Canvas Parent

• Visit https://mvcsc.instructure.com/login/canvas and select “Parent of a Canvas User? Click here for a parent account.”

• Enter the required information including your name, email address, student pairing code, password and password confirmation.

• To get a Student Pairing Code, your student should log into Canvas to generate one.  Students can access their Canvas account through Clever.

• Before you will be able to log in to Canvas, you will need to check your email and follow the steps in the Canvas welcome email to confirm your account.

You only need one Canvas account to participate in all your students’ courses. Once you’ve created a Canvas account, follow these steps to add additional students. Note: these instructions will only work in the desktop version of Canvas, not the mobile app.

• Log in to Canvas at https://mvcsc.instructure.com/login/canvas

• Select Account in the blue bar on the left-hand side and select Observing

• Enter the pairing code generated from your student’s account and click +Student

• To get a Student Pairing Code, your student should log into Canvas to generate one. Student usernames and passwords for Canvas are the same ones they use to log into a computer at school.  

• Pairing codes are valid for seven days or one use. 

• Student Pairing Codes are case-sensitive.

Visit https://mvcsc.instructure.com/login/canvas and select “Forgot Password"

You can mark Canvas courses as favorites so that they show up on your Dashboard

• Web: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Observer-Guide/How-do-I-customize-my-Courses-list-as-an-observer/ta-p/564

When logged into the app on your phone, select the gear icon (iOS) or plus sign icon (Android) at the top of the screen to select the desired courses to show on your dashboard. For more details, see the following Canvas guides: 

• Web: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10570-4212710327   

• Android: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-1567

• iOS: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-1668

Please visit the Canvas guide available at https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-1286 to learn more about notifications.

Canvas recommends keeping your staff and parent accounts separate.

Please consider registering for your own observer account using your personal email address.

If you are receiving an 'invalid credentials' or an 'unknown observee' error, please verify the Student Pairing Code with your student. Codes expire 7 days after they were generated or after one use. Each observer account needs to use its own code. 

Parents and Observers can choose to use either the Canvas Student app or the Canvas Parent app. There are pros and cons to each app.

Please see the following information from Canvas regarding currently supported browsers: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-1284

The calendar in Canvas shows events for up to 15 courses at a time. You can choose which courses you see at any given time by following these instructions: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-2622. The calendar in the Canvas app functions the same way.

• Android: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-2027 

• iOS: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-4111

Please see this Canvas guide for instructions on changing the language: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-1289