★ ★ ★ Seesaw Parent and Family Overview
What is Seesaw Parent and Family? Seesaw is a digital portfolio that allows parents to stay updated with their child's school day and support their learning at home. It is used in over 200,000 classrooms, 1 in 4 schools in the US, and over 100 countries. The app requires a Seesaw signup code from the child's teacher to use. Parents receive automatic notifications about new posts and can easily message teachers. All of the student's work is in one place, and the content is private and secure. Parents can export a zip archive of their child's work.
Software Features and Description
1. Seesaw helps you stay in the loop and gives you an opportunity to support your child's learning at home.
2. Follow the notification to view the new addition to your child’s journal and support their learning.
3. Seesaw is a digital portfolio that gives you real-time glimpses into your child’s school day.
4. When your child adds a new post to their journal, like a photo, video or drawing, you'll automatically get notified.
5. ∙ Student content is secure, and is never shared with 3rd parties.
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Download and install Seesaw Parent and Family on your computer
GET Compatible PC App
App |
Download |
Rating |
Maker |
Seesaw Parent and Family |
Get App ↲ |
8,936 4.62 |
Seesaw Learning, Inc. |
Or follow the guide below to use on PC:
Select Windows version:
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
Install Seesaw Parent and Family app on your Windows in 4 steps below:
- Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .
- Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.
- Using Seesaw Parent and Family on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:
- Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Seesaw Parent and Family"
- The search will reveal the Seesaw Parent and Family app icon. Open, then click "Install".
- Once Seesaw Parent and Family is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Seesaw Parent and Family.
- Now enjoy Seesaw Parent and Family on PC.
Download a Compatible APK for PC
Download |
Developer |
Rating |
Current version |
Get APK for PC → |
Seesaw Learning, Inc. |
4.62 |
10.46.0 |
Get Seesaw Parent and Family on Apple macOS
Download |
Developer |
Reviews |
Rating |
Get Free on Mac |
Seesaw Learning, Inc. |
8936 |
4.62 |
Download on Android: Download Android
Seesaw Parent and Family functions
- Simple sign-up process
- Automatic notifications about new posts
- Customizable notification preferences
- Ability to leave text or voice comments to encourage the child
- Easy messaging with teachers
- Class-wide announcements
- All of the student's work in one place
- Ability to browse the child's journal from each class
- View posts on a calendar or sort by folders
- Translation of notes, comments, and captions into 50+ languages
- Ability to save anything to the device's camera roll
- Private and secure content
- Export a zip archive of the child's work
- Help center available at help.seesaw.me.
✔ Pros:
- SeeSaw allows teachers to keep families informed about what their children are doing in school and send messages back and forth.
- SeeSaw provides a way for parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc. to be a part of their child's school day through photos and videos.
- SeeSaw has a zoom option that makes reading assignments on a phone much easier.
- SeeSaw is a great way to go paperless and communicate with parents.
☹ Cons:
- SeeSaw lacks the ability to schedule messages for delivery at a later time.
- Posting pictures and videos of learners in action takes many steps on SeeSaw.
- Notifications don't always appear in a timely manner, causing some messages to be missed until after school.
- SeeSaw treats every class as a "child," making it difficult to get rid of old stuff and distinguish between classes.
Top Pcmac Reviews
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Not bad, could be better
By Mr. Houghton (Pcmac user)
I have taught second grade for many years. For the past several years, I have used Class Dojo to keep families informed about what their children are doing in school and send messages back and forth. I switched to the app this year because Class Dojo won’t he student data privacy pledge. I wish the app had a few features I am used to, such as the ability to schedule messages for delivery at a later time. Also, posting pictures and videos of my learners in action takes SO many steps on the app! Notifications don’t always appear in a timely manner either, so sometimes I miss messages from parents until after school. I am committed to using it through the end of this school year, and I hope that the parts I am learning to use (like students uploading their work) will be better than what I have experienced so far.
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So that’s what they do all day! 😉
By kitty13 (Pcmac user)
the app Gives me a “peek” into my 2nd grader’s school day. From photos of her journaling assignments to videos of her presentations, it’s a wonderful (and easy) way for me, but also grandparents, uncles, aunts,, etc to be a part of her school day. I am able to “love “ and/or comment on the pictures, there is a zoom option (which makes reading assignments on my phone much easier), and a section where teachers can send out a notification that might be urgent (such as, we are closing early for snow!). I am very pleased with this app so far.
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2 apps
By HsvTutoring (Pcmac user)
I am a private tutor. I use this app multiple times a day with all of my students. There are so many features that I like about this app. It has been a great way to go paperless and to communicate with my parents. I have the parents post videos and pictures of the homework I assign. In order to do this they have to download the class app and the family app. There needs to be a way to integrate all of this into one app. Having two apps makes the first week of setup really confusing for parents. It would be much more convenient if all of the features were combined into one app.
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Poor UI choices, difficult to manage content
By HelenNJ (Pcmac user)
I’ve been using the app online before but it’s difficult to view pictures and video on a tablet there (if it’s an album then all you see is a small image), so this year I gave up and installed the app.
Other than being able to see larger pictures and more stable navigation (it was just atrocious online, so hardly an improvement), I don’t see any benefits in installing the app and consuming space on your device.
I have just one kid who is in the last elementary grade. But according to the app, I have 5 children since it seems to treat every class as “child”.
Can’t get rid of any old stuff. When I open a list of “children”, they all are listed under one name and I don’t know which class is which. Messages from 2 grades ago are still there, can’t delete anything. Sometimes notification bubble is up but there is actually nothing new when you tap on it.
Overall seems very disorganized and maybe convenient for teachers but not so much for the parents. Can’t wait to not use it ever!