Educators can share their groups with a link that lets anyone or select people join. You can change your group link before and after you create a group. You can select between “Anyone with the link can join” and “Only people you approve can join.”
Important: To have the option to limit students who can join your group, you must select "Only people you approve."
Set up access for your group's link
You can select between “Anyone with the link can join” and “Only people you approve can join:"
- Go to info.flip.com and log in.
- On the left, click
Group >
Create a group.
- Select a group type.
- Name your group and select your cover image.
- Click Create.
- Under "Invite link," click "edit" to customize the name of your invite link.
- Important: If you enter a name that's already in use, you must enter a different one.
- To change your link’s permissions, select:
- Only people you approve can join: You’ll receive a notification to approve requests to join.
- Anyone with the link can join: Your link can be shared so that anyone who clicks can join.
- When you're ready to share your link, click Copy. Then, paste the link on social media, in an email, or in a direct message.
Important: Your link is set by default so that only people you approve can join.
- Open the Flip app.
- Sign in to your educator account.
- To create a group, on the top right, tap
- Name your group and edit your cover image.
- Click "Create Group"
- To share the link, tap
Invite link
- To change your link’s permissions, next to "Anyone with the link can join", click Change. You can modify your shareable link so that:
- Only people you approve can join: You’ll receive a notification to approve requests to join.
- Anyone with the link can join: Your link can be shared so that anyone who clicks can join.
Important: Your link is set by default so that only people you approve can join.
Change access to a link for an existing group
To change access to your existing group’s link, follow these steps.
- Go to info.flip.com and log in.
- At the left, in your Groups home, select a group.
- At the bottom right of your group's cover image, click
- To change your link’s permissions, select:
- Only people you approve can join: You’ll receive a notification to approve requests to join.
- Anyone with the link can join: Your link can be shared so that anyone who clicks can join.
- When you're ready to share your link, click Copy.
- Open the Flip app.
- Sign in to your educator account.
- Select a group.
- Tap
- To share the link, tap "Invite link"
- To change your link’s permissions, next to "Only people you approve can join" or "Anyone with the link can join", click Change. You can modify your shareable link so that:
- Only people you approve can join: You’ll receive a notification to approve requests to join.
- Anyone with the link can join: Your link can be shared so that anyone who clicks can join.
Customize or refresh your group's link
After you create a group, you can refresh your link with new randomly selected characters or customize it with characters of your choice.
If you customize your join code, it must follow these guidelines:
- Contain 4-32 characters.
- Contain alphanumeric characters only.
- Be unique.
- Go to info.flip.com and log in.
- On the left, in your Groups home, select a group you own as an educator.
- Tip: You can find the label "Educator" or "Student" at the top right of a group's cover image.
- At the bottom right of your group's cover image, click
- Next to "Invite link," click Edit.
- You can:
- Refresh your link: Next to "Deactivate and create a new link," tap Refresh Link.
- Customize your link: Point your cursor to the link's characters and join code and change to words or numbers of your choice.
- Important: If the join code is taken or doesn't meet the character guidelines, you get an error message. If your join code meets the guidelines, the "Save" button becomes clickable.
- Click Save.
- Open the Flip app.
- Select a group.
- At the top right, tap
>
Settings.
- To refresh the link, under "Invite link" and next to "Deactivate and create a new link," tap Refresh link > Refresh link.
- Tip: Your previous invite link will stop working and you'll have to share the new link.