Please note that it takes 24-48 hours for students to show up in systems like Seesaw once they are entered in Powerschool. If you try logging a student in before that window you will receive a Join Code Error. Please wait for the information to push to all of our systems.
What's New in Seesaw!
Embedding multiple links on a slide, video instructions alongside a student activity and more!
Hyperlink to Other Pages
Make your first Seesaw page a landing page that jumps to the correct slide.
Learn how to insert tool images into your activity instruction with these simple steps.
Messaging, Assigning, & Scheduling Activities
This video will show you how to send whole group or individual messages to students as well as assigning work to whole classes or individual students on a specific day and time.
Share Activities with Colleagues, School, or District
Once you make or edit an activity as a teacher or administrator, you can share it to your school or district library. This is a great way to share resources across the district as a grade level.
Schoolwide Announcements for Administrators
Principals can now send out grade level, whole building or staff messages through their Seesaw Administrator account.
Seesaw Folders
Learn how to organize your virtual classroom with Seesaw folders.
Seesaw Collections
Learn how to organize your created activities with collections!
Becoming Familiar with Seesaw
Getting your Students Started with Seesaw
Assign an activity to students (5 Getting Started in Seesaw assignments)
Have students sign into Seesaw for the first time (younger grade level should ask for help from an older buddy classroom
Have students complete their first activity
Assign a second activity that incorporates another tool like the microphone or drawing tool.
Connecting families to Seesaw
This is vitally important because families can connect to Seesaw through their cell phones, receive messages and respond to teachers all in the same place. Within Seesaw classes, teachers can turn on the family connection. After family connection is turned on, teachers can print Seesaw invitations out for each child. You can translate this letter automatically with Seesaw from your laptop when you print the parent invitations. Watch the three videos below for additional help. If you need additional help please reach out to your technology ambassador or the instructional technology department.
How do I invite parents to Seesaw?
Professional Development on
Engagement Strategies
Engagement Strategies
Check out this teacher's example of how you could create a PRIDE activity this year to support your hybrid and online learners this year. (Credit to S. Flora at Mary Beck)
Here is another example of how you can use voice recording, embedded video and linking pages this year with your students. (Credit to S. Flora at Mary Beck)
Did you know there is just about every Facebook group under the sun for you to join and learn from? They share great ideas on a daily basis and we highly suggest joining one or following them on Twitter.
Overwhelmed with grading and want to start incorporating rubrics? Take a look at Seesaw Skills and see if it might be a solution for you.
Kris Szajner has a great YouTube channel with almost 150 videos showing you how make do and make cool things in Seesaw. From embedding timers to making pocket charts, subscribe to Kris's channel to learn how to make your virtual space feel more like your classroom.
