We strongly recommend using a real email address when adding a user to the platform. Using a fake email address (an email address linked to no mailbox) could lead to blocking email notifications for all users, because the mail server would identify your platform as spam.
You can add users without email addresses to the platform, in one of three ways:
- create an email address (cleanest way);
- create an email alias (easiest way);
- use a personal email address (fastest way).
Create an email address for the user
If you can, create an email address for the user you want to add. This will allow them to receive all the platform’s notifications, and ensure the best experience for the user when using the platform.
Although this is our first recommendation, we are aware that it has a cost on your side.
Create an email address alias
If you can’t create a real email address for the user you want to add, we suggest using an email alias.
An email alias is a variation of an existing email address: the 360Learning platform will interpret them as two separate accounts, but notifications sent to the email alias will be sent to the inbox of the existing email address.
Example:
- existing email address (for Ada Lovelace):
ada.lovelace@computer.org - possible alias (for Michael Faraday):
ada.lovelace+michaelfaraday@computer.org
In the example above, Ada will connect to the platform using the login ada.lovelace@computer.org, and Michael will connect using ada.lovelace+michaelfaraday@computer.org. They will have two separate accounts.
But notifications sent to Ada Lovelace or Michael Faraday will both arrive in Ada Lovelace’s inbox.
Use a personal email address
If you can’t create a real email address, nor an email alias, a third option is to use the personal email address of the user, if they give you their explicit consent to do so.
Users will then receive all platform notifications on their personal mailbox.