Observers/Parent Accounts can view course data for their students in the Canvas system. The main use of the observer account is to link a user to a student to keep up to date on how they are doing in their courses. Observers can be linked to a student or multiple students and view the student's data in the course. Observers cannot submit work on behalf of the students they observe, but they can see student grades, assignments and events, and course interactions (what students are doing in their courses). Observers can be linked to a single student or multiple students, so parents will have one login for all their students.
You'll need a pairing code from at least one LEUSD student, and they can access that code for you from their Canvas account:
More information about how to set up your Observer account can be found here. The link you'll need that our video refers to is:
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How To Pair With Your Student From The Canvas Student App
In Canvas 3.3, parents can use the QR Login link to create a new Canvas account if one does not yet exist for them.
A parent can ask the student they want to observe to create a pairing code inside the Canvas Student app. Instructions for creating the QR code are now provided for the parent as part of the Create Account page when you open the Canvas Parent app.
Scanning the QR code provided by the student from the Student App allows the parent to create a Canvas account.
The QR code includes a six-digit pairing code, which automatically displays within the Signup page. After all fields have been completed, an account will be created for the parent, and the paired student’s course will display in the Parent App Dashboard.
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