Educators create experiences which define the scope and parameters of an in-class or a co-curricular program. The experience includes details such as what learners are able to participate, timelines, learning objectives, and more.
Projects which meet the needs of these experiences are then made available through the experience for learners to work on and complete. A learner must join an experience in order to gain access to the projects.
General
As a learner, your first step is to join an experience and review the projects available.
There are two primary methods of joining an experience:
Joining via access code
Joining via an invitation
Learn more about how to start a project after joining an experience.
How to
Join via access code
To join an experience via the access code provided by your educator, follow these steps:
Sign up as a learner
Complete your profile information
Next, you'll see a prompt to find a portal or find your experience, depending on whether you were given a general sign up link or a specific one for your portal.
If your instructor gave you a direct link to your experience, go there directly and skip to step 6. If you do not have a direct link, proceed to step 4.
Find your institution's portal and click on the portal name to go to its profile.
Click the "Experiences" tab to view all the portal's experiences, and select the one you are trying to join.
On the experience page, you will find a button labeled "Join experience." Click on it and enter your access code.
Access codes are provided directly by educators or administrators of an experience. Learners cannot request access codes from Riipen.
Join via invitation
To join an experience via an invitation sent by your educator, follow these steps:
Click the "Accept invite" button in the email from team@riipen.com to sign up. If you already have an account, it will accept the invite and redirect you to the experience and you can skip the remainder of the steps
Complete your profile information
Next, you’ll be redirected to the experience where you can view approved projects.
View my experiences
To view all the experiences you are a member of, follow these steps:
In your dashboard, you will see a "My experiences" section where you will see experiences you are a member of.
Click "View all" in the top right to view all of your experiences.
Or click on the "My experiences" tab in the main navigation.
Best practices
If you're joining an experience via email invitation, accept the invite and create your account as soon as possible. Depending on the settings established by the educator, invite links may sometimes have an expiration date.
Keep track of any updates or notifications regarding the experience, such as changes in deadlines or important announcements. Regularly check your email inbox and notifications within Riipen to stay informed and engaged.
Troubleshooting
My invitation is invalid or expired.
If an invitation no longer works, try the following:
Check your email to see if you were sent more than one invite. Always use the most recent invite to the experience.
Make sure you are signing in with the same email address that received the invite.
Check whether you already have a Riipen account with a different email address. If the invite was sent to the wrong email address, ask the experience administrator to resend the invite to your existing Riipen account's email address.
Ask the experience administrator to resend the invitation or share a current access method.
Avoid creating multiple new accounts to work around an expired invite. Duplicate accounts can cause verification and access issues later.