Audience: Families
Families can connect to their child’s Seesaw journal to see student work and celebrate progress. Specifically, they can only see their individual child’s work or group projects that 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.
🌟 Learn more about using Seesaw to engage with your child's work!
What can students 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 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.
Create a new Seesaw family account (if you are new to Seesaw)
There are a few ways that you can connect to your student's journal: through an email invitation, via an individualized QR Code, or through a shared invite link. However, your teacher will need to initiate the invitation before you can connect to your student's journal. If you do not have an invitation, please reach out to your teacher to get the process started.
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!