feature. Contact School Signals if you want to enable student accounts.
Need help? School Signals Support can send the invites for you.
After your school is launched, it is time to invite the community to login to the network. Here are the steps for the School Admin user.
Locate the "Send Invites" button
Go to your Admin > Schools page. You will see the Send Invites button under your school's status.
You can also access the "Send Invites" action link from the Management dropdown menu, far right.
You can also access the same "Send Invites" action link from the school's Dashboard page under Profiles & Accounts.
Note that if your school is still on the setup status, the Send Invites button/links are not displayed for you.
Click the 'Send Invites' Button/Link
Click the blue Send Invites button or Send Invites link.
Take Action on the Send Invites Page
You are taken to the "Send Invites" page.
You will see numeric information about the accounts the invite will go to.
Note that:
Only pending parent accounts are included to the invitation
Invitations do not go to activated and deactivated accounts
Accounts that have been sent an invitation email within last 24 hours are excluded from the new invitation
Accounts that have been sent an invitation email 10 or more times are excluded from the invitation.
Toggle on "Include students" if you want to invite students.
Toggle on "Include teachers/staff" if you want to invite teachers and staff.
School Admins are not part of the bulk-invite. Invite School Admins individually from their management menu.
Click the blue Start Invites button. Depending on the number of accounts, the invitation sending may take a moment. Once the button is clicked, you can leave the page. You don't have to stay on the page, the invites are sent in a background job. A time stamp will appear on the page to indicate the job was completed. You will see "invited" status associated to each invited account on the account index pages.
The Community Members Receive an Invitation Email
The invited parents, teachers, and students receive an invitation email with login instructions. The email comes from schoolsignals.com
Why Might an Invitation Sending Fail to an Account?
The system flags email invitations that cannot be delivered to the parent's inbox. You can filter accounts by Invited - Error to get the list. The system identifies three reasons for failure:
The email's inbox is full
The email address is invalid (for instance, a typo)
Another reason
Can I schedule the bulk invitations?
This feature is not available. If you are busy, let School Signals know the preferred date and time, and we will send the invitations for you.
Can I resend the invitations?
Bulk invitations can be sent every 24 hours. You can send individual invites without this time limit using the account's management menu. You can invite an account total of 10 times.
What does the invite email look like for a parent or teacher?
Below is an example invite from Arlington Park Early Childhood Center.
What does the invite email look like for a student?
