Note: You will need a “pairing code” from your student in order to observe their Canvas courses.

Instructions on how to view this code can be found on this Canvas page.

Parents can observe multiple students (see note below on how to do this).

Canvas Parent Mobile App

Canvas Website

The Canvas Parent Mobile App provides a high level overview of a student’s Canvas activity, including course announcements, calendar events, assignments, and grades.

You can easily set alerts for specific activity (late work, grades, etc.)

The Canvas website provides similar functionality, but is presented in a manner similar to what students see in Canvas.

This view also provides better visibility of certain Canvas pages, including ones that contain embedded course calendars.

To set up the Canvas Parent mobile app for the first time, please use these instructions

(The same username and password you create for the app will also work for the Canvas website.)

To set up an account on the Canvas website, please use these instructions.

Please log in to the Canvas parent website here: https://hinsdale86.instructure.com/login/canvas

(The same username and password you created for the Canvas website will also work for the Canvas Parent App.)

Observing Multiple Students:

• To observe more than one student (in either the Canvas Parent App or the Canvas site)  you'll need to use the web site to add a second child.
• Please log in to the Canvas parent site here: https://hinsdale86.instructure.com/login/canvas (The same username and password you created earlier (on either the Canvas site or the Canvas Parent App will work.)
• Once logged in, click on the Account link in the navigation bar on the left. Click Settings.
• On this menu there is an "Observing" link where you can add a second observer code, which will add another student.
• This should allow you to access multiple children from both the Canvas Parent App and the Canvas Parent web site.

For helpful videos and guides on how to navigate Canvas, please consult the Canvas Parent Tutorials.

Of particular interest for parents that observe multiple children:

Consider using the “nickname” feature to add your children's names to the course tiles, as that’ll help distinguish between them.