Audience: Families
Families can connect to their child’s Seesaw journal to view student work and celebrate progress. Specifically, they can only see their own child’s work or group projects their child is tagged in. Connect to a child’s journal on the web or by downloading the Seesaw App, available on iOS and Android.
Only teachers can send invitations to family members to connect to your student's journal. If you do not have an invitation, or want to invite another family member, please contact your teacher to start the process. Provide the teacher with the family member's email address, and the teacher can send the invitation directly to them.
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What can students and family members do in Seesaw?
Students add posts to their journals. Student posts showcase the creative projects they have been working on in the classroom. This could include photos, artwork, videos, activities, notes, projects they have created in other apps, and more!
Families get notified when there are new posts in their student's journal. They can view posts and add likes and comments. Connected family members can only see their own child's learning.
🧰 Seesaw requires an invite from your child's teacher to sign up. Your child's teacher will provide you with a paper, email, or text invite (the invite will include a QR code or link). If you do not have this, please contact your child's teacher.
💡 Good to know: up to 10 family members can connect to one child's journal! If you received a QR code family invite, you can share it with other family members who want to connect.
Watch our short video to learn how to log in, connect to your child's journal, engage with their learning, and message their teacher.
Create a new Seesaw family account (if you are new to Seesaw)
There are a few ways you can connect to your student's journal: through an email invitation, via an individual QR Code, or through a shared invite link.
For paper invites:
- Look for a handout from your child's teacher.
- Open Seesaw.
- Tap I'm a Family Member.
- Tap Create Family Account
- Tap Scan QR code.
- Hold up the QR code to your camera.
- Sign up with an email address and password.
- Tap Confirm.
- You are now connected to your child's journal!
For email invites:
- Check your email for an invitation from your child's teacher.
- Tap on the button or link to connect to your student's journal. DO NOT share the invitation with others.
- Sign up with an email address and password.
- You are now connected to your child's journal!
For text message invites:
- Check your mobile device for a text message invitation from your child's teacher.
- Tap the link.
- Sign up with an email address and password.
- You are now connected to your child's journal!
If you have more than one child using Seesaw, you can subscribe to both journals using the same account. Here's how!