Creating a Community & Adding Your Students [Training Mode]

Creating a Community & Adding Your Students [Training Mode]

Creating a community and adding your students is the final step in setting up your MyCivicsLife account. To create a community and add your students:
  1. Select manage communities from the Teacher tools menu (tools icon) , then select create community.
  2. Give your community a name and a unique access code, then select create. Your community is now created.
  3. Share the access code with your students. If your students already have MyCivicsLife accounts, they should select join community at the bottom of the community menu.
  4. Your students will be prompted to enter the access code. Students should select request access.
    NOTE: If your students do not have MyCivicsLife accounts, they should navigate to mycivicslife.org and select "students join your class. They will be prompted to enter your access code.
  5. To approve a student join request, select activity feed in the Teacher Tools menu (tools icon), then select approve on each student join request. Once approved, the students can navigate to this community by selecting the community name in the community menu.


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