As an educator, you can send invites to the family members of the students in your class. This will enable them to seamlessly join Toddle and become active participants in their child's learning journey.

There are 3 ways to invite family members on Toddle:

To invite family members of the students in your class, select your class and navigate to the 'Class settings' option.

Here, within the ‘Family members’ tab, you'll find a list of all students in your class along with the connection status of their respective family members.

On this page, you can search for specific students or family members and apply filters based on their invitation status. At the top, you will find information on the number of students whose family members are connected on Toddle.

Let’s now understand the different ways in which you can invite family members.

You can send email invites to the family members of your students, either in bulk or individually.

1. Click on the 'Invite family members' button.

2. Choose the 'Invite family members via email' option, as shown below.

3. On the landing page, locate the student(s) whose family member(s) you want to invite. Use the '+ Add' button next to the student's name to enter their family member’s details (first name, last name, and email). You can add multiple family members for a single student if needed.

4. After entering the necessary information, click the 'Invite family members' button.

5. Lastly, choose the preferred language for your invitation and hit the ‘Send’ button.

This action will send a bulk invitation to all the email addresses you have entered. As a result, their invitation status on your dashboard will change to 'Invite sent'. Once family members accept the invite on their email, the status will change to ‘Connected’.

1. Click on the three dot menu against a student’s name.

2. Click on the ‘Invite family via email’ option, as shown below.

3. Next, fill in the family details (first name, last name and email) in the modal window that opens up.

4. You can also send invite to multiple family members of this student in one go, by using the ‘Add another family member’ option.

5. Click on the ‘Send invite’ button on bottom right to send the email(s).

This action will send invitations to all the family members you have added. As a result, their Invitation status on your dashboard will change to 'Invite sent'. Once family members accept the invite on their email, the status will change to ‘Connected’.
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You can also send email invites to family members directly from the student’s profile by following these steps:

1. Within ‘Class settings’, navigate to the 'Students' tab.

2. Locate and click on the name of the student whose family members you want to invite.

3. You will be directed to the 'Overview' tab of the student's profile. Scroll down to find the 'Family information' section.

4. In this section, click on the 'Invite family members' option to initiate the invitation process.

5. A modal window will appear. Fill in the family details, including their first name, last name, and email. If there are multiple family members to invite for this student, you can include them by using the 'Add another family member' option.

6. Finally, click on the 'Send invite' button to send the invites to the family member(s).

7. Once family member(s) accept the invite on their email, they will be connected to their child’s dashboard on Toddle.

💡Invites sent to family members have an expiration period of one week. If the status indicates that an invite has expired, you will need to resend it to ensure that the family member receives a current and valid invitation.

Here is a sample email invite that is sent to a family member:

As a class teacher, you can invite family members of your students to Toddle using the class invite link in few simple steps as explained below.

1. Click on the 'Invite family members' button.

2. Choose the 'Invite family members via class invite link' option, as shown below.

3. You will notice a pop-up on your screen with a link and a brief description of the invite process. Copy the unique class link and share with the family members who you wish to invite.

4. Family members can use this link to access Toddle and choose the specific child they want to connect with.

💡 Please note that the class invite link does not expire until a new invite link is generated for the same class. In such cases, you will need to share the new class invite links with family members.

5. Upon their selection, you will receive an approval request on your dashboard.You have the flexibility to approve or reject these requests in bulk or individually.

💡Family's access to the student's information remains locked until you accept their request or choose to reject it.

Upon approving the request, the family member(s) will be granted access to their child's activities on Toddle.

You can invite family members using the downloaded invites. Follow these steps to provide family members with a unique login code or scannable QR code to connect to Toddle.

1. If you wish to download family invites for all students in one go, click on the ‘Download’ button at the top and choose ‘Family invites for all students’ option.

2. Alternatively, you can download family invite for an individual student using the three dot-menu against that student and selecting ‘Download family invite’.

3. Next, select the preferred language for the invite and click on 'Download' to generate the invite in PDF format.

4. The downloaded PDF contains a unique family invite text code and a scannable QR code.

5. You can share this pdf with family members either via email or as a physical copy.

6. Family members can access their child’s dashboard on Toddle either by entering the text code or scanning the QR code.

Inviting family members to Toddle will help them stay connected with their child’s learning journey in a seamless manner.

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