Families can view their student's course content and progress by creating a Canvas Observer Account. If you have multiple students, you can link all your students under a single Observer account.

Get Started

• First, your student must first log in to Canvas on a computer (not a mobile device) and generate a pairing code. View a tutorial of how to generate a code for a parent observer account.
• The student must be enrolled in courses before you can sign up to observe the student. (Wait until after the first day of school.)
• Once you have the pairing code, you can create your account. Go to https://wcpss.instructure.com/login/canvas and click the link Click Here for an Account.

• If you have multiple students, follow these directions for Linking Multiple Students to an Observer Account.
• When using the Parent App (iOS and Android), search for Wake County Public Schools (NC) - Parents

Canvas Observers

As an observer, you will have limited permissions that allow you to see what is going on in a course without interrupting or participating in the course. You can:

• See the calendar 
• See the modules page 
• View course announcements 
• Preview documents in course pages 
• See Quiz titles
• See Canvas grades and assignment due dates
• Access conversations in the Inbox

 Canvas Interface

You can view global navigation, course navigation, breadcrumb navigation, sidebar, and help link.

• The global navigation helps you get to where you want to go across all of your Canvas courses [1].
• The course navigation helps you get to where you want to go within your Canvas course [2].
• The breadcrumb navigation shows you where you have gone inside of a course and gives you a quick and easy way to move backward [3].
• The sidebar will be mostly empty for Observers [4].
• The help link is for when you need assistance. [5].