Canvas Teacher, Student, & Parent Apps
Learning Intentions
Participants who complete this module will gain an understanding of how to use Canvas to connect with students and parents.
Success Criteria
Participants will know they are successful when they can:
- utilize the Canvas Teacher app to grade assignments, update content, and communicate with students.
Canvas Teacher App
Task: On a mobile device access and explore the Canvas Teacher App.
Canvas Teacher allows teachers to facilitate their courses on the go, both inside and outside the classroom. This app provides quick access to grading, communicating, and updating—three of the most frequent course facilitation tasks for teachers through Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes.
Canvas Teacher requires a Canvas account. If you are an instructor and your institution does not use Canvas, sign up for a Free for Teacher account.
Canvas Teacher is available for both Android and iOS devices.
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Grading
Teachers can browse submissions and provide feedback to their students with a new and improved mobile SpeedGrader embedded in the app.
Communicating
Teachers can post announcements, send messages, and participate in course discussions. Canvas Teacher includes the Message Students Who feature from the web version of Canvas and allows teachers to easily send messages to students about specific course assignments.
Updating
Teachers can easily update course content such as due dates and spelling errors. They can also publish assignments, manage discussion settings, and adjust quiz options.
Canvas Student App
Canvas Student allows students to access their courses and groups using a mobile device. Students can submit assignments, participate in discussions, view grades and course materials. The app also provides access to course calendars, To Do items, notifications, and Conversations messages.
Canvas Student requires a Canvas account and is available for both Android and iOS devices.
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View Courses and Groups
Students can access their courses and groups from the Dashboard. Courses and groups include the navigation items that can be viewed in the browser version of Canvas.
Note: Not all Canvas features are supported on the app at this time.
View Assignments
Students can view details on assignments, quizzes, and discussions and submit these items from the app.
Navigate App
Students can use the Navigation Bar to access their calendar, To Do list, notifications, or Inbox.
Manage Account
Students can manage their Canvas account using the Student app. Students can manage their files, display course grades, get help from Canvas Support, change users, and log out of the app.
Canvas Parent App
Canvas Parent enhances the potential for parents to engage in their children's education. Parents can review upcoming or past assignments, check on grades, and receive alerts for student activity.
Canvas Parent can be used by any Canvas user with an observer account.
Parents can use the Canvas Parent app on Android devices using Android 5.0 or later and iOS devices using iOS 10.0 or later.
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View Student Courses and Grades
The Courses tab displays the list of courses that their students are enrolled in. For each course, parents can see course grades, syllabus, assignments, and events. Grades display according to the course grading scheme.
View Student Assignments and Events
Assignments and events can be viewed by course or week. Parents can set reminders for a specific assignment or event, which are sent to mobile devices as push notifications.
Set Alerts for Student Activity
Parents can set alerts for specific assignment and grade activity. Alerts are displayed in the Alerts page in the app.