Canvas for Parents
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Why should I have a Canvas Parent Account?
Canvas is the WHS campus learning management system. It is also being used as the main instructional tool for Grayson College and North Texas as well as many other colleges across the country.
Canvas acts as a hub for each teacher across the campus. Here they house their instructional tools and resources. These include, but are not limited to the following:
due dates, assignments, instructions, rubrics, projects, quizzes, videos, images, presentations, class discussions, events, calendar, links and articles.
With a parent account you will be able to view all materials that are published by your student’s teacher as well as your student’s online contributions and submissions in class.
***Please keep in mind that teachers are new to Canvas this year and some are not ready to launch Canvas in their classes at this time.
Gradebook Information
Please keep in mind that the two systems do not "speak" to each other, so the teacher must enter Canvas grades into Parent Portal manually. As a result, sometimes discrepancies occur. If this happens, please have your child send the teacher a message on Canvas explaining the situation. Please encourage your child to communicate with their teachers on their own. This is a valuable skill that will be needed as they enter college and beyond.
Teachers and students alike are new to Canvas this year. Although teachers are working hard to make their classes more fully integrated with technology, we are still in the learning process, so please be patient with us while we sort out any technical issues. Teachers are not required by the district to use Canvas exclusively in their classrooms, it is merely a tool to help the student become more self sufficient with their schoolwork.
How to sign up for a Canvas Parent Account
- Sit down with your child and have them work with you to launch the app.
- Download the Canvas Parent App on itunes or Google Play.
- You will need your child's Whitesboro ISD username and password to see their account.
- Username Format: first.last@whitesboroisd.org
- Password: Student ID number and First Initial (Capitalized) and last initial.
- Ask your child for this information.
- Click Create an Account
- Enter your own e-mail and password.
- Add your institution (Whitesboro)
- When you see the google account information prompt, enter your student's Whitesboro student account.
- See the link below for frequently asked questions about the Canvas Parent Account.
- For log in problems, E-mail Carol Keene at keenec@whitesboroisd.org.