+ Canvas
From Organizing Work to Understanding Thinking
Canvas Manages K-12 Learning.
Seesaw Delivers Elementary Learning.
Canvas is a powerful K-12 LMS. Seesaw is built specifically for PreK-6, adding the multimodal instruction, authentic portfolios, and family engagement that young learners need most — and integrates directly with Canvas so everything stays connected.
Two Platforms, Built to Work Together.
Canvas is great for managing assignments, courses, and grading across an entire K-12 district. Elementary students also need dedicated tools to demonstrate understanding through voice, drawing, video, and reflection. That’s where Seesaw comes in.
What Canva does
What Seesaw Adds
Organize assignments and materials across apps
Capture evidence of growth over time with year-over-year portfolios
Deliver and grade traditional assessments, such as quizzes
Combine auto-grading with multimodal tools to get deeper insights into student learning
Send grades and announcements to families
Foster school-home partnerships centered around actual student work
Standardize curriculum and course management K-12
Deliver developmentally appropriate instruction and assessment for PreK-6
Your Favorite Seesaw Features, Accessible in Canvas
Assign Seesaw activities for students to access directly inside Canvas. No tab switching, no separate logins.
Organize everything in one place, so students always know what to do next. Seesaw's multimodal tools are fully accessible from within the Canvas experience.
Review and gain rich insights from Seesaw's multimodal learning tools, and use Canvas SpeedGrader to quickly review student work.
The Right Tool at Every Grade Level
Lead with confidence knowing your LMS supports your vision for early learning:
Elementary students get a platform designed for them
Pre-readers, emerging writers, and young learners need multimodal tools, audio instructions, and simplified navigation. As students move into middle and upper grades, they transition naturally into Canvas’s tools and workflows built for older learners.
Real family engagement, beyond just summaries
Seesaw connects families directly to student work, teacher feedback, and learning milestones in real time in 100+ languages. Parents don’t get a status update. They see their child’s actual learning.
AI Embedded in Elementary Workflows
Seesaw AI is embedded directly into classroom workflows. It helps teachers generate activities, differentiate instruction, assess understanding, and streamline communication.
Teachers stay in control. AI supports the work so learning and engagement stay connected.
Built for the way districts actually work
Seesaw and Canvas are both enterprise-ready, and the LTI integration means your IT and curriculum teams work within one connected system from PreK through graduation. Instruction, assessment, and family engagement live in Seesaw. Everything flows into Canvas.
Leaders gain visibility and simplicity without adding complexity for teachers.
Loved and Trusted by the Entire Learning Community
Seesaw is essential in my classroom because the platform is tailored to younger learners. I don’t have to figure out how to make it work with my K-2 students like I do other platforms. It makes it easier to send out assignments and differentiate when necessary.
Allison P. Kindergarten Teacher 
Seesaw creates meaningful opportunities for students to share their learning and reflect in ways that feel authentic. It supports strong home-school connections, builds digital citizenship from an early age, and provides teachers with a flexible platform to amplify student voice across content areas.
Andrea E.Digital Learning Facilitator 
I really liked how Seesaw's Reading Fluency Assessment feature used AI to automatically analyze my students' reading, providing quick insights into their words correct per minute and accuracy without me having to manually time and score each one.
Michael S.Digital Learning Coach 
Ready to see how Seesaw and Canvas work better together?
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