I would like my teachers to be able to add students into their class.
However, it would take too long for a teacher to add each individual as an “add record”.
A way most apps use is to “invite students” where a unique class code is generated and the students input this on their end, which joins them to the class.
Anyone have a smart workflow for this (Airtable)?
Hey James,
I have done this before.
Students filling out their ‘join class’ form is the perfect approach to gather data faster.
You can generate the ‘unique class code’ and pass it to the softr form as ‘hidden’ parameter in the url. Then users can make sure they are joining the right class.
Let me know if you have more questions.
So the teacher would share a link with the students and that link would go to a join class form with the code as a hidden parameter? I like the sounds of that.
I went for something slightly different in the end.
Airtable generates a class code for the class.
A student presses ‘join class’ on their dashboard which opens a form modal. They enter the class code the teacher gives them (eg AA5459).
Airtable automation then sees this new record in a memberships junction table, finds the class with that code, and then updates the class field in that memberships record.
Then the class shows up on the student dashboard and the student shows up inside the class details for the teacher.