Parents As Observers

With an Observer role, parents and guardians can view their child's courses in Canvas after the teacher has published the course. Observers cannot submit work on behalf of the children they observe, but they can see course announcements, course content, and assignments.

Where Should I Look To See My Child's Grades?

ParentVUE is still the primary online portal to check your student's grades. To learn more about ParentVUE, visit our Hub site.

Video Tutorial: Canvas Courses

00:07: In this video, you will learn about the canvas dashboard and Global navigation 00:11: links. And about, basic course, navigation to view assignment details and 00:15: grades. 00:17: When you log into canvas, the first thing you see is the dashboard which 00:21: provides a high level overview of your students current courses. 00:26: To switch to a different student. You are observing. 00:28: Click the student drop down menu and select the student's name. 00:33: Card view displays a course card, for each of your favorite courses. 00:38: The dashboard can be displayed in three different viewing options. 00:42: Each card can include clickable icons for assignments and announcements discussions 00:47: and files. 00:50: To help organize your dashboard you can manage the settings for course cards by 00:54: clicking the options icon. 00:57: In the colors tab, you can enter a nickname for your course and change the color 01:01: of the course card by selecting from the options or by entering a hex code. 01:06: Click the apply button to save your changes. 01:09: In the move tab, you can reorder your course cards on the dashboard. 01:14: You can also manage the color overlay for all course cards with images. 01:19: Click the dashboard options icon and select the color overlay option. 01:24: The color of the course, card still appears behind the more options icon on the course 01:28: card. And the setting applies to all course cards with images. 01:32: List view displays an agenda view of graded. 01:35: Items from the courses as well as any non-graded items. 01:38: The instructors designate for a course to do list. 01:42: Recent activity, displays, a stream of recent notifications from all your students 01:46: courses including conversations and assignments. 01:51: The sidebar includes a to-do list recent feedback and view grades. 01:56: The to-do list displays links to announcements and other items that require action 02:01: in your courses such as assignments. 02:03: Quizzes discussions and pages. 02:07: Few recent assignment feedback. In recent feedback, click the assignment 02:11: name to view feedback in the submission Details page. 02:16: You can also access the course. Grades page from the course card in recent activity 02:20: views by clicking The View grades button. 02:23: The grades page displays grades for all of the courses. 02:27: Canvas displays a global navigation menu, that gives you direct access to various 02:32: areas of canvas. 02:34: Click the account link to log out of canvas, specify your notification preferences, 02:39: upload and view personal files. 02:41: Modify your user settings, manage e-portfolios obtain, 02:46: a QR code to log into the student app view Global announcements 02:50: and enable a high contrast user interface. 02:55: Click the dashboard, link to return to the canvas dashboard at any time. 03:00: Click the courses linked to quickly access your favorite courses and view a list of all 03:04: your courses. 03:06: Click the calendar link to view your personal calendar, and course, calendars. 03:11: Click the inbox link to view and send messages to your instructors and peers within 03:16: canvas. 03:18: Click the history. Link to view a list. Of course content and content areas. 03:21: You have viewed within the last three weeks. 03:25: Click the help link to access help resources for your Institution. 03:30: Now, let's take a look at the course. Interface click the courses link, and 03:34: then click the name of the course you want to visit. 03:37: The course, opens to the homepage set by the instructor. 03:41: You can use the course, navigation, links, breadcrumb navigation, or 03:45: the sidebar to navigate to different areas of the course. 03:50: This guide covered an overview of canvas for Observers.

Video Tutorial: Navigating Canvas

Learn more about navigating a Canvas course in Canvas for Elementary.