> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.zebrania.edu.pl/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started

> Your account, passwordless sign-in, and expired links.

Zebrania is a tool for scheduling parent–teacher meetings. This page
covers one thing: getting into the app. Joining a particular school and
class is covered in
[Joining a school and class](/en/joining-a-school-and-class).

## Who's who

In Zebrania one person has one account, and roles add permissions to it.
You can be a parent at one school and a teacher at another without
creating a second account.

| Role                 | What they do                                                                                |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Parent**           | Enrols their children in classes, books meeting slots, signs consents.                      |
| **Teacher**          | Sets their availability, runs meetings, sees the booking list.                              |
| **Homeroom teacher** | The teacher who leads a particular class. Also approves children enrolling into that class. |
| **Secretary**        | Runs the school's administrative side — classes, team, enrolments.                          |
| **Administrator**    | Manages the school: team, classes, school year, roles.                                      |
| **Founder**          | The person who created the school in Zebrania. Holds administrator permissions.             |

Roles are granted per school — the same person can hold a different role
at each school they belong to.

## Passwordless sign-in

Zebrania does not require a password. You enter your email address, the
app emails you a **sign-in link**, and you click it in your inbox.
Clicking the link *is* signing in — there is no password to remember or
rotate.

In practice:

1. Enter your email address and press **Send link**.
2. The app confirms: **Link sent** — "Check *(your address)* inbox and
   click the link to sign in".
3. Open the message and click the link. You come back to the app already
   signed in.

<Note>
  Open the link on the device you actually want to work on. If you request
  a link on your phone but click it on your laptop, you are signed in on
  the laptop.
</Note>

You can set a password instead if you prefer. When creating an account
the password field is optional: "Leave blank to sign in with a link or
create an account without a password".

## The link expired, or you clicked an old link

This is the most common sign-in problem, and it does not mean anything is
broken. A sign-in link is **single-use** — once used, it stops working.
If your inbox holds several of these messages and you click an older one,
you hit this message even though the fresh link is sitting right next to
it.

The app names this case explicitly:

> This link has expired or was already used. Request a new one below.

**What to do:** the same screen carries the form — enter your email
address again and press **Send link**. Then open the **newest** message
in your inbox; delete the older ones so you cannot pick the wrong one
again.

You may see one of these related messages, depending on what went wrong:

| Message in the app                                                    | What it means                                                                                              |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| "This link has expired or was already used. Request a new one below." | The link lapsed or was clicked before. Request a new one.                                                  |
| "We couldn't sign you in with that link. Request a new one below."    | The link is damaged — usually truncated by a mail client on copy. Request a new one and click it directly. |
| "Your sign-in link was invalid or expired. Please try again."         | The same thing, reported as you return to the app.                                                         |
| "The verification link is invalid or expired."                        | This is about confirming an email address, not signing in. Request a new verification message.             |
| "Could not send the sign-in link. Please try again."                  | The message never went out. Wait a moment and try again.                                                   |

## The email never arrived

Before concluding the app is broken, check these in order:

* **Spam / promotions / notifications folders.** The message comes from
  Zebrania, on the `zebrania.edu.pl` domain. Search your mailbox for
  "Zebrania" — filters move mail far more often than they delete it.
* **A typo in the address.** The confirmation screen shows the address
  the link went to. If that is not your address, go back and correct it.
* **School mail filters.** School-domain addresses are often restricted
  to internal mail and reject anything from outside — and the rejection
  is usually silent. If you expect a link at a school address and nothing
  arrives, use a personal address, and ask whoever runs your school's
  mail to allow the `zebrania.edu.pl` domain.
* **Wait a minute, then request again.** Each new request invalidates the
  previous link, so always click the one in the most recent message.

<Warning>
  Never forward a sign-in link to anyone. Whoever clicks it signs in as you.
</Warning>

## Changing your email address

Change your address in your account **Settings**. The change happens in
two steps — only confirming from the new mailbox completes it:

1. Enter the new address. The app warns you: "We'll send a verification
   link to the new address. Your email only changes once you click it."
2. After sending you'll see: "Verification link sent to the new address.
   Check your inbox to confirm."
3. Open the **new** mailbox and click the link.

Until you click, you keep signing in with the old address — nothing is
lost if you abandon the change halfway. Use an address you genuinely have
access to: it becomes the one you sign in with.

## Still stuck?

See [Troubleshooting](/en/troubleshooting), or contact whoever runs
Zebrania at your school.