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  • Can I change my House?
    No, unfortunately, you cannot. Be honest, if you had a technical issue while filling the Sign Up form, please inform Headmistress.
  • How do I change my Profile Details?
    Click on your Profile Picture in the Log In Bar, click profile, and change your name and picture there. If you want to change your names for emails. please click accounts there in the dropdown.
  • Which timezone does HIM go by?
    HIM follows the official 'EST' timing, due to many people being from EST, and at all times, it would be listed in that. However, for your profile, chat and posts, your timezone would be listed there.
  • Can I apply for a Professor position?
    Of Course, you can! You could refer to this blog post for guidance : http://martinasterling.wixsite.com/hogwartsinst/post/professor-applications
  • How do you contact someone?
    In order to contact a Staff Member/Student, you must go to the Members Page, or have the profile link of a person. After you reach there, click on a members profile. There, you could click 'Follow' or 'Message' to message or follow the person respectively. If the person is troubling you, simply click 3 dots on the profile, and report them to us.
  • Do I need to enrol and take Courses?
    Courses are fun, optional aspects of the site, and which is the main thing the site is made for. But, however, if you want to pass Year 1 and go through further years, you must take all courses marked as 'Core' on the page.
  • How do we complete assignments?
    At the end of each lesson, there will be a link to a assignment for you to complete. If it is mentioned that the assignment is Mandatory, then you MUST complete it before you progress to next lesson. If it is optional/EC, then you may/may not complete them.
  • When will my assignments get graded and who will grade them?
    The Staff works hard to get your assignment as soon as possible, but if they are not graded within a week, you may contact the Professor of the course.
  • If I fail to understand something, or want to ask something in a course, whom should I contact?"
    You will have to ask the Professor for the particular course, or a Prefect!
  • Who is a Prefect?
    A Prefect is a student, like you, who gives his/her time to grade assignments for a subject. Each subject has many Prefects. They help the professor with the course too!
  • What is a Core Course?
    A Core Course is a course which mostly runs from Years 1 to 7, and it is mandatory to take them in order to pass on to your next year.
  • What is a Elective Course?
    An elective course is a optional course that you can choose to take from Years 2, 3 and 4. In Year 2, you must at least choose 2 Electives, while in Year 3, you at least must choose 2 Electives.
  • How do I create/join a club/group?
    In order to create/join a club or group, please go to the Groups Page. After going, click on the create a group text. or click on the 'Join' button to join a group
  • Which Forum/Group can I chat in?
    You can chat in any of the open/privately approved/secretly added groups which are open to you, except the House Dorms and Detention Room, which will only be open to the respective houses and members. When it comes to forums, you can chat in any of the Forum, unless the word 'Private' is listed.
  • What is a RP or a Roleplay?
    A Roleplay is a fun, exciting act to do thing you could do with other people on the Website. You could choose the topic, choose your roleplay age and much more. For safety reasons, Mature Roleplays are forbidden on the website.
  • What is the Library?
    The Library is a place where you get to write and read different books. You could write them by filling a form, or simply read them!
  • What is Quidditch?
    Quidditch is a famous Harry Potter sport, which can be played in this website, once the applications are out and we have members in all positions for all houses.
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