Secondary parents must continue to access ParentVUE for official grades for all assignments and grade totals*

In Canvas, parents and guardians function as Observers. This means you have limited permissions that allow you to see what is going on in a course without participating in the course or viewing the work or interactions of students for whom you are not the guardian.

Parent observers can view their student's courses in Canvas after the teacher has published the course. Observers cannot submit work on behalf of the students they observe.

At APS, parents may create a Canvas Parent account and access Canvas via a web browser or the Parent app. It is not required for parents to create a Canvas account. However, with an account, you are 'co-enrolled' in all your student's courses as an Observer and can monitor their progress.

APS recommends using the web browser to log in as a Parent Observer because it provides the best experience and the most functionality for a parent.

Via the web browser....

Canvas Parent Observers
Parents CAN:	Parents CANNOT:
View every course their child is enrolled in View course content Check their child’s submissions, grades and feedback for assignments graded in Canvas Adjust their notifications and frequency Communicate with teachers via the Inbox	submit any Assignments view Discussions or Quizzes join course Groups send messages to Students see who else is enrolled in the Course see content from tools that are integrated or linked to such as: Google Docs, MS Streams videos, Discovery, and more

Canvas Guides