If a colleague would like to use Intertwined too, you can invite them from inside the Teacher Portal. They get an email with a personal link to set up their own free teacher account, and you can choose to add them to one of your classes as a co-instructor the moment they finish signing up. This article covers sending invitations, what your colleague sees, tracking who has joined, and your shareable referral link.
Good to know: invitations are for people who don't have an Intertwined account yet. To give an existing Intertwined teacher access to one of your classes, add them as an instructor instead (see Co-teaching: adding instructors to a classroom).
Send an invitation
Click Invite Teachers at the bottom of the sidebar.
In the Invite a colleague card, type their address under Their email. If it's on a different email domain from yours, you'll see a gentle note to double-check it; that's fine, it's only there to catch typos.
Optional: under Add as co-instructor on (optional), pick one of your classes. Leave it on Don't add to a class if you're only inviting them to Intertwined.
Optional: write a short message under Add a note (optional), up to 500 characters. It appears in their email, so a line about why you're inviting them helps it get opened.
Click Send invitation. You'll see "Invitation sent to" and their address, and the invitation appears in your list.
What your colleague receives
They get an email with your name in the subject ("Your name invited you to Intertwined"). It says who you are and which school you're at, includes your note, names the class if you picked one, and has an Accept your invitation button. The link is personal to them and works for 14 days; the email shows the exact date.
When they click it, the teacher sign-up form opens straight away (no "student or teacher?" question). A banner at the top says you invited them and shows your note. Their email address is already filled in and locked, because the invitation was sent to that address, and the school field starts with your school's name, which they can change if they teach somewhere else. They fill in the rest and create their account like any teacher (see Creating your teacher account).
If they picked up an old link that has expired or was replaced, they'll see "That invitation link has expired or has already been used. You can still create your teacher account below." They can still sign up, but they won't be connected to your invitation or class.
What happens when they join
Their invitation shows as Joined in your list, and we email you to say it was accepted.
If you chose a class, they're added to it as a co-instructor automatically and will see it in their Classrooms list.
Their account is their own. Your plan doesn't transfer to them, and what they can see in a shared class depends on their own plan. See Intertwined plans explained.
Track and manage your invitations
The Invitations you've sent list shows each address, the class you picked, the date it was last sent, and a status:
Pending: sent, not opened yet.
Opened: they followed the link but haven't finished signing up.
Joined: they created their account.
Expired: 14 days passed without a sign-up.
Revoked: you withdrew it.
For invitations that are still open you'll see two buttons:
Resend emails a fresh link and resets the 14 days. The previous link stops working, so tell your colleague to use the newest email. The list notes how many times you've sent it.
Revoke withdraws the invitation so the link no longer works.
The page heading also keeps a running count of how many teachers you've invited, how many have joined, and how many are pending.
Your referral link
The Your referral link card has a link you can share anywhere an email invitation doesn't fit: a department meeting slide, a staff newsletter, or a reply to "what are you using for that?" Click Copy to copy it. Anyone who signs up through it goes straight to the teacher sign-up form, and their account is credited to you. Unlike an invitation, the referral link isn't tied to one person and doesn't add anyone to a class.
The Your referrals card shows how many invited teachers have joined, with a progress bar toward the next milestone. The reward milestones listed there are marked Coming soon and don't unlock anything yet.
Tips
Invite a co-teacher with a class already picked. They'll arrive with your students and data in front of them, instead of facing an empty account.
Use their school address if your school or district has a plan with us. It helps their new account get recognized as part of your school.
If a colleague says the email never came, ask them to check spam or junk first, then use Resend. School filters often hold mail from outside senders.
Keep the note short and specific: what you use Intertwined for and why you think they'd like it.
Common questions
It says my colleague already has an Intertwined account.
Invitations only go to new users. To share a class with them, add them as an instructor on that class (see Co-teaching: adding instructors to a classroom).
It says I already have an open invitation to that address.
You can only have one open invitation per address. Find it in your list and click Resend if they never got it.
Is there a limit on invitations?
You can have up to 25 open invitations at a time; if you hit that, revoke a few old ones first. There's also a daily sending limit. If you see "You've hit the daily invitation limit. Try again tomorrow.", wait a day and send the rest.
Does inviting someone cost anything?
No. Your colleague's new account starts on the Free plan (unless their school already covers them), and nothing about an invitation affects your own plan or billing.
Can I invite students this way?
No. Invitations are for teachers. Students join with your class code or join link (see Inviting students with your class code or join link).