Audience: Teachers
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.
Invites can be translated into dozens of languages.
First, make sure that you have added students to your class before you invite their families.
- Tap on the Wrench Icon to open Class Settings.
- Enable family access from Class Settings (if not already turned on). Family access is automatically set to OFF as a default setting on all classes. To enable, slide the toggle to the right.
- Go into the class you'd like to connect families to and tap + Families.
- Tap on the Wrench Icon to open Class Settings.
- Select Invite Families. Add the family member email address next to each student’s name. You can invite up to 10 family members to connect to each student’s journal.
- Tap the Invite Families button.
- Once you’ve added the family member's email address, they will receive an email invite (in English) to connect to their child’s journal.
You can look back at any time to see the family members who have connected to each student journal.
You can always remove connected family members through your Class Settings menu.
If you are looking for a translated invite, please use the printed QR code invite option.
- Tap on the Wrench Icon to open Class Settings.
- Select Invite Families. Enter family member phone numbers next to each student’s name. You can invite up to 10 family members to connect to each student’s journal.
- Tap the Invite Families button.
- This will send an SMS text message to the family member’s mobile device, with an invitation to connect to their child’s journal.
Once you’ve added family phone numbers, you can look back at any time to see the status of the invitation, including the family members who have connected to each student journal.
When families are invited by SMS, they are not signed up for SMS notifications. The default setting is to receive notifications by email. If families want to receive updates by SMS they will need to turn this feature on in their account settings.
💡If a family member is unable to receive SMS notifications, ensure they have enabled push notifications.
Please note if you are in Canada and inviting family members with SMS, you need to include the country code in addition to the phone number.
Teachers can generate an Invite Link to connect families to their students' Seesaw journals.
- Tap on the Wrench Icon to open Class Settings.
- Select Invite Families. Tap Share an Invite Link.
- Copy and paste the URL that generates into your communication with family members.
- This invite link will work for every student in the Seesaw Class. When pasting the link into their browser window, all the family member has to do is choose their student's name from the list to connect to the journal.
- Once the family member chooses which student they're trying to connect to and creates a Seesaw account, the teacher will receive a notification letting them know that they have a family invite pending.
Families will receive an email, SMS message, or QR code. Learn more about the family experience here!
Email
When they receive an email it will appear directly in their personal inbox. Family members will need to choose to connect to their child’s journal.
Family members will be prompted to sign in or create a new account.
SMS
When the family member receives an SMS message, it will appear on their device. When family members open the message, they will see directions to connect to their child’s journal.
Family members will be prompted to sign in with an existing account or create a new account.
If Family members do not have the Seesaw App, they will be prompted to download the Seesaw App (available on all app stores) once they have created an account.
QR Code
When family members receive a QR Code, they can use their device’s camera or the camera in the Seesaw App to connect to their child’s account.
- When family members open their camera, they can take a picture of the QR code. Then will be prompted to open app.seesaw.me in Safari on their device.
- Once family members confirm the connection, they will be prompted to sign in or create an account.