> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lena.africa/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Schools and profiles

> Use one Lena account at more than one school: join a school, choose one, switch between them, open shared links, and leave.

You have one Lena account. At each school you belong to, you also have a **profile**: your place at that school as a
student, lecturer or admin. You work in one school at a time and can switch whenever you like.

## Choose a school

After you sign in, you see your schools, each as a card. Choose one to open it.

![The Hi Amaka page in Lena for Students, with a card for Crestview University and an Add school button](https://mintcdn.com/lenaafrica/L730hi-OSS5z45py/images/student/select-profile.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=L730hi-OSS5z45py\&q=85\&s=29f74974fbb38c5a2a9de5af106d0117)

Amaka’s schools in Lena for Students. Each card says how many courses she’s in there.

* **Lena for Students** shows "Enrolled in 3 courses" (or "No courses yet") on each card.
* **Lena for Teachers** shows "Teaching 2 courses". Course invitations from other teachers appear above your schools
  under "Courses you've been invited to", with **Accept** and **Decline**.
* **Lena for Schools** marks the school you're in with "Current", and lists invitations to help run a school under
  "Schools you've been invited to", each with **Accept**.

## Add a school

Choose **Add school** on your list of schools, or in the school switcher (below). What happens next depends on the app.

> [tab] Students
>
> Search for your **School**, then choose where you sit in it: at a university, your **Faculty**, **Department** and
> **Level**; at a K-12 school, your **Grade** and **Arm**. You can also add your **Matric number** (or **Class
> number**). Choose **Join school**. You're in straight away, with no approval step.

> [tab] Teachers
>
> Enter your **Title** (such as Dr. or Prof.; students see it), your **Staff ID** and your **School**, then choose
> **Join school**. You're in straight away. Your school may also invite or import you, in which case it's already on
> your list.

> [tab] School admins
>
> **Add school** starts a brand-new school. See [create your school](https://support.lena.africa/schools/create-your-school.md). To help run a
> school that already exists, ask its owner or a Superadmin to [invite you](https://support.lena.africa/schools/admins.md).

Schools you already belong to don't appear in the list.

## Switch school

At the top left, choose the school's name (**Switch school**). The menu lists your schools; choose another to move to
it. On a phone, the button shows only the school's picture.

The same menu has:

* **All schools**, which takes you back to your list of schools. In Lena for Teachers and Lena for Schools it shows how
  many invitations are waiting.
* **Add school**.

Switching takes you to that school's home page. If you have the same app open in other tabs, they switch too.

## Links from another school

A link to a course, assignment or other page belongs to one school. If someone sends you a link from a school that
isn't the one you have open:

* **If you're in that school too**, Lena asks "Open this in Crestview University?" Choose **Switch** to go there, or
  **Not now** to stay in the school you have open.
* **If you're not in that school**, you see "This link is for a school you're not in". Ask whoever sent it to share it
  from your own school, or sign in with the account that belongs to that school. **Go to Lena** takes you home.

## Leave a school

Leaving removes your profile at that school, and it can't be undone. Your account and your other schools stay.

> [tab] Students
>
> Go to **Settings** → **School** and choose **Leave school**, then confirm with your password. You lose your place in
> that school's courses.

> [tab] Teachers
>
> Go to **Settings** → **School** and choose **Leave school**. If you own a course that's still running, Lena asks you
> to give it to another teacher or end it first; **See courses** takes you there. Then confirm with your password.

> [tab] School admins
>
> An admin is removed by a Superadmin from [Admin management](https://support.lena.africa/schools/admins.md). The school's owner hands the school on
> first, from **Settings** → **Manage school** → **Transfer ownership**.

## Next

> [card] [Settings](https://support.lena.africa/get-started/settings.md)
>
> Your profile, your place at the school, and your preferences.

> [card] [Join a course](https://support.lena.africa/students/join-a-course.md)
>
> For students: enrol with a code, or from the list.


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