Audience: Families
Families connect to their child’s Seesaw journal to participate in their student’s learning, see student work, and celebrate progress.
Families can connect to their child’s journal on the web (app.seesaw.me) or by downloading the Seesaw App, available on iOS and Android.
When families connect to their child’s journal, they can only see their individual child’s work, or group projects that their child is tagged in.
🌟 Learn more about using Seesaw to engage with your child's work!
What can pupils and family members do in Seesaw?
Students add posts to their journals. Student posts showcase the creative projects they've been working on in the classroom. This could include photos, artwork, videos, activities, notes, projects they've 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 in order 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!
View our brief video to learn how to log in, connect to your child's journal, engage with their learning, and message with their teacher.
- Download the Seesaw app to your mobile device, or go to app.seesaw.me on a computer.
- Tap I'm a Family Member.
- Tap Create Family Account.
- Finish creating your account using your email address, Google, or Microsoft account.
Once your account is created, it's time to connect to your child's journal. Look for an invitation from your child's teacher. This will either be a paper invite, an email, or an SMS/text message.
For paper invites:
- Look for a handout from your child's teacher.
- Open Seesaw.
- Tap I'm a Family Member and sign in.
- Tap your profile icon in the upper left corner.
- Tap Add Child's Journal.
- Tap Scan QR code.
- Hold up the QR code to your camera.
- Make sure you're connecting to your child.
- 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 in with your 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 in with your 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!
What can pupils and family members do on 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 created in other apps, and more!
Families receive notifications when there are new posts in their student's journal. They can view the posts and add likes and comments. Connected family members can only see their own child's learning.
🧰 Seesaw requires an invitation from your child's teacher to sign up. Your child's teacher will provide you with an invitation on paper, via email, or through a text message (the invitation will include a QR code or a link). If you do not have this, please contact your child's teacher.
💡 Good to know: up to 10 family members can connect to a child's journal!
Watch our short video to learn how to log in, connect to your child's journal, engage in their learning, and communicate with their teacher.
- Download the Seesaw app on your mobile device or go to app.seesaw.me on a computer.
- Tap I'm a family member.
- Tap Create family account.
- Finish creating your account using your email address or your Google/Microsoft account.
Once you have created your account, it's time to connect to your child's journal. Look for an invitation from your child's teacher. This could be an invitation on paper, an email, or a text message.
For paper invitations:
- Look for a brochure from your child's teacher.
- Open Seesaw.
- Tap I'm a family member and log in.
- Tap your profile icon in the top left corner.
- Tap Add child's journal.
- Tap Scan QR code.
- Hold the QR code in front of your camera.
- Make sure you are connecting to your child's journal.
- Tap Confirm.
- You are now connected to your child's journal!
For email invitations:
- Check your email for an invitation from your child's teacher.
- Tap the button or link to connect to your student's journal. Do NOT share the invitation with others.
- Log in with your email address and password.
- You are now connected to your child's journal!
For text message invitations:
- Check your mobile device for a text message invitation from your child's teacher.
- Tap the link.
- Log in with your email address and password.
- You are now connected to your child's journal!
If you have more than one child who uses Seesaw, you can subscribe to both journals using the same account. Here we explain how to do it!