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SEESAW

Seesaw is a digital portfolio system that allows students to engage in learning activities and share their work with their teacher and their family. Parents can comment on student work and receive progress updates from teachers. Seesaw will be the central learning platform in grades K-2.

Here are three helpful videos to get you started.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to simplify and streamline the process of creating, distributing, and sharing files between teachers and students. Students will receive Google Classroom training upon the start of this school year. It will be the central platform for grades 3-8.
 
Here are some helpful video tips to assist in your student's navigation of Google Classroom.
Once you have watched these intro videos, please continue to read below and then use this link to learn more detailed Seesaw set up info! 

Navigating Seesaw Parent Information Remote Learning with Seesaw


Students

  • Students add posts to their journals. 
  • Student posts showcase the academic projects they've been working on in the classroom. 
  • This could include photos, artwork, videos, activities, notes, projects they've created in other apps, and more.
Families

  • Families get notified when there are new posts in their student's journal. 
  • They can view posts and add likes and comments. 
  • Seesaw requires an invite from your child's teacher in order to sign up. 
  • If you do not receive an invite QR code or link, contact your child's teacher. 
  • Up to 10 family members can connect to one child's journal.

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  • Some Facts

    • If you have more than one child using Seesaw, you can subscribe to both journals using the same account.
    • You can access Seesaw on any device, iOS, Android, or access from any web browser.
    • The Family App gives family members a view of what their child is working on in the classroom. 
    • Family members can comment on student work, view announcements, and message their child's teacher. 
    • Family accounts cannot respond to Activities or post directly to a student journal.

  • What are the benefits of Seesaw

    Students
     
    • Encourages deeper learning and reflection.
    • Students can share their work with other students and respond to work. 
    • Opportunities for students to collaborate with teachers and other students.
    • Easy to use - young learners can use Seesaw independently! 
    • Develops digital citizenship skills in a managed environment.

    Families/ Home Tutors
     
    • Receive instant notifications about student posts and feedback from teachers. 
    • Accessible from any device, any time, any where.
    • Saves on classroom resources.
    • Access to examples of high quality instruction.
    • Files are able to be uploaded that would be too large to email.
    • Can be shared with family members.

    Teachers
     
    • Work appears “live” so that feedback is able to be more immediate and relevant to our students.
    • Teachers will be able to provide feedback using a range of tools.
    • Teachers can assign “Activities” for the students to complete, allowing them to monitor progress throughout the year. 
    • Teachers can use Seesaw to support student learning (video tutorials, links to documents, etc).

Google Classroom FAQ's

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  • Sign In and Accounts

    There are three main Google Account types

    You might have a G Suite Account at work. It looks like     you@yourorganization.com.

    Or, you or your student might have a Personal Google Account. Typically, you use a personal Google Account outside of a school setting, like at home.  It looks like     you@example.com.

    At Cathedral we use a Google School Account, also known as a G Suite for Education account. This account is set up by the school IT Administrator. It looks like     you@yourschool.edu. 

  • Assignments

    Due to privacy laws, parents and guardians can't access Classroom or student assignments.

    You can get email summaries if the teacher allows it.

    A teacher can invite a parent or guardian to receive email summaries about their student’s work in class.

    Email summaries do not include grades, but they do include:

      • Missing work—Work not turned in when the summary was sent
      • Upcoming work—Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails)
      • Class activity—Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers. 

  • To help your student Sign In

    You must have an active internet connection to sign in.

    1. Go to classroom.google.com.
    2. Click Go to Classroom.
    3. Enter the email address for your student’s Classroom account and click Next.
    4. Enter the password and click Next.
    If there is a welcome message, review it and click Accept. If your student is using a G Suite for Education account, click I’m A Student.

    Note: Users on personal Google Accounts won’t see this option, so make sure your student is on the Cathedral account! 

    Click Get Started. 

    If your student forgot the password, ask the teacher if they have it, and if not, ask the teacher to contact the admin to reset your student’s password.

  • Class Codes and Class Invitations

    Your student’s teacher might use Class Codes and Invitations. 

    A class code consists of 6 or 7 alphanumeric characters. For example, hjhmgrk or g5gdp1. They are typically sent to your student’s school gmail account.

    If the class code received does not work, ask the teacher to send a new class code. If the new class code doesn’t work, ask the teacher to contact the school’s IT admin.

    If your student accidentally deleted, lost, or forgot the class code before adding themself to a class, ask the teacher to resend the code.

    Note: You only use the class code once to join the class. You are then enrolled in the class and you don't need to re-use the code again.

    The same goes for Class Invitations. If your student lost the class invitation before adding themself to a class, ask the teacher to resend the class invitation.

    Note: You only use the class invitation once to enroll. You don't need to re-use the class invitation again. If your student accidentally unenrolled from a class, ask the teacher to resend a class code or invitation.

  • Posting to your classroom or announcement stream

    Please emphasize to your student that posting comments in Google Classroom should be done with discretion. If your student posts and then delete a post, the teacher can still see all deleted posts and comments. If your student has trouble posting comments, the teacher may have turned off posting for that class, inquire with the teacher.

  • Turning In Assignments

    If the Turn in Assignment button doesn’t work, or if your student gets an error message when they click Turn in, let the teacher know.

    If your student can’t turn in an attachment assigned to them, try these steps:

    • First, to save any work you did in the attachment, copy and paste your work into a blank document.
    • In the Classroom assignment, on the attachment, click Remove, and then click Make a copy.
    • Click the new attachment.
    • Paste any saved work into the new file.
    • Click Turn in.

    If you didn't get an attachment your teacher assigned, let your teacher know.

    For more information about attachments assigned go to Turn in an assignment, at this link:  

    https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6020285#mycopy
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