Teachers can provide students with home access to ABCmouse Classic by generating a classroom code that allows them to log in from home. This enables children to continue learning outside of school while teachers track their progress. This article explains how to set up home access for students.
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It is important to note that these free accounts are not regular ABCmouse Classic accounts; the students will only have access to lessons that the teacher assigns to the student.
The process of inviting families to create their Classroom-Linked account is simple: Click the Send Lessons Home link on your Teacher Dashboard, select the students, confirm the language of the invitation (English is default, Spanish is an option), and click either Print Invitations or Email Invitations. Note: If you want to email the invitations, you may need to add email addresses for students first.
Once families create their connected accounts, they will be allowed limited access the My Lessons folder on ABCmouse Classic. Parents/caregivers and students will be able to view any Teacher-assigned lessons from home as long as the device is connected to the internet. The number and frequency of lessons assigned will vary by teacher and isn't controlled by ABCmouse Classic.
Please note that your Teacher Dashboard and all Teacher features, such as Sending Lessons Home, are only available when using a desktop or laptop computer, not from mobile devices.
- How to Invite Families to Set Up a Free Classroom-Linked Account at Home
- Can I resend an Invitation Letter?
- How many times can a family redeem their student code?
- How do teachers know if families redeemed their student codes?
How to Invite Families to Set Up a Free Classroom-Linked Account at Home
Please note that the access codes are specific to each student. It is therefore important that the correct invitation is given to each student’s family, so that they do not claim the code for another child.
- Log in and click the Send Lessons Home link on the Teacher Dashboard.
- Click the checkbox next to each student you want to invite. If you will be emailing invitations, click the Add Email button for any child who doesn't have a parent or caregiver email address added yet and enter it. Click the language drop-down if you need to change the invitation to Spanish for any children. Click Print Invitations or Email Invitations to generate the invitations.
- If you chose to email, the invitations will be sent immediately. If you chose to print, a PDF of the invitation will open and you can click the Print icon to print now or choose to download the PDF to your computer.
Once invitations have been printed or emailed, those will be reflected on the orange Pending icon. Once a family redeems the invitation to create their Classroom-Linked account, it will show up in the green Connected icon.
Can I resend an Invitation Letter?
Resending an invitation is the same as sending. If families have not redeemed their code yet, you can resent an invitation just as it was outlined above. Click Send Lessons Home, check the box next to the student, make sure there is an email address if you are emailing and check the language setting, then click Print Invitations or Email Invitations.
How many times can a family redeem their student code?
Families only need to use their code once to link their child’s school account to their home account. If they have already redeemed the code, they will only need their email and password to log in to ABCmouse Classic, even on new devices.
How do teachers know if families redeemed their student codes?
Once families create their connected accounts, you will see their name listed at the bottom.