To keep Flipgrid safe, students should sign up with a school email address.
Important: If you're no longer able to access your school groups, you might need to sign in with a school email. You can always access the comments you sent with your personal email on my.flipgrid.com.
- Existing members: Sign in with your school email
- New members: Sign up with your school email
- How to access and download your previously posted videos
Existing members: Sign in with your school email
If you received a message asking if you're a student, that means you tried signing in with personal email. To join a group or topic, make sure you sign in with a school email.
Important: Before you sign in with a school email, sign out of the account connected to your personal email.
Step 1: Sign out of your personal email
- Go to my.flipgrid.com.
- At the top right, click your Profile photo bubble
. - Click Sign out.
Step 2: Sign in with your school email
To join a group or topic, use a join option. Your educator can give you up to three join options: a Group join code, a join link, or a Flipgrid QR.
- Go to my.flipgrid.com.
- Use one of the three join options:
- Group join code: At the bottom, enter the code.
- Join link: Click the link given by your educator.
- Flipgrid QR: In the lower right, click the QR
and use your computer’s camera to scan it. To let Flipgrid use your camera, click Allow.
- To join the group or topic, you can choose a Google or Microsoft email as provided by your school.
- To send videos or comments, click on a topic > Add response.
Step 1: Sign out of your personal email
- Open the Flipgrid app.
- At the top right, tap Profile .
- Tap Log out.
- When asked if you want to log out of Flipgrid, tap Confirm.
Step 2: Sign in with your school email
To sign in to Flipgrid and join a group, use a join option given by your educator. There are three types of join options: a Group join code, a join link, or a Flipgrid QR.
- Open the Flipgrid app.
- Use one of the three join options:
- Group join code: In the upper left, enter the code.
- Join link: Tap the link given by your educator and you’ll be directed to the mobile browser. When you try to send videos or comments, you’ll be redirected to the app.
- Flipgrid QR: In the upper right, tap the QR and use your camera to scan it. To let Flipgrid use your camera, tap Allow.
- To join the group or topic, you can choose a Google or Microsoft email as provided by your school.
- To send videos or comments, tap on a topic > Add response.
- Important: If you can’t access, make sure your educator has added you to their group or topic.
New members: Sign up with your school email
1. Go to my.flipgrid.com.
2. At the top right, click Signup.
3. Choose Sign in with a different email.
4. Include your school email address.
5. To start using Flipgrid, include your birthdate, country or region, and community.
- Important: We'll only use this information to confirm you're an adult. We won't save this information.
1. Download the Flipgrid app for iOS or Android.
2. Open the app and tap Sign up.
3. Choose Sign in with a different email.
4. Include your birthdate, country or region, and community.
- Important: We'll only use this information to confirm you're an adult. We won't save this information.
5. To start using Flipgrid, tap Next.
How to access and download your previously posted videos
Important: Regardless of the status of your Flipgrid account, you can always take these steps to download your videos and comments.
- On a browser, go to my.flipgrid.com.
- Tip: Make sure you’re logged in to the account you used to create your videos.
- At the top right, click your Profile photo bubble .
- Click Download All Data > Request Download.
- In your email, you’ll get a link with all your videos and other data.
- Important: This can take some time.