Seesaw

Getting Started

What is Seesaw?

The Seesaw app is described as a student-driven digital portfolio. Seesaw empowers students to create, reflect, collaborate and share. It allows for family members to use the Seesaw Family app to keep up to date with their child's learning, and easily communicate between school and home. Students in grades K-2 will be using Seesaw.

How do students access Seesaw at home?

Step 1

Find the Clever App on the iPad and open it.

If you are on a computer go to www.clever.com and select Oak Park School District 97

Step 2

Log-in to Clever using either:

your Clever Badge or
click student username/password and select Log in with Google.

Step 3

Click on the Seesaw icon and the Seesaw Class app will open.

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Seesaw Family Access

When there are new Seesaw posts from students or teachers, families can be notified via app notification, email or text. Families are only notified about their own child’s work, and all data is safe and secure. Families have the option to comment on their child's work and send a private message to the teacher.

How Do Family Members Access Seesaw?

Download 'Seesaw Family' from the App Store or Google Play Store. Don’t have a smartphone? Sign up on a computer at app.seesaw.me.
Obtain the join link from your child's teacher. Complete the steps to sign up.
Wait for your child's teacher to approve your account.
Make sure to allow notifications to get real-time updates about new posts.

Changing family account notifications

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Understanding the Seesaw Class App vs. Family App

Why can’t I just use the Family app?

The Seesaw Class app allows students to access their journal and all Class app learning tools. The Family app is great for family members and teachers to communicate, but students should use the Class app for home learning.

Can students access activities in the Family app?

No. Students access activities in the Class app by signing in thru Clever.

Can I message the teacher from the Class app?

No. You should use the Family app to message the teacher.

If a student logs into the Class app, then on the same device a family member logs into the Family app to message the teacher, does the student need to log out of the Class app? What about on a computer?

If using the Seesaw Class app, students can stay logged in. The Class app and the Family app are separate applications. If using a computer, your student will need to log out for you to log into as a family member.