Families

Canvas is a Learning Management System, which is an online space for teachers to create, organize, deliver, and manage their courses. The platform also supports student-to-student and student-to-teacher communication and collaboration. Parents and guardians have the ability to access much of which is included in their children’s Canvas courses.

Below, parents and guardians will find resources to help access, navigate, and understand their access within Canvas. Please select the links below to view additional information and tips for each topic.

NOTE: While Canvas includes a grade book, it is not the official or complete VBCPS grade book. Instead, the grade book of record is available via the Grade Book tab in Parent Portal and ParentVue.

What is VBCPS Parent Portal?

Parent and guardian access to important current school year information for your child’s progress available from any computer connected to the Internet – 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Login to the Parent Portal

Types of School Information available in the Parent Portal:

• Grades
• Attendance records
• Student assignments
• Missing assignments
• Notes from your child's teacher about assignments
• Standardized test scores (Example: SOL, SAT, AP, Stanford 10)
• Historic academic and enrollment dating back to the 2004-2005 school year

 

STUDENT NAMES AND NICKNAMES IN RELATION TO THE APPROVED CHANGES RELATING TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S MODEL POLICIES:  

Parents are able to request a change to a student’s nickname in ParentVUE (PVUE).  School staff will review the requested changes and respond to the requests.  Schools should use inhouse procedures for notifying the parent of the decision.  If reviewing and responding to requests, any updated data will be entered in the Student Information System (SIS) and will be visible in PVUE.  If a change request cannot be processed, data will remain the same and school staff will contact the parent(s). 

1.     Open ParentVUE through the website or mobile app. 

2.     Sign-in to your account then select “Student Info”. 

3.     Next, you will select “Edit Information”. 

4.     In “Provide Changes to Student Information” window, type “Nick Name” in Changed Value column. NOTE:  No other data may be edited at this time. 

5.     Select “Save Changes”. 

Please contact your student’s home school if you have any questions or need help accessing information in ParentVUE.