Canvas for Families
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Canvas is a learning management system. A learning management system is a digital learning environment. Canvas, along with additional tools and apps available to staff, provides a robust platform to support teachers establishing their online presence, developing instructional content, providing effective feedback, and collaborating with their colleagues.
Teachers, students, and parents have different access and abilities within the Canvas platform. Parents are observers to the classes and can follow along via computer or from the Canvas Parent Apps that are downloaded from your devices' store i.e. Google Store or the Apple App Store.
Parent/guardian can
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View and read announcements
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Access weekly learning plans
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View assignments, due dates, and comments
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View the calendar
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Send conversation messages to the teacher
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View the student dashboard
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Partner in your student’s learning.
Students can
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See all of their class through one student dashboard
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View, read, and comment on announcements
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Access weekly learning plans
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View the calendar and manage to-do list
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View assignments, due dates, and comments
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Submit assignments in multiple formats (video, audio, PDFs, google docs)
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Engage in live meets
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