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How to Create Teams and Teachers (iPad Application with Team Login)
How to Create Teams and Teachers (iPad Application with Team Login)

People management on the iPad for those still using our TEAM platform.

Natalie Dawson avatar
Written by Natalie Dawson
Updated over a week ago

IMPORTANT: New teams cannot be created at this time. New customers will join us using our new platform with individual logins.


Click here to learn how to install Thread from the App Store. Learn how to add users to your team below.

Thread's team-based platform was designed with one shared password for your team and offers each person access to their own profile. If you are not on the new platform yet, we will reach out soon to migrate you to our new platform with individual email logins. Click here to learn more.

Create a New Team (Unavailable)

If you do not have a Thread team created yet, create one now. If someone else on your team has already created a team and you want to be on it, SKIP THIS SECTION.

  1. Open Thread on your iPad.

  2. Tap New Team in the upper right corner as shown below circled in red.

  3. On the next screen, name your team and enter a password. All members of your team will login with these going forward, so choose an easy team name and a password you do not mind sharing. The password is case sensitive but team name is not.

  4. Tap Create New Team. You might notice a message that tutorials are downloading so please give it just a minute.

Create a New User/Instructor

Add your First Instructor to a NEW Team

After following the above instructions on If creating a new team, you will land on Thread’s "Select a profile" page. Select + New Teacher. This very first instructor will automatically default to supervisor level permissions.

Add New User/Instructor to an Existing Team

If you are already logged on in Thread, navigate to the "Select a profile" page by tapping the Settings gear (upper right-hand corner) and select Sign Out. This will only sign you out of your profile, not your team.

Tap + New Teacher, complete the "Teacher Name" and "Email Address" fields, and click Done. Only the first instructor defaults to supervisor level permissions. Others default to instructor permissions. Contact the Thread support team to change this.

Thread will automatically launch a very quick tutorial using our test student "BF Skinner." Keep this student around! This profile is useful for testing new programs or experimenting with dummy data and reports.

Notice the speech bubbles. Once those are gone, the tutorial has finished and users can start working live.

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Creating a new team is currently unavailable.
New users will onboard with Thread's individual login platform.

Create a New Team

If you do not have a Thread team created yet, create one now. If someone else on your team has already created a team and you want to be on it, SKIP THIS SECTION.

To create a new team:

  1. Open Thread on your iPad.

  2. Tap New Team in the upper right-hand corner, as shown below circled in red.

  3. On the next screen, name your team and enter a password. All members of your team will login with these going forward, so choose an easy team name and a password you do not mind sharing. The password is case sensitive but team name is not.

  4. Tap Create New Team. You might notice a message that tutorials are downloading, so please give it just a minute.

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