How to use the School Dashboard

This is where you will find your school’s weekly stats, recently added posts, and your Admin Toolbox.

 

School Setup Checklist: A one-stop shop for getting your school launched for the new school year! Add teachers with existing Seesaw accounts, set up your CSV roster, and connect students to their family members.


Engagement Stats: Quickly understand what is happening in your school each week. See the number of student posts and teacher, student, and family logins. 

 

• Student Posts: Student posts include responses to activities and posts added by teachers or students. One student responding to 3 activities counts as 3. 
• Teachers Logged In: The number of unique teachers who have logged in. One teacher logging in 4 times counts as 1. 
• Students Logged In: The number of unique students who have logged in. One student logging in 4 times counts as 1. 
• Family Logged In: The number of unique family members who have logged in. One family member logging in 4 times counts as 1. 

Recently Added: See new student work in your school. You can even leave a like or comment to engage with the students at your school!

Admin Tools: We’ve made it easy to find all of the frequently used Admin Tools in one spot. Learn more here!


 

The Classes tab gives you a quick view of all your active classes.

 

From this tab, you can:

• Search for a class you would like to view. Just type the Class name into the search bar and click on the Class Name to view as an Admin. 
• Create a new class by tapping on the Add Individual Class button, or use 'Add or Edit Classes in Bulk' to create many classes at once.
  • If you’re creating more than just a single class, we suggest you use the 'Add or Edit Classes in Bulk' option.
• Edit a class. Add or remove teachers or students, manage Class Settings, or archive the class!
  • Hover on the name and tap on the [...] option on the right-hand side.
    Note: It is not possible to merge classes at this time. If students have posts in two separate classes, you will need to merge the student accounts together so that students will maintain access to all of their items through the Past Work tool. 
     
• View your archived classes by tapping 'Show Archived Classes'. 
• You can Download a CSV of Active Classes by tapping on the [...] next to the Show Archived Classes option.

The Teachers tab will show you all of the teacher accounts connected to your school.

From this tab, you can:

• Create a new teacher account
• Tap 'Add or Edit Teachers in Bulk'  to edit existing teacher accounts

Note: Teachers can now be connected to more than one dashboard at a time. If you have teachers who work at multiple schools that are using Seesaw for Schools, please read through this article. 

• Add existing teachers to your school
• Edit a teacher's name, account info, and classes by tapping [..] > 'Edit Teacher'. 

The Students Tab will show you all of the student accounts connected to your school. 

From this tab, you can:

• Create a new student account.
• Use 'Add or Edit Students in Bulk' to create/update many student accounts at once. 
• Search for a student by name or Student ID.
• Tap [...] > Edit Student to edit a student’s account.
  • You can change their name, profile photo, student ID, classes they are enrolled in, and more!
     
• Download a student's journal.
• View archived student accounts.
  • You may need to use this tool to merge student accounts or reactivate a student's account. 
• Download a CSV of your student accounts.
  • This CSV Export will give you a list of all students (active and archived) in your school.
  • It will display student names, student IDs, email addresses, archive statuses, number of connected family members, and which active classes they are enrolled in. 

The Families tab will show you all of the family members connected to the students at your school.

From this tab, you can:

• Use Add or Edit Families in Bulk to add new family members and update existing family members.

Engagement analytics allow admins to better understand teacher, student, and family Seesaw usage. At the school level, this includes data like teacher and student platform activity, number of activities assigned, family visits/interactions, highlighted student posts, and much more!

Learning Insights provides data on student progress at the district, school, and subject area level, and provides the tools to monitor progress and make data-driven decisions related to instruction.