Preview · How students start

Preview. These are real screens from the programme. Nothing you tap here is saved, and you don't need an account to look.

That's the preview. Here's what a young person does to begin, and what a school or a parent needs to know about it.

Four steps
  1. Scan the poster, or go to the link. A school's QR code carries its school code, so it's already filled in.
  2. Sign in with any email address. We send a one-time link and a 6-digit code. There's no password to remember, and a school or personal address both work.
  3. Enter the school code, or sign up as a family. Doing it through school, the code comes from the school. Not through a school, choose "Sign up as a family" and no code is needed.
  4. Under 14? A parent or caregiver taps approve. They get one email with a button. Approving covers taking part, and doesn't let them see anything done inside.

What a school sees: how many people are using the programme through its code, with small groups shown as "fewer than 10". Never names, never progress, never anything a student writes.

Free for schools, students and families. Everything about the programme, including how a school signs up, is at 3bigthings.co.nz/learning-what-helps.