Audience: Seesaw Users
Below is a simplified overview of the differences between Seesaw Starter, Seesaw for Schools, Seesaw LMS, Seesaw Instruction & Insights, and Seesaw AI. Further details about Seesaw subscriptions and what they include can be found on our Seesaw Plans page. More information about downgraded subscriptions is available in What happens when a teacher account is removed from a Seesaw subscription.
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Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter |
Seesaw for Schools |
Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Translation into 100+ Languages (Messages & Comments) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Question Assistant: Limited: Multiple Choice, Drag & Drop, T/F, Polls Premium: Short Answer, Free Response |
Limited | Limited |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Read-With-Me |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Reading Fluency Assessment |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Embedded YouTube Player |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| YouTube Convert & Generate |
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✔️ |
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| AI Messages Assistant |
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✔️ |
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| Convert a Resource |
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✔️ |
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| Translate an Activity |
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✔️ |
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| Generate from a Topic or Prompt |
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✔️ |
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| AI Literacy Lessons | Sample Lessons |
Sample Lessons |
Sample Lessons |
Sample Lessons | ✔️ |
| Admin Setting to Opt Out | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter | Seesaw for Schools | Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Photo, Video, Audio & Drawing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Note, Link & Frames | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Upload PDF up to 10 pages and use Creative Tools | first page only | all pages | all pages |
all pages | all pages |
| Multipage activities and post | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| My Library activity limits | 35 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Present to class for all activities | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Draft and send back work for revision | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Student Groups | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Bulk Instructional Sequences in The Seesaw Library | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Schedule activities and add due dates | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Recurring Activities | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Flexcard |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Focus Mode |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter | Seesaw for Schools | Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Student portfolios | |||||
| Journal filtering | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Highlights folders | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Private folders | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Year over year connection | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Download journal archives | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Progress monitoring | |||||
| Formative assessment reporting | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Classroom Gradebook | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Sitewide Standards | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Self-serve Custom Standards | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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| Learning Insights Dashboard | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter |
Seesaw for Schools |
Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Community Lesson Library | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Core Seesaw Library | Sample lessons only | Full access | Sample lessons only |
Full access | Full access |
| Computer Science, powered by Seesaw | Sample lessons only | Sample lessons only | Sample lessons only |
Full access |
Full access |
| Curriculum and standards alignment tool | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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| School or District library | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Collections in School or District Library |
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✔️ |
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| Seesaw Early Literacy (PreK-2) supplemental curriculum package | Sample lessons only |
Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Seesaw ELD (K-5) supplemental curriculum package | Sample lessons only |
Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Early Literacy British | Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Writing Curriculum | Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Early Literacy in Spanish | Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter |
Seesaw for Schools |
Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Multimedia attachments - photos, videos, links, and more | 5 item limit | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Read receipts | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Reactions | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Translate into 100+ home languages | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Search for users and content | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher office hours | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Schedule message and announcements | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Download personal message threads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Student Communication | |||||
| Teacher initiated announcements to students | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher student 1:1 and group messaging | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Teacher initiated student messaging | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Family Communication | |||||
| Teacher initiated announcements to connected family members | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher initiated 1:1 and group conversations with connected family members | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher-initiated group conversations with connected family members and student | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Schoolwide Communication | |||||
| Multi-class messaging | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Partial access | |||||
| Schoolwide or districtwide settings | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Whole school announcements | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter | Seesaw for Schools | Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Active Classes | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Teachers per class | 1 | 30 | 30 |
30 |
30
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| Students per class | 35 | 150 | 150 |
150 | 150 |
| Classroom settings | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Schoolwide settings | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Single Sign-On - Google, Microsoft | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| CSV Rostering | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Wonde Rostering | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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| District only features | |||||
| Single Sign-On: Clever, ClassLink & Okta | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Rostering Sync via Clever & ClassLink | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Family Sync via Clever, ClassLink & Wonde | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| LMS integrations - Canvas, Schoology | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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