Seesaw Leads Training
2020-2021
Cara Maxwell~Seesaw Certified Educator cmaxwell@sdale.org
Dawn Loomis~Seesaw Ambassador dloomis@sdale.org
Nickie Marshall~Seesaw Pioneer nmarshall@sdale.org
Feel free to ask questions in the chat box and we will stop at the end of each section if needed.
Google Apps Integration
Seesaw and Chromebooks
Remote Learning
Specialists
Getting Families Started
Merging Accounts
Activity Library
Creating Activities
Sharing Activities-Colleagues
Sharing Activities-Student Link
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Google Apps Integration
There are several ways to integrate google apps into Seesaw.
2. Upload a Google file into Seesaw. (there are page limits)
Here you can use the Seesaw tools on each page/slide that has been uploaded. You can also add links, videos, text, voice recordings etc.
Hyperlinks/Drag and Drop/Interactive Slides etc. etc.
Chunking District Remote Lesson Slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IoGPv5sD87m0rzBVVpr_oV4b3X_KDMF0n_0Eegn8IL8/edit?usp=sharing
https://app.seesaw.me/#/activities/library?my_library
Icons -use when creating activities for the student instructions. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TbUleA-bXfaWWEfT14rijWS0fI_R4C7p/view?usp=sharing
Seesaw and Chromebooks
5 Quck Tips for Seesaw and Chromebooks https://youtu.be/WyFRdEsB2pY
Right now our goal is to get Seesaw working on both iPads and chromebooks-- we are having issues with assignments and classes disappearing and/or not being viewable on the parent/student end-this is not a Seesaw issue, it is an issue with the set up, Clever, etc.
Camera features on Chromebooks
Remote Learning FAQs for Administrators
Remote Learning and Preparing for Remote Learning
Getting Students Set Up Remotely https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FSjQFNZ-bnmqtG84-UnEre2xuk4_D0z5/view?usp=sharing
Only if they don’t use email, google, or Clever to log-in.
Specialists
Getting Families Started on Seesaw
Seesaw creates a powerful learning loop that brings together students, teachers, and families to deepen student learning.
What’s the difference?
Documentation and Learning piece
Communication piece
Connect up to 10 family members per student!
Will all your families connect successfully in this way? If not, why? What else do you need?
Some families will need to be connected in person with the help of school staff
Families are busy! Some will need to be convinced Seesaw is helpful
If families do not have email addresses, they might need help creating one so they can create a Seesaw account
Handouts to share digitally or in person (English + Spanish)
Merging Accounts
Teacher’s accounts are automatically upgraded when the sync with Clever occurs. The classes created in the free version are more than likely archived. Teacher’s accounts can’t technically be merged but student accounts can. Once the Clever sync happened there should have been duplicate students in the classes whose teachers were set up with the free version. The student accounts can be merged into one in several ways depending on how they were set up originally. This can be tedious work but there are advantages. The families follow the student accounts. Any work in their journals will be merged.
Merge duplicate student accounts without IDs https://youtu.be/te1LSOW7UxM
If you’ve moved classes from the free version of Seesaw to your Seesaw for Schools dashboard, teachers may have created multiple versions of the same student. If you want to create one cohesive journal that will link the posts your students upload from year to year, and have all your students’ data in one place, you will need to add a unique student ID that does NOT change for the student’s entire career at your school for each student account listed in your Dashboard. If you do not need student content to carry over from free classes, please skip to the next section.
Find out if this is an issue:
If you have students listed here they will need IDs added to their accounts. If these students are duplicates you will be prompted to “merge” the students into one version.
Adding IDs to Your Student Accounts
To assign these IDs, you'll need to sign in to your Seesaw for Schools Admin account at https://app.seesaw.me from a Chrome or Firefox Browser.
Merge duplicate student accounts in classes with different sign-in modes
Sometimes students will be created with an email address in one class that uses email sign in and without an email address in a class that uses QR code sign in. You will want to merge these duplicate students. However, students with Email/Google accounts will not appear in the Missing IDs section because the email can serve as an ID within Seesaw. If you have no students missing an ID, but still are far over your license count you will need to check the class list for duplicate students with email address accounts.
If someone has already set up their own class, what happens once Seesaw for Schools is implemented?
When you add teachers to your Seesaw for Schools dashboard, all of their classes, students, and posts will be connected to your dashboard as well. These students will not be recognized by Clever until a Student ID or an email address is added to their account. If you would like your student's data from their previous class to stay connected to their account, you will need to add a Student ID or an email address to their account so they are recognized by Clever!
When the Clever sync is initiated, it will search for existing students in Seesaw. When Clever finds a Student ID or email address is recognizes, it will update the existing account and enroll that student into their new classes. If Clever can not find a Student ID or email address in Seesaw, it will create an account for that student and enroll them in their classes.
The Student ID in Seesaw must match the SIS_ID field in Clever. We can not match off of the Student Number, username or State ID that is in Clever.
If you did not add a Student ID or email address to your students prior to the Clever sync, your students will have two accounts in Seesaw. You can either merge the accounts together, to keep their data from previous years connected to their account. Or, *you can archive old accounts and start fresh with the Clever syncing accounts. (*recommended)
merge accounts, please see the below instructions.
PART 1:
Activity Library Review
Access the library by clicking Add > Assign Activity
Three tabs in the Activity Library
Save an activity by clicking the heart and assign by clicking assign
Modify activities by clicking the three dots > Copy & Edit Activity
Students complete it in the Activities tab by clicking Add Response
PART 2:
Create an Activity
Click Create New Activity
Enter a descriptive title and step-by-step directions
Add icon shortcuts
Attach a multimedia example for students to view
Add a template for students to respond directly on top of
You might...
Upload a graphic organizer, template, of pdf
Take a photo for students to annotate
Create a Note to share guiding questions
Use Multipage to create a multi-page template
PART 3:
Sharing with
Your Colleagues
Click the three dots > Share Activity
Share with select teachers
Select teachers then click Send Activity
Share the Activity Link
Share to your school library
Choose a grade and subject then click Update Activity
Linking an activity to students within slides, announcements, other activities. etc.
Click Assign and click edit students
Click Sample Student (unless you are ready for activity to be assigned.) Ex. placing activity link into slides to be pushed out in the future-don’t assign to all students just assign to sample student. You will schedule activity to push out to all students on the date you wish.
Click assign
You can see how many students activity is assigned to.
Now the activity is in your activities section in your class. Click the ...
Click get student link.
Copy the link and insert where you wish.
Now that students have one to one devices for home learning, this may not be in need as much. But, if there is ever a need, it is now an option.
Coming Soon!
Seesaw has evolved so much in the past five years that I have been an Ambassador. In the last six months they have worked diligently to meet the needs of educators. They are constantly making improvements and updating with new features based on educator demand. They have a feature request forum where the ideas for the newest features are shared and they work to make them possible. Please let us know if you have any idea for a feature that would make using Seesaw easier or help teachers work more efficiently. We can submit it!
Support
Springdale Seesaw Help and Support Matrix (thanks to Laura Bishop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ud_8MmXGnbTLYXg3EB100xLbTMG82vcXmXWm911arWY/edit?usp=sharing
Seesaw FAQ (Thanks to Laura Bishop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YqqX1Es-I5yuNeaHcfSvtJeBqLumiZ_7Pl40bGpSar4/edit?usp=sharing
Answers to FAQs for Facilitators
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3mTHCqCdgTgJNfTQeI56iMP2gx9zdjWhbGBgeqmdV4/edit?usp=sharing
Seesaw Tools Reference Guide - Spanish August 2020
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ByTblGT4bJF1hXGU1gYu3YJSb9sKugL2Oc5EBAus9OQ/edit?usp=sharing
To push digital information to our students and families. Whether that be instruction or other forms of communication. My personal preference is to have all students utilizing seesaw everyday within their classes. This will better prepare us for the potential of off campus learning and lead to better understanding as our students and families progress through Springdale Public Schools. Use the activity created attached to google classroom within the class.
Seesaw is the LMS for K-2 remote learning. We have struggled with being able to use the google slides that our district created without having to make the kids go through so many steps. Our google slides lessons were made into weekly plans and often have around 40 slides. They will be linked from google classroom or a link can be inserted into seesaw that takes students to google slides
Seesaw is our LMS for K-2. Our goal is that when a lesson is created, teachers can just add the lesson straight to their own Seesaw classroom without haven't to recreate everything. Create an activity that can be shared with all teachers so they just have to copy and edit with their informatin if desired.
Admin Dashboard
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/115003657043-How-do-I-use-the-school-dashboard-
Schoolwide Announcements and Messages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbfrwjNaOUk
Thank
You