Family Resources to Support Student Learning
FAQ Technology & Canvas Related Questions
| Canvas Demonstration & Log In Directions | ||
| Canvas Overview | ||
| Log into Canvas on an iPad | Step 1: Open Chrome browser. Step 2: Type “bettendorf.instructure.com” without the quotes in the address bar. Step 3: You should see a Google style login. Please use your students credentials. Step 4: Once the site loads, bookmark it. Step 4.5: For future security, write the address from step 2 on a post and put it in on your refrigerator. That address will easily get you to Canvas day or night! | |
| Log into Canvas as a Student on a Chromebook or a Computer through Google | Step 1: Open Chrome browser. Step 2: Type “Google.com” without the quotes in the address bar. Step 3: You should see a Google style login. Please use your students credentials. Username: student iD + @g.bettendorf.k12.ia.us Password: bcs + last 6 numbers of their state id Step 4: Go up to the nine little squares/waffle in the corner of student Google Account. (We have enabled Google Single Sign On, which means students can get in through your google account without a password.) | |
| Log into Canvas as a Parent/ Observer | Step1: Go to https://bettendorf.instructure.com/login/canvas Step 2: Sign in with parent personal email and password parent created. (If you haven’t set up an observer account yet see information below for instructions on creating an observer account) | |
Question/Topic: | ||
| Assignments/Homework | ||
| How can I tell if my student has been in Canvas? How can I, as a parent/ observer see if my student submitted work in Canvas? (on computer and the app) As a parent, how do I check student grades? | Video: View Student's Submitted Work Video: Checking Grades in Canvas | |
| How do students find and access assignments? | Document with Embedded Video: | |
| How do parents find/ access students past week assignments? | Video: BMS Previous Work | |
| How can my child submit a media recording in Canvas? Why won’t my child’s media recording submit after I select save? | Canvas Documentation: Submitting a media file | |
| How can students and parents/ observers see the comments and feedback a teacher leaves on a student’s assignment? | Canvas Documentation: Viewing Comments | |
| Log-in/ Syncing | (Grade PK- Grade1) | (Grade 2 - Grade 12) Chromebook Training Video |
| Can you give a quick overview of how to use Canvas? | Video: Canvas Overview | |
| How can my student authorize a Google Cloud assignment? | Document with Embedded Video: | |
| What does a parent/child see when they click on an assignment or module that isn’t published yet? | If a teacher hasn’t published an assignment or module yet for students to view in Canvas it will give you an access denied message (See example video below) Video: Access Denied | |
| How does my child access ST Math and Lexia on iPad? | ST Math: For more info about the ST program, watch this ST Math Intro for families Lexia: Lexia login information will be given to all elementary online learning only students and individual hybrid students deemed needing intervention based upon progress monitoring. LexiaCore5 Reading | |
| What do I do if I get an “access locked” padlock message in Canvas? | Video: Making a Course or Assignment Accessible to Student Document | |
| How will parents be able to bypass the pairing code when students want to do things on their own? | They can’t. Students have to give the parents the code one time. Please reference the | They can’t. Students have to give the parents the code one time. Please reference the |
| How does Google Meet work? | ||
| Do we have any text readers in Google and for Canvas that can be used on the Chromebooks? | Yes! Google Read Write App & Read ALoud App | Yes! Google Read Write App & Read ALoud App |
| High School Only- How do parents create an account in Edgenuity to keep track of their student’s course progress? | Account information will be available during the week of September 28th. | |
Resources:
- Documentation: How to set up a parent observer account in Canvas
- Documentation: Canvas Observer Features
Support:
- Please contact your student’s teacher if you have questions about their online assignments or grading.
- If a student or parent is having difficulties logging into Canvas please contact your child’s school.
- If you experience problems with District technology (Chromebooks and iPads for students), you can email support@bettendorf.k12.ia.us