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Canvas

What is Canvas?

Canvas is the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Learning Management System. Canvas is a course management system that supports online learning and teaching. Parents can sign up for a free account in order to view the resources and activities posted in their child’s courses that are available on Canvas. You can access our Canvas by using a browser on a computer, or by installing the Canvas Parent app on your mobile device.

How does Canvas work?

How can parents use Canvas?

With Canvas, parents will have the ability to do the following:

  • Read announcements, view the calendar, and see the course syllabus
  • Access a list of assignments with due dates
  • See your child's assignments, but not his/her discussion posts
  • View your child’s scores on assignments in Canvas. Course grades will continue to be published in SIS
  • Use the Inbox to contact the teacher
  • Set up notifications to get emails or texts for announcements, assignments, etc.
  • View the instructional content in the course

 

 

 

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Getting Started with Canvas as a Parent

Canvas is the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Learning Management System. Canvas is a course management system that supports online learning and teaching. Parents can sign up for a free account in order to view the resources and activities posted in their child’s courses that are available on Canvas. You can access our Canvas by using a browser on a computer, or by installing the Canvas Parent app on your mobile device.

Parents can:

  • Read announcements, view the calendar, and see the course syllabus.
  • Access a list of assignments with due dates.
  • See your child's assignments, but not his/her discussion posts.
  • View your child’s scores on assignments in Canvas. Course grades will continue to be published in SIS.
  • Use the Inbox to contact the teacher.
  • Set up notifications to get emails or texts for announcements, assignments, etc.
  • View the instructional content in the course.
  • Please note: When parents add the Canvas app and logs in, you will not see your child's courses automatically.  You must pair your child's teacher(s) with their account. Here is a link to generating a student pairing code.    How do I generate a pairing code for an observer as a student?

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First Look at Canvas

What is an LMS and why Canvas? (5m)

Canvas Parent App 

Learn how to use the parent app (3m)

Canvas Overview

Canvas Overview for Observers/Parents. (4m)


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Parent Accounts 

How do I sign up for a Canvas account as a parent?

Canvas Observer Guide

User guide for parents

Linking Student Accounts

How do I link a student to my user account as an observer?

 

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