Canvas UI different between Kids

DavidMoschioni

My two kids are in the same grade, same school. 

I set myself up as an observer for both of their accounts. 

 

When i log into canvas and view their pages, the UI is almost completely different. 

On the left panel, Student A has Home, Subjects, Calendar, Inbox, History. 

Student B has: Dashboard, Courses, Calendar, Inbox, History.

 

The dashboard and home both display different information. 

 

Screenshots attached. 

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Chris

Hi @DavidMoschioni,

The screenshot with the Courses menu is what I would call the "standard" Canvas experience, which has been around almost since the beginning of Canvas itself.  The other screenshot with Subjects is (as far as I know) the Canvas for Elementary experience, which was released a few years ago and is aimed at K-5.  I'm in higher-ed, so I don't have much Canvas for Elementary experience.  It appears it's something that can be enabled for certain areas of a school (called a subaccount in Canvas), so my guess is that the classes your kids are taking are in two different subaccounts in Canvas, one with the standard experience, the other with Elementary.  If you wanted to find out why things are set up that way, you'd likely need to speak with someone at the school, as all of this would be their decision.

Hope this helps!

-Chris