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
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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What is an LMS and why Canvas? (5m) |
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Learn how to use the parent app (3m) |
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Canvas Overview for Observers/Parents. (4m) |
Suggested Links:
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How do I sign up for a Canvas account as a parent? |
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User guide for parents |
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How do I link a student to my user account as an observer? |



