You can send Parent Portal invites with our ClassLink integration by following this guide.
Log in to your Bark dashboard as a Super Admin.
On the top right menu, go to Parent Portal > Settings.
Select ClassLink from the activation methods.
Log into your ClassLink district dashboard.
Choose the ClassLink Roaster Server application and sign in.
Choose Apps from the navigation menu.
Choose + Add.
Type Bark into the Name field and click the + Add button.
Choose Rule-Based Permissions and share the student and parent email addresses for the families that you would like to invite to Parent Portal.
Learn more about Rule-Based Permissions and how to set them up here.
Toggle the Bark for Schools application to Enabled.
Processing note: Invitations may take a few hours to process after upload. If uploaded late in the day, processing may complete the next business morning depending on volume.
After the invite
Parents receive an email invitation with a unique link to create their Parent Portal account.
If they have multiple children, they do not need to create separate Parent Portal accounts. Once they've created an account with the first child, it should automatically add the other children.
If they already have a Bark account under that email address, the student accounts are linked automatically.
If the invitation isn’t completed, reminder emails are sent every Sunday unless they've clicked Unsubscribe at the bottom of the email.
Super Admins can track Parent Portal adoption in Parent Portal Settings and export a report showing which parents have completed account setup.
Reviewers can manually share a student’s alert with a parent, as long as the parent has an active Parent Portal account.
The Reviewer finds the alert in question.
On the top right, click Share with parent.
Don't see this?
The parent may not have accepted their Parent Portal invite, or they may have already been sent the alert.