Schools
School Account Overview
How non-Alpha school accounts work: student-scoped sign-in, staff management, and what each role can do.
A school account in Scribble is built for classrooms. Each student has their own email and signs in to the iPad with a one-time code sent to that email. Staff manage students from the web dashboard.
Alpha schools use a different flow
This page is for non-Alpha schools. If your school is part of Alpha and uses Timeback, start with Alpha overview instead.
How a school account is structured
- One school organization holds all students, staff, and settings.
- Each student has their own profile and their own email. They sign in on iPad with a one-time code (OTP).
- Staff sign into the web dashboard. There are two staff roles: owner (one per school) and admin (any number).
- Teachers in the classroom are typically admins in Scribble — they can manage students and view reports but not change billing.
Sign-in at a glance
- Students sign in on iPad with their email + a 6-digit code we send to that email.
- Staff sign into the web dashboard with their staff email + a 6-digit code.
There is no shared classroom password. Every student has their own sign-in.
What staff can do
- Create, archive, and unarchive student profiles up to the school's seat limit.
- View completion, daily XP, streaks, LPM, and legibility reports for every student.
- Adjust per-student daily XP goals.
- Invite other staff as admins.
What staff can't do
- Rewrite a student's progress, XP, or streak. Those are server-owned and reflect real practice.
- Sign in as a student. Each student needs their own email.
Where staff manage things
- Students — create, archive, view per-student reports.
- Members — invite other staff, manage admin access.
- Settings — organization-wide settings, default daily XP goal, billing.
Next steps
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Last reviewed May 11, 2026