Set up the Family Portal on your phone

About 2 minutes. When you're done, the portal works like an app on your phone and can notify you the moment a teacher messages you, new grades are posted, or school news goes out.

iPhone / iPad

1. Open Safari (this part needs Safari — not Chrome or another browser) and go to your school's portal link.
2. Tap the ⋯ button in the bottom corner, then tap Share (the square with the up arrow). On some iPhones the Share button shows directly at the bottom of the screen.
3. Scroll down and tap “Add to Home Screen,” then tap Add.
4. From now on, open the portal by tapping the new EdRova icon on your Home Screen — notifications only work when it's opened this way.
5. Sign in with the username and password from your school.
6. Tap Menu at the top, then 🔔 Notifications.
7. Under “Push notifications,” tap “Enable on this device” and choose Allow when your iPhone asks.

Android

1. Open Chrome and go to your school's portal link.
2. Tap the ⋮ menu in the top corner and choose “Add to Home screen” (or “Install app” if offered), then confirm.
3. Open the portal from the new EdRova icon and sign in.
4. Tap Menu → 🔔 Notifications → “Enable on this device” → Allow.

If something doesn't look right

The “Enable on this device” button isn't there.
On iPhone it only appears when the portal was opened from the Home Screen icon — not from inside Safari. The portal will show you a reminder with the install steps instead.

You tapped “Don't Allow” by accident.
Go to your phone's Settings → Notifications → EdRova, turn Allow Notifications on, then tap the Enable button in the portal again.

Your iPhone is older.
Notifications need iOS 16.4 or newer (early 2023). Check Settings → General → Software Update.

Prefer email?
On the same 🔔 Notifications screen you can choose which events email you — messages, grades, and school news are each on until you turn them off.

Still stuck? Email info@edrova.com and we'll help.