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Parents: Have You Signed Up for Canvas?

Canvas allows our teachers and students to use our 1:1 technology more efficiently and more effectively. Canvas parent accounts are free and will allow you to quickly and easily engage in your child’s education. A parent observer account allows parents to:

• 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.

Signing Up

You can sign up for a Canvas observer account by following the directions in this guide, Canvas Parent Accounts. You must have your student’s Novell username and password to sign up for an account. 

More information

For additional details and guides on using Canvas, visit the Canvas Help for Parents section on the WHS website.

Help Available at Open House

During Open House on August 24th from 6-8 pm, stop by room 105 if you need assistance signing up or have questions. We do NOT have access to student’s Novell passwords so please bring this information with you to the Open House.

Student Accounts

See this page for details on how to log into these accounts: Novell, Student Portal for Student Records, Google, Canvas, and NetStorage.