Canvas Parent Observer
As a parent or legal guardian, you have the ability to be an observer in your child’s Canvas course. This will allow you to not only see their assignment submissions and grades, but you can also view the curriculum materials published by the teacher of the course.
To become a Parent Observer, you will need to follow these steps. You will need both your own device and your child’s Chromebook.
- Go to the division homepage and click on the Canvas for Parents icon.
- Click the link at the top right that says “Click Here for an Account.”
- Enter your first and last name, your primary email address, and a password of your choice. To get the Student Pairing Code, you’ll leave this window up but follow Steps 4 through 8 below.
- Have your child open Canvas on his or her Chromebook.
- Click on his or her account photo (circular icon) on the top left of Canvas.
- Click on Settings.
- On the right side of the page, click Pair with Observer.
- Copy the code given to you. This code expires in 7 days or after one use. You can generate a new one if needed.
- Go back to the window left open in Step 3 and paste in the code from Step 8.
- Click Start Participating.
Moving forward, you can click that same icon on our division webpage to log in with your email address and password, or you can download the free Canvas Parent app seen below from your phone’s app store. Click here to view in the Apple App Store. Click here to view in the Google Play Store.

If you'd like a video visual of the steps above, please click here. You can also access Canvas' own guides for Parent Observers by clicking here.
If you have more than one child in your school system, you can view these directions or this video in order to learn how to add an additional child to your existing account.