Inviting a parent (single)

For teachers· 1 min read

Send a personal SMS invite to one parent at a time — up to 20 a day. Best for parents you know individually.

A single-parent invite is the most personal way to onboard a family. The parent receives an SMS with a short message that names you, the student, and the school — so they know what the invite is about before they tap.

Steps

My classroom → Invite parent.
The invite goes out by SMS (the one teacher-invite channel today).
Enter the parent's phone number.
Enter the student's name + grade.
Send invite.

What the parent sees

A message like:

Ms. Wanjiru (a teacher at Aga Khan Academy Nairobi) has invited you to manage Maya (Grade 7) on Keybaki. Tap to accept: https://app.keybaki.com/invite/abc123. Link expires in 30 days.

Tracking

The invite appears in the Pending invites rail with status:

Pending / Sent — created, then the SMS dispatched (Failed if it couldn't send).
Redeemed — the parent signed up through the link and the child was created.
Revoked — you cancelled it.
Expired — 30 days passed without redemption.

If it never arrives

There's no resend — Revoke the pending invite from the rail and send a fresh one. You can send up to 20 invites per day.

Common issues

The SMS never arrived. Double-check the number, revoke, and send a fresh invite.
Phone number rejected. Must be E.164 (+254xxxxxxxxx). The picker auto-formats Kenya numbers; for other countries, type the full number with country code.