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Parent Help for Canvas

10 Tips for Parents Using Canvas

Using Canvas as an Observer

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 Access to different elements of Canvas is based on your role. Teachers, students and parents all have different levels of access to Canvas. As a parent, you have the Canvas role of an observer. The main use of the observer role is to link a user to a student. Observers cannot submit work on behalf of the students they observe, but they can see student grades, assignments, and calendar events. 

Observers Can See and Do the Following

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  • View and read announcements

  • View assignments index page

  • View the calendar

  • Join conferences, if invited

  • Join collaborations, if invited

  • View personal inbox

  • Send conversation messages to instructor and student they are observing

  • View the dashboard

  • View files unless they are locked

  • View grades of student they are observing and filter, view scores and dates, and print grades

  • View modules and see due dates, point values, etc.

  • View pages and contribute if the instructor enables the Anyone can edit it setting

  • View profile pictures, if available

  • View syllabus

  • View outcomes

  • View quizzes index page

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Observers Cannot

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  • Comment on announcements or discussions

  • View active quizzes

  • Submit assignments or quizzes

  • View course rosters

  • Send conversation messages to students in the course they are not observing

  • View locked files or folders

  • Join groups

  • View unpublished courses

  • Access the Chat tool

  • Reserve appointment slots in the Scheduler

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