How do I add people to my class?
For Remind class owners. Click here if you're an administrator. Click here if you need to add people from one class to another.
There are two ways to add people to a class in Remind:
- You can add them to your class from your Add people dashboard - This option is best if you have a list of class participants' phone numbers or email addresses. You can also add people in bulk by copying and pasting from a spreadsheet.
- Share instructions for joining your class - This option is best if your class participants can access a computer or phone and join your class on their own. Provide class participants with your class code, a printable PDF, in-person instructions, or a shareable link.
Remind Chat free members - when you add someone, they'll receive an invitation to your class that they must accept before they become a class participant.
Remind Hub paid members - when you add people to a class, they'll automatically become members of the class.
This article contains the following information:
- Invite people to join your class (Remind Chat members)
- Add people directly to your class (Remind Hub members)
- Add people to your class in bulk (Remind Chat and Hub members)
- Share instructions for joining your class (Remind Chat and Hub members)
Invite people to join your class
The following instructions are only for Remind Chat customers (click here if you're a Remind Hub customer):
- Select the class from the Classes owned section in the left navigation menu.
- Click on the Add People button on the top right.
- Select a role (Students, Parents, Teachers) for the individuals you want to add.
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Enter the first name and last name (optional), phone or email address, secondary phone or email (optional), and preferred language (optional) of each person you want to add to the class.
- An email address is required when inviting teachers to Remind. You can also add a phone number or secondary email address.
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Click here to see accepted preferred language codes
Language ISO-639-1 Code English en Spanish es Chinese zh French fr Portuguese pt Afrikaans af Albanian sq Amharic am Arabic ar Armenian hy Azerbaijani az Basque eu Belarusian be Bengali bn Bosnian bs Bulgarian bg Catalan ca Chichewa ny Croatian hr Czech cs Danish da Dutch nl English en Esperanto eo Estonian et Finnish fi French fr Galician gl Georgian ka German de Greek el Gujarati gu Haitian Creole ht Hausa ha Hebrew he Hindi hi Hungarian hu Icelandic is Indonesian id Irish ga Italian it Japanese ja Javanese jv Kannada kn Kazakh kk Khmer km Korean ko Latin la Lao lo Lithuanian lt Latvian lv Macedonian mk Malagasy mg Malay ms Malayalam ml Maltese mt Māori mi Marathi mr Mongolian mn Myanmar (Burmese) my Nepali ne Norwegian no Persian fa Polish pl Portuguese pt Punjabi pa Romanian ro Russian ru Serbian sr Sinhala si Slovak sk Slovenian sl Somali so Spanish es Samoan sm Sundanese su Swahili sw Swedish sv Tagalog tl Tajik tg Tamil ta Telugu te Thai th Turkish tr Ukrainian uk Urdu ur Uzbek uz Vietnamese vi Welsh cy Yiddish yi Yoruba yo Zulu zu Language ISO-639-2 Code Cebuano ceb Hawaiian haw Hmong hmn Kurdish kur Pashto pus Shona sna Language BCP-47 Code Chinese zh - If you need to start over, click Clear table on the bottom right and confirm the deletion of all information for the role you selected.
- Although only five rows will show initially, more rows will appear as you add information.
- Repeat step 4 for each additional class participant role you need to add.
- You can have a maximum of 150 participants in a class.
- Click the Add People button on the bottom left of the table.
When people accept your class invitation, they'll automatically get added to your class People list.
Note: If your People list has not been updated, refresh the page to populate the new data. You can also update the contact information of people in your community via your dashboard at any time. Learn more here.
Example of an invitation:
Add people directly to your class
These instructions are only for Remind Hub customers. Click here if you're a Remind Chat customer.
- Select the class from the Classes owned section in the left navigation menu.
- Click on the Add People button on the top right.
- Select a role (Students, Parents, Teachers) for the individuals you want to add.
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Enter the first name and last name (optional), phone or email address, secondary phone or email (optional), and preferred language (optional) of each person you want to add to the class.
- An email address is required when inviting teachers to Remind. You can also add a phone number or secondary email address.
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Click here to see accepted preferred language codes
Language ISO-639-1 Code English en Spanish es Chinese zh French fr Portuguese pt Afrikaans af Albanian sq Amharic am Arabic ar Armenian hy Azerbaijani az Basque eu Belarusian be Bengali bn Bosnian bs Bulgarian bg Catalan ca Chichewa ny Croatian hr Czech cs Danish da Dutch nl English en Esperanto eo Estonian et Finnish fi French fr Galician gl Georgian ka German de Greek el Gujarati gu Haitian Creole ht Hausa ha Hebrew he Hindi hi Hungarian hu Icelandic is Indonesian id Irish ga Italian it Japanese ja Javanese jv Kannada kn Kazakh kk Khmer km Korean ko Latin la Lao lo Lithuanian lt Latvian lv Macedonian mk Malagasy mg Malay ms Malayalam ml Maltese mt Māori mi Marathi mr Mongolian mn Myanmar (Burmese) my Nepali ne Norwegian no Persian fa Polish pl Portuguese pt Punjabi pa Romanian ro Russian ru Serbian sr Sinhala si Slovak sk Slovenian sl Somali so Spanish es Samoan sm Sundanese su Swahili sw Swedish sv Tagalog tl Tajik tg Tamil ta Telugu te Thai th Turkish tr Ukrainian uk Urdu ur Uzbek uz Vietnamese vi Welsh cy Yiddish yi Yoruba yo Zulu zu Language ISO-639-2 Code Cebuano ceb Hawaiian haw Hmong hmn Kurdish kur Pashto pus Shona sna Language BCP-47 Code Chinese zh - If you need to start over, click Clear table on the bottom right and confirm the deletion of all information for the role you selected.
- Although only five rows will show initially, more rows will appear as you add information. You can add up to 150 people at one time.
- Repeat step 4 for each additional class participant role you need to add.
- Click the Add People button on the bottom left of the table.
You’re now done! All the individuals you added will appear on the People list of the class and get added to the school connected to the class. They'll start receiving your messages immediately.
Note: If your People list has not been updated, refresh the page to populate the new data. You can also update the contact information of people in your community via your dashboard at any time. Learn more here.
Example of a confirmation email:
Add People to your class in bulk
- Open Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel, and create a spreadsheet with separate tabs for Students, Parents, and Teachers (the same headings shown on the Add people dashboard in Remind).
- For the Students tab of your spreadsheet add the following:
- First and Last names of all the people that should be in the class are in the first and second columns.
- Their Phone or Email address is in the third column.
- Add an optional Secondary phone or email in the fourth column.
- Add an optional Preferred language in the fifth column.
- Complete the same columns for Parents and Teachers on their respective tabs. Be sure to add individuals to the correct tab.
- An email address is required when inviting teachers to Remind. You can also add a phone number or secondary email address.
- Save your Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
- Copy all the information on the Students tab in your spreadsheet, and paste it onto the Students table in Remind. Do not copy and paste the headings, such as first name, last name phone or email, and preferred language.
- Repeat these steps for the Parent and Teachers tab on the spreadsheet for the respective roles in Remind. Make sure you’re copying from the correct tab on your spreadsheet and pasting the information to the correct role in Remind.
- If you need to start over, click Clear table on the bottom right and confirm the deletion of all information for the role you selected.
- Click the Add People button on the bottom left of the table.
You’re now done! All the individuals you added will appear on the People list of the class or on the People list of your school.
Note: If your People list has not been updated, refresh the page to populate the new data. You can also update the contact information of people in your community via your dashboard at any time. Learn more here.
Share instructions for joining a class
- Select the class from the Classes owned section in the left navigation menu.
- Click on the Add people button on the top right.
- Select one of the following options:
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Printable PDF - Download or print out instructions for joining Remind. The PDF provides text or email sign-up options and is available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
- Tip: Post these in a high-traffic location, such as a classroom door or pick-up area, or send them home as a handout or email attachment.
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In-person instructions - If people have their mobile phones with them, they can sign up in seconds via text message.
- Tip: Share this information in an announcement or include it somewhere with high visibility, like a board, syllabus, or newsletter.
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Share a link - With this link, people can join your class directly from their phones or computers without entering your class code.
- Tip: Copy and paste this link into an email (or on a website where you feel comfortable sharing this information).
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Printable PDF - Download or print out instructions for joining Remind. The PDF provides text or email sign-up options and is available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
- Let your class participants know that they must follow all the required prompts they receive on their phone or email (such as replying with their name or date of birth) because they won't appear in your class until they do.