If you're able to create groups, to expand your Flip community, you can also create topics and invite members.
When you create a new group, you should decide if you'd like members to join with an email or a username. You can change this setting after you've created a group on web, but once you've selected an option, you can no longer change it.
Tip: Learn more about how to invite more members to your groups after you create them.
Step 1: Invite members to join with an email or username
Decide if you'd like members to join your group with an email or a username created by you.
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Important:
- We encourage students to use a school email address. Even if an email doesn't end with @outlook.com or @gmail.com, it may still be associated with Microsoft or Google. Learn more about emails here.
- Students can start to use Flip with an invitation to join a group or topic.
This option doesn't require that members sign in with a Microsoft or Google email. That also means that members won't have the ability to save videos to their profile or post later to a group or topic.
Once you set up group with the "Add usernames" invite method, you must remain with this option and can't change how members join your group.
Step 2: Set up access to your group
This setting makes your group as public or private as you want. Regardless of how you invite method, this setting can either let potential members immediately access your group or ask them to request approval.
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Option 1: Anyone can join
Anyone is able to join your group. Potential members don't need to receive an invitation through Google Classroom, a username, guest password or added with an email or domain. -
Option 2: Only people you approve
Only members invited through Google Classroom, a username, guest password, or added with an email or domain are able to join.
Learn more about who can join with your link here.
Step 3: Make changes after you create your group
Change access to your group
After you create a group, on web, you can change your invite method. On mobile, you can only change your link settings and blocked members.
Important: Once you set up group with the "Add usernames" invite method, you must remain with this option and can't change how members join your group.
- Go to info.flip.com and log in.
- At the left, in your groups home, select the group you want to add members.
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To add members to a new group: On the left, click +Group > Create a group
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To add members to a new group: On the left, click +Group > Create a group
- At the bottom right of the group's cover image, click Share
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In the "Share group?" box, select how members can join your group.
- Anyone with the link: Any Flip user who finds the Join code or link can join the group, regardless of whether or not you invite them to the group or integrate your group with Google Classroom.
- Only people you approve: This allows you to approve or deny any Flip user who tries to join your group.
- Other ways to add people: Learn more about how to invite members to your groups and share topics with potential members.
- At the top right, click Close
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Important: Any topic that is moved or duplicated to a different group will inherit that group's access settings.
- Open the Flip app.
- Under "Groups," select the group where you'd like to invite members.
- At the top right, tap More
> Settings 
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Under "Link settings," select how members can join your group.
- Anyone with the link: Any Flip user who finds the Join code or link can join the group, regardless of whether or not you invite them to the group or integrate your group with Google Classroom.
- Only people you approve: This allows you to approve or deny any Flip user who tries to join your group.
- Tap Invite link. Then choose how you want to share your link.
Note: When you tap a new option, your changes are immediate.
Invite members by email or domain
When you add members by email, this lets you send them an invitation directly to their inbox.
- In the bottom, tap Groups
. - Select the group you just created. Then, tap Members
. - Tap Invite Members > Email.
- In the text box, enter an email or domain.
- You can add members to your group by their individual email (name@example.com) or by an organization domain (@example.com).
- Any members you add directly are able to join the group automatically, regardless of your Join code or link setting.
- To add the email or domain, tap Add
. - After you add all emails or domains, in the top right, tap Done.
Learn more about how to add members by email or domain.