Creating and managing groups
Create a group as a teacher, take children in, keep the name list and dissolve the group again.
App only
Groups within an organization only exist in the phone app.
Inside an organization the children don't all practise in one big pot but in groups — usually one per school class or choir group. You create a group as a teacher, and the children join it by name. This guide shows how to create a group, who gets in, what the name list tells you and how to dissolve it again at the end.
Only teachers may create groups. Everything you do in your group — dates, name list, attendance — always applies to that one group only, never to the whole organization.
Prerequisite: the teacher key
You become a teacher by redeeming your organization's teacher key — not by someone promoting you in the app. There are two routes:
- You enter the teacher key as your access code right when you join. Then you're a teacher from the start.
- You joined with the general code and later tap Create group. cori then asks for the key at that point and upgrades you afterwards.
Teacher keys can have a limited number of redemptions and an expiry date. If yours is rejected even though you haven't mistyped it, get in touch with the organizer — the app can't issue a new key. A key from a different organization won't work here either.
Creating a group
In the organization area, go to Settings at the bottom. As long as you're not in any group, the two entries for creating and joining sit right at the top.
If you're not a teacher yet, the teacher key prompt appears now. After that you move on to the name.
The name doubles as your group's address: the children later type it in word for word to find you. So pick something distinctive and easy to dictate — the app suggests school name and class as a pattern, for instance Lincoln School – Class 4B.
Done. You're automatically the lead of this group, and the Group tab with the name list plus Calendar appear at the bottom.
If the name already exists, cori reports: “A group with this name already exists.” That's not a bug but by design — with two identically named groups the children wouldn't know which is the right one. Add something extra, such as the school name or the year.
If you don't have a proper cori account yet, cori slots the account creation in once at this point and then creates the group automatically with the name you typed. The reason: without an email address or a Google or Apple sign-in, your group would be out of reach for you after switching devices.
How the children get in
There is no separate group code. The children join with the organization's general access code and then look for your group by name:
Say or write the group name exactly as you created it — the search only finds the exact name, not parts of it. Upper and lower case don't matter.
The children type the name into the “Find your group!” screen. For a match, cori shows how many are already on board.
A tap on Join in, and the child is in your group. They show up in the name list straight away.
If a child can't find the group, the spelling is almost always to blame — hyphens, full stops and spaces have to match.
The name list
As a teacher you get an extra tab at the bottom with your group. It lists all the children with their names and, if they've given one, their voice. As long as nobody has joined, it says: “No children have joined yet.”
The bin icon next to a name removes a child from the group — after a confirmation prompt. Their responses to your dates disappear along with them. It doesn't throw them out of the organization, though: they can join a group again right away, yours included.
The name list is fetched live from the server and isn't mirrored onto the children's devices. So children don't see their classmates' names in the app.
One group per person
Everyone is in exactly one group per organization. If a child joins another group, they automatically leave the old one — no extra step is needed, and you don't have to remove anyone beforehand.
The same goes for you as a teacher: as long as you have a group, cori no longer shows the entries for creating and joining. So a single account can't run two groups side by side. Anyone looking after several groups currently needs a second teacher with their own account — or has to delete the existing group first.
Dissolving a group
As the lead of the group you don't leave it, you delete it:
Your group's name sits right at the top, with the Delete group action in red next to it.
cori asks for the group name as confirmation. The delete button stays locked until it matches exactly.
The group disappears for everyone involved, together with all of that group's dates.
The children themselves stay members of the organization and keep their songs, videos and practice progress. Afterwards they can join another group.
What's next?
- Dates for the group: Dates in organizations
- What the children practise: Materials in an organization
- Roles and settings: Roles and settings in the organization
- Joining explained: Joining with an access code
- Securing your account: From an organization account to a full cori account
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