It's best to invite parents when you roster your participants especially if you have a large number of participants. This can be done through the copy/paste feature or when uploading in bulk
Coaches can also invite them one by one any time during your season.
When you invite parents, they will be sent an email to create a Marathon Kids account which will allow them to see their child's progress and submit miles completed from home.
Invite parents in bulk
Upload File by including one parent's name and email
Use the Parent First Name, Last Name, and Email columns of the spreadsheet to include one parent's information
Copy/Paste by entering one parent's name and email
Enter Parent's First Name, Last Name, and Email columns of the page to include one parent's information
Recruit Tool automatically gives parents the option to create their account
After a parent completes the online enrollment form they are directed to check their mail for the invitation to create their account.
Invite parents one by one
To existing participants
Select the Participants tab
Use the table filters or search feature to locate the participant.
Click More Info next to the child's name
Enter parent name and email address
Select Send Parent Invitation
When adding new participants
You can use Manual Entry to add parents when you first create your club or while adding a new participant after the club has been created.
Click Participants
Select Manual Entry
Add the name of the new participant and enter the corresponding parent information
What will parents see when invited?
Steps a parent needs to take to create their account
Parents receive an email from noreply@marathonkids.org
Parents fill out the information for their accounts.
Check their email to validate their account.
Log into their account to accept their role as parents of their child.
Then they are all set to follow their child's progress and submit miles to the coach for approval.
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