About Canvas Parent
Stay connected. Encourage success. Canvas Parent helps parents and guardians track student progress, support learning, and communicate with teachers in real time. What you can do • Communicate: Message teachers directly to ask questions or follow up on school updates or particular grade & page • Check progress: View grades, assignments, due dates, and homework across all courses • Get alerts: Receive real-time notifications for missing work, low scores, or new announcements • Encourage: See teacher feedback, celebrate milestones, and help your student stay organized • Plan ahead: Use the calendar view to track upcoming tasks, events, and class updates Canvas Parent is more than a grade monitor—it’s a progress tracker that helps families and schools work together.
Canvas Parent details
Canvas Parent is a free Education app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Instructure Inc. It is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 111,640 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 18.0 or later, is 167 MB to download and is available in 29 languages. It was first released on September 4, 2016 and last updated on August 3, 2026.
- Category
- Education
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (111,640 ratings)
- Price
- Free
- Current version
- 3.29.0
- Size
- 167 MB
- Requires
- iOS 18.0 or later
- Compatibility
- iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
- Languages
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German and 21 more
- Age rating
- 4+
- Released
- September 4, 2016
- Last updated
- August 3, 2026
- Developer
- Instructure Inc.
Ratings breakdown
What’s new in Canvas Parent
- Improved filters for the grades list screen. - Improved file download for conversation attachments. - Fixed detail screens losing their content after rotating the device. - Fixed PDF files opening with inverted colors in dark mode on iOS 26.
Version 3.29.0 · Updated August 3, 2026
Canvas Parent app privacy
The developer, Instructure Inc., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Emails or Text Messages, Photos or Videos, Audio Data, Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
- Other Data: Other Data Types
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- Diagnostics: Other Diagnostic Data
- User Content: Customer Support
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canvas Parent | 4.4 / 5 (111,640 ratings) | Free | August 3, 2026 |
| Anne Arundel County Schools | 2.7 / 5 (41) | Free | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Campus Parent | 1.9 / 5 (2,643) | Free | Sep 21, 2026 |
| ParentVUE | 1.9 / 5 (185) | Free | Jun 9, 2026 |
| HCPS Focus Portal | 2.3 / 5 (86) | Free | Jun 20, 2025 |
| ParentVUE (New) | 1.5 / 5 (152) | Free | Aug 18, 2026 |
| SchoolCafé | 4.9 / 5 (109,110) | Free | Sep 4, 2026 |