Ferguson-Florissant School District

Getting Started with Canvas as a Parent

Canvas is the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Learning Management System. Canvas is a course management system that supports online learning and teaching. Parents can sign up for a free account in order to view the resources and activities posted in their child’s courses that are available on Canvas. You can access our Canvas by using a browser on a computer, or by installing the Canvas Parent app on your mobile device.

Parents can:

• Read announcements, view the calendar, and see the course syllabus.
• Access a list of assignments with due dates.
• See your child's assignments, but not his/her discussion posts.
• View your child’s scores on assignments in Canvas. Course grades will continue to be published in SIS.
• Use the Inbox to contact the teacher.
• Set up notifications to get emails or texts for announcements, assignments, etc.
• View the instructional content in the course.
• Please note: When parents add the Canvas app and logs in, you will not see your child's courses automatically.  You must pair your child's teacher(s) with their account. Here is a link to generating a student pairing code.    How do I generate a pairing code for an observer as a student?

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