From an organization account to a full cori account
Securing an account created with an access code using email, Google or Apple — including parental consent for under-16s.
App only
Upgrading the account happens in the app; parental consent runs via a link in the browser.
If you joined an organization with an access code, you have an account without an email address and without a password. That's deliberate: nobody should have to set up an email address first just so a whole school class can join. The price for that is that this account only exists on this one device. This article shows you how to turn it into a full cori account.
Without an email address or a Google or Apple sign-in, you can't log back in after signing out, and you can't take your account with you to a new device. For teachers with a group of their own that's particularly awkward: losing the account would mean losing access to that group too.
What an organization account can do — and what it can't
It can already: use all of the organization's songs and practice videos, join a group, see and respond to appointments, change your own voice and name, and build up a streak and progress.
It can't: sign in on a second device, come back after signing out — or join a cori choir or create one. That's exactly the point at which cori offers the upgrade of its own accord.
When cori asks about it
You don't have to go looking for it — it opens up automatically in two situations:
- You want to join a choir or start one. Via the "Discover cori" card at the bottom of the settings or via the plus in the choir bar. Before you go any further, you create your account.
- You create a group as a teacher without having a proper account. cori then secures your account first and creates the group afterwards, automatically, with the name you'd already typed in.
Are you under 16?
If you're coming from the 6K area and are setting up a personal account, cori first asks how old you are. Anyone who says they're under 16 needs a parent's consent:
When asked "How old are you?", choose I am under 16.
cori explains what changes: from the personal account onwards, cori's general terms of service and privacy policy apply, and the special 6K protections only apply within the organization area.
Enter the address of a parent or guardian and send the request.
Your parents get an email with a link. It says who made the request and which organization it's about; consent is given with a click in the browser. The app checks in the background whether consent has come through — you don't need to refresh anything.
As soon as approval is in, cori reports "Approved!" and you choose your sign-in method.
After that it expires and consent has to be requested again. If the email hasn't arrived, you can have it sent again from the waiting screen — that generates a fresh link. Check the spam folder too while you're at it.
Teachers who arrive here from creating a group skip the age question — for them it goes straight on to the sign-in method.
Choosing a sign-in method
There are three routes to choose from, all equally valid:
- Continue with Email — name, email address and a password of at least six characters.
- Continue with Google
- Sign in with Apple
If your name is already known from joining, cori won't ask for it again.
Two error messages turn up here fairly often: "This email is already in use" means there's already a cori account for that address — use a different one. "This account is already linked to another user" means the same thing for Google and Apple.
Your progress stays
Upgrading does not create a new account. cori attaches the sign-in details to your existing account. Everything stays as it was:
- your membership in the organization and your group
- your group along with its appointments, if you're a teacher
- streak, XP, level and badges
- your name and your voice
The only thing that's new: from now on you can sign in anywhere — and, alongside your organization, join a cori choir or start one yourself.
What's next?
- Back to the beginning: Joining with an access code
- What an organization is: What is an organization?
- Starting a choir afterwards: Creating a choir
- Or joining a choir: Joining a choir
- Sign-in playing up: I can't get into my account
- What cori stores: Your data and privacy
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