In some cases, you might want to use Flint with individuals who don't have an email address associated with your school. The best way to do this is to create a new school . Flint users have done this for situations including:
Letting people try Flint during conference sessions
Letting other students/teachers use Flint for events with other schools/organizations (hackathons, conventions, etc.)
Using Flint with people in the greater school community like parents
How to create a new school
A new school you create will be completely separate from existing schools. The activities, sessions, and users of your existing school will not be connected to the new school, and vice versa. You can publish activities to the Public Library if you need to move activities between schools.
1. Click your school name in the top left
2. Click "Create school" in the menu
3. Fill out the new school details
These details can be previewed on the right side. The details include:
Name of the school (e.g. "Orchard Academy Parents" or "NAIS Conference 2025").
Logo upload.
School color.
Access Permissions: unlisted or private. An unlisted school will allow people to join via a link while a private school will be invite-only via email domain (see #5) or specific emails.
Email domains for specifying who can join. If you want to invite specific emails rather than whole domains, see the section below on sharing.
Self-harm moderator emails. This by default is the school creator's email. Additional moderator emails can be added. Moderators will be notified by email when any messages indicating self-harm are sent within the school.
4. Click Create
5. Share your new school
Once created, a sharing panel will open. Here, you can copy the sharing link, invite individual people via email, and change the access permissions or email domains you set before.