How to privately share and collaborate on content by using Packs

As the saying goes, many hands make light work. This is possible when creating content within Plickers, and it's one of the many benefits of using Packs to store your content.

To share content privately, and to collaborate on it as a team, our Invite feature is the ideal solution. This article takes you through how to go about doing this.

Inviting a colleague to a Pack

If you want to kick things off and take on the role of admin, follow the steps below to invite your colleagues to your Pack.

1. Sign in to plickers.com on your laptop/computer

   You'll arrive at Your Library (aka the Plickers homepage).

2. Create a new Pack or enter an existing Pack

   Click here to find out how to create a new Pack.

   To access an existing Pack, you can select it from your left-hand sidebar at plickers.com. You'll be taken to your Pack page, and you can see an example of what this looks like in the next step.

3. Select the blue 'Invite' button in the right-hand sidebar

   The location of the button is shown below:

   

   The Invite dialog box will appear (the next step will demonstrate what this looks like), and you'll notice your details with your admin status displayed.

4. Enter the email address of the Plickers teacher you'd like to collaborate with

   As indicated below:

   

     Note

   The email address must be linked to a Plickers account. Your colleague will receive an invite notification within the Plickers account linked to the email address you enter.

5. Hit Enter

   You'll see your colleague's information appear (as shown in the next step).

6. Choose whether to allow your colleague to edit or view the Pack

   Do this by selecting the dropdown menu adjacent to their email address, as shown below:

   

   You can elect to give them edit access, or view (read-only) access.

     More info

   For more information on the user permissions available, head over to our Explore article here.

7. If required, repeat steps 4 to 6 to invite more colleagues

8. Click the blue 'Done' button

   Your colleague will see an invite pop up in their Plickers account, inviting them to join the Pack. More info on this is available in the next section.

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Accepting an invite to a Pack

If a colleague has mentioned that they want to invite you to collaborate on their Pack, here's what you can expect.

1. Sign in to plickers.com on your laptop/computer

   You'll arrive at Your Library (aka the Plickers homepage).

2. Ensure you're signed up to Plickers Pro

   You can find out more information about Plickers Pro here. Remember that you can try Plickers Pro for free for 14 days.

3. Click on the Pack with a red dot in your left-hand sidebar

   You'll have noticed a new Pack showing up in your account with a red dot next to it, just like the below:

   

   The red dot signifies that you have been invited to join that Pack. When you click on the Pack name, you'll be taken to the Pack page.

4. Click the blue 'Join Pack' button at the bottom of the Pack page

   The notification looks like this:

   

   After clicking Join Pack, you'll be able to interact with that Pack, depending on your edit privileges.

The shared Packs that you’ve joined will be included alongside your own Packs in the left-hand sidebar and at the top of Your Library. In addition, when you use the search bar, you’ll see shared content alongside your own content.

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Collaborating on a Pack

All those with edit privileges can work on the content within a Pack from their own Plickers account.

It's important to note that when a member of a shared Pack is editing content, other users can view and play the items, but will not be able to edit at the exact same time.

We've gone into more detail about what to expect from collaborating within a Pack in our Explore article here.

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Leaving a privately shared Pack

If you're moving on to a new role, you may be considering leaving a shared Pack. Here's how to do so:

1. Sign in to plickers.com on your laptop/computer

   You'll arrive at Your Library (aka the Plickers homepage).

2. Select your Pack from the left-hand sidebar

   You'll be taken to your Pack page.

3. Click the 3-dot icon towards the right of the page

   A menu will appear (the next step includes a screenshot demonstrating this).

4. Select 'Leave Pack'

   

   A dialog box will appear, asking you to confirm.

5. If you're sure, click 'Yes, I want to leave'

   

   You'll go back to Your Library, and the Pack will no longer be listed in your left-hand sidebar. You won't have access to it for future sessions, but you'll keep past student results from that Pack in your Reports and Scoresheets.

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