Seesaw Support

This chapter has step-by-step instructions for parents for basic Seesaw setup details.

Seesaw - How Parents and Students Submit Work in Seesaw
Seesaw - Student Login to Seesaw Portfolios
Accessing Multiple Seesaw Accounts
Seesaw - How to Edit People on a Post
Seesaw - Making a Good Seesaw Post

Seesaw - How Parents and Students Submit Work in Seesaw

This chapter provides instructions for parents or students for sharing student work samples on Seesaw.

*If you prefer a video format, this Seesaw for HCOS video provides an overview of how to sign in to your account using your home learning codes, how to add your other children, how to switch between classes (Foundations and CC/CC+) and how to share learning.

If a student is adding work samples, the parent should review and supervise until the student understands what to share with their support teacher.

Getting Started

Open your Seesaw Journal in the Seesaw Class App or by accessing app.seesaw.me. If you have logged in before, your family class should open without needing to log in again.

Step One:

The app will open to the activity tab for the last class you were logged into.

Tip: If your child is in CC/CC+, make sure you are in the Foundations Class, not the CC/CC+ class, when you post.
When you click your child's name (top-left corner), you can see the other classes they are enrolled in.

Click the student name again to see the other children in your family.

Step Two:

To post a sample, click on the Journal tab. On the page that opens, you'll see any posts that were tagged for that child.
Click the green + button to add a post.

Step Three:

On the page that opens:

Select a creative tool that best fits the work to be uploaded:
- Use the 'upload' feature to add photos from their phone camera roll, computer, or Google Drive.
- Take a photo or video right in the app.
- Click the pencil to make a drawing, write notes, etc.
- Use the "note" pad for a written post.
- Click the "link" button to share a link (e.g., to a video, other document, etc.)

Follow the prompts for the Creative Tool you are using to upload the samples.

Step Four:

You can edit the post by adding voice recordings, drawings, text labels, or captions by clicking the icons to the left of your screen.	You can also click the quotation mark button at the bottom left of the page to record a voice message or upload an audio file to accompany the work sample.

Step Five:

Tap the green 'check mark' at the top right to complete your post	Optional: select a folder or folders to tag your work sample. It will appear in your journal with subject tags.

Step Six:

Once it's posted, click the three dots in the bottom-right corner of the post, then select "edit people" to add other students to that sample.	In the window that opens, select the students the post applies to, and click the green checkmark to add it to each portfolio.

Step Seven:

To add a comment or additional details about the post, click the 'Comment' box under the posted work sample and write your comment. You can also add a voice comment by clicking the microphone. If the comment applies to all students, simply add that to the note.

Additional Support

How to use Multipage to post up to 20 pages

How to add multiple photos to a post

Seesaw - Student Login to Seesaw Portfolios

How to Log in to Seesaw Portfolios Using Your Home Learning Code:

For consistency between our programs, all students will receive a 'Home Learning Code' unique to them so they can access their Family Class and their CC or CC+ Seesaw portfolios with one simple login. Foundations teachers will share home learning codes for "Family Classes," and if your child participates in CC or CC+, they will be able to see their CC or CC+ class using the same login code. *Note: CC classes will be set up in September, once classes begin.

Families will be set up as a class, and parents will still be able to view all the children in their family and tag any or all of them when they share family learning samples. Families will be able to see their child's CC class portfolio from the same login, but will not be able to view other students’ work.

Your support teacher will email you a link to a PDF with step-by-step instructions. You can also follow the written instructions below for more detailed instructions.

Logging Into Your Child's Portfolio:

Step 1: You can connect and log in to your child's portfolio in the following ways:

On a desktop, laptop or Chromebook, via the free Seesaw App at app.seesaw.me and clicking on “Log in” on the top right.
On your mobile device via the Seesaw app.

Desktop

Mobile Device

Step 2: Click on “I’m a Student”

Step 3: Using the PDF sent by your teacher, enter the text code if you are logging in from a desktop, or click the purple "scan code" button and then scan the QR code in the Seesaw App, then click “Go”. The image below (left) shows a sample of the PDF you would have received from your teacher. The image below (right) shows where to enter the text code or scan the code.

Step 4: You are now in your class! Other Seesaw classes your child is part of will appear on the left side of your screen. After this initial setup, you should not need to sign in again unless you sign yourself out.

Adding Additional Children:

Step 5: It's simple for families to add their own children's accounts! After you are in your child's account, click your child’s name in the top-left (Step A below), then select “Add Account” (Step B below), which will take you back to Step 2 above.

Step A

Step B

Notes for Foundations Families:

Journal Page: Your initial login takes you to the "Activities" tab. Simply click the "Journal" tab to post samples for your foundations teacher!
Toggling: As a parent, you will only see one child at a time on the page, but by clicking your child's name (see above), you can easily toggle between your children and between the other classes they are in. To learn how to toggle between accounts, go here.
Sharing Family Learning: Although you will be posting from one of your children's accounts, you can easily tag the other children in your family to share family learning! Click this link for step-by-step directions.

Accessing Multiple Seesaw Accounts

How to Toggle Between Multiple Seesaw Accounts

It is easy to access multiple Seesaw classes on the same device without repeatedly signing out and back in to accounts.

Watch the video Toggling between multiple Seesaw accounts.mp4 and/or follow the instructions below to see how easy it is to toggle between accounts.

NOTE: This is device-specific. You will need to repeat these steps if you're using Seesaw on multiple devices.

Step 1: To add student accounts to Seesaw, follow these steps. To toggle between the Seesaw accounts already added to your device, click on your child’s name at the top left.

Step 2: Scroll down to the section titled “Switch Accounts” and click on the account you want to switch to. In this case, we want to switch to the account belonging to “Child 2.”

Seesaw - How to Edit People on a Post

These steps are for families using a Home Learning code with their Support Teacher or Case Manager.

If you are using a Home Learning code rather than a Class code to log into your Seesaw portfolio, you will need to toggle to access each child’s Seesaw classes and will not be able to see all your children listed in one class. However, as long as your other children are part of the same class, you are still able to tag multiple children on posts without having to toggle between accounts.

Watch the video Edit People on a Post.mp4 and/or follow the instructions below to see how easy it is to add all your children to a post from one child’s Seesaw account.

NOTE: This will not work for CC/CC+ portfolios.

Seesaw - Making a Good Seesaw Post

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFO ON SEESAW HERE AT SEESAW SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES