Seesaw

Seesaw is a learning platform that empowers even the youngest learners to showcase what they’re learning at school. It builds an organized digital learning portfolio that is accessible by students, teachers, and families. As a family communication and engagement tool, Seesaw can be used to keep families in the loop by giving a real-time, personalized glimpse into a child’s day. Seesaw empowers students to create, reflect, collaborate, and share what they know.

Student Login

FaMILY Login

Faculty & Staff Login

How to Login

How to Get Help

Need help with supporting a student in Seesaw? Try these resources:

Contact Your School's Learning Technology Integrator (LTI)
Your LTI can assist with student account setup and troubleshooting, as well as support and training with using student devices.

Contact Your School's Technology Support Specialist (TSS)
Is the student's device broken, running unreliably, or receiving error messages? Your TSS can help! Put in a support ticket through one of the links below and someone will be assigned to you. You can also call the Service Desk at 434-975-9444.

Open a Ticket -- Teachers
Open a Ticket -- Students and Families

Need more help?
Check out our Return to School Technology Support for Families page for more.

Families

Overview: The What and Why of Seesaw

The Family App vs. Class App

It may seem confusing that there are two Seesaw apps. However, the Seesaw Family App and the Seesaw Class App serve two different groups of users and have two different functions. Let’s find out more about the purposes and audiences that each app serves:

The Family App...
...is parent and caregiver-facing. Here, families log in to see their child’s or children’s journal. It is a communication tool that helps family members keep in touch with their child’s learning. Families can see the student's work, like or “heart” the work, and make comments on it. The teacher can also message the parents and send announcements that are received through the Family App. Some students are motivated to do their best when they know that their family members will be providing feedback on or ask them about their work.

The Class App...
...is student-facing. Students use a variety of creative tools to capture their learning and thinking in a digital portfolio. This is also how students see the activities that have been assigned to them and turn in or submit responses to those activities. Teachers and students interact with the work and reflections that students share, and students benefit from the individual feedback.

Getting Connected to the Family App

Before you can log in to the family app to see your child's journal, your child's teacher must connect your email address to your child's class in Seesaw. When this is completed, you will receive an email with logon instruction. Once you have this email, proceed with the following steps:

ON A COMPUTER:

Using a web browser, go to app.seesaw.me
Click "I'm a Family Member."
Login with the email address from which you received your Seesaw family login information.

ON A PHONE OR TABLET:

Download the Seesaw Family App from your phone or tablet's app store. If accessing via an ACPS provided iPad, this can be found in the Self-Service app.
Once downloaded, open the app.
Login with the email address from which you received your Seesaw family login information.

Using Seesaw as a Family Member

Please see the following questions and tutorials for using Seesaw as a Family Member. If you are looking for information on how your child will use Seesaw as a student, please see the "Students" tab above.

Getting Started (links open in a new tab)

How do I change my family account notifications?
Why isn't my QR code working?

The Basics (links open in a new tab)

I have more than one child using Seesaw. How do I add multiple journals to the family app?
Can families complete activities?
How long do families have access to their child's Seesaw Journal?
How do families and students download an archive of student work?
Can I add photos and videos as a family member?
How do I message my child's teacher?
How can family members get SMS notifications (text messages)?

How to Get Help

Need help with Seesaw? Try these resources:

Contact Your School's Learning Technology Integrator (LTI)
Your LTI can assist with student account setup and troubleshooting, as well as support and training with using student devices.

Contact the Service Desk
Is a student device broken, running unreliably, or receiving error messages? The ACPS service desk can help! Put in a support ticket and someone will be assigned to you. You can also call the Service Desk at 434.975.9444.

Need more help?
Check out our Return to School Technology Support for Families page for more.

Faculty & Staff

What is Seesaw?

Seesaw is:

An easy-to-use platform that meets a wide range of learning needs at school, but also at home
Useable on any platform or web browser
Developmentally appropriate for elementary school students
Great for amplifying student voice by providing many ways of showing learning
A community of teachers with pre-built lessons
An efficient family communication tool
A digital portfolio of growth and learning

Curious about how Seesaw works to achieve all this? Check out this resource from Seesaw.

How to Log In

Using Seesaw as a Teacher

The Basics
Seesaw has many tutorials for using the platform. Check them out on Seesaw's help site. We recommend working through tutorials found in the Getting Started and Basics sections. Please note that ACPS sets up all classes for teachers via a push from PowerSchool. You will not need to set up your own classes or students, so you may skip the "How Do I Set Up My Class," and "How Do I Add Students to My Class" tutorials.

Beyond the Basics
Users familiar with the platform may wish to continue with tutorials in the Beyond the Basics section of Seesaw's help site.

Additional Help
Seesaw also maintains a YouTube channel with walkthroughs of its features. If you need further support with using Seesaw, please reach out to your school's Learning Technology Integrator.

ACPS Professional Development for Seesaw

ACPS has developed online PD modules to assist teachers with learning how to use Seesaw, as well as to engage with various instructional considerations when building lessons on the platform. This PD is stored in Schoology, our division's learning management system for professional development. To access this PD:

Go to lms.k12albemarle.org
Login with your ACPS credentials
Select "Courses" in the top menu
Click "My Courses" in the top right
Click the "Join a Course" button in the top right
Enter the code CX7Z-JMJT-QSFS5 and click the "Join" button.

You will be taken directly to the new Seesaw course. In the future, simply login to Schoology (Steps 1 & 2), and select "Courses" to continue working.

How to Get Help

Need help with Seesaw? Try these resources:

Contact Your School's Learning Technology Integrator (LTI)
Your LTI can assist with student account setup and troubleshooting, as well as support and training with using student devices.

Contact the Service Desk
Is yours or a student's device broken, running unreliably, or receiving error messages? The ACPS service desk can help! Put in a support ticket and someone will be assigned to you. You can also call the Service Desk at 434.975.9444.

Need more help?
Check out our Return to School Technology Support for Families page for more.

How to Restore an Archived Class

Tap your profile icon in the top left corner and then tap the gear icon.
Tap Account Settings.
Tap Manage Archived Classes. A list of your archived classes will appear. Tap ‘Restore’ to retrieve your class. Once you tap 'Restore', the class will appear on your class list once you tap your profile icon.
After retrieving your content please Archive your class.