Using the AISD iPad to Access BLEND, SeeSaw and Other Apps
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020 by the AISD Design Technology Team

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BLEND will be a student's first stop each morning. There are several ways 
to get to your teacherÕs BLEND class. One way is to open up the Canvas 
Student app. The app will remember their login and future visits back to the 
app should not require them to login again.

The QR login does not work with AISD portal login. So a student's first time 
to login will have to use their student ID.  First start with touching,  ÒFind my 
schoolÓ and then type Austin. Look for Austin Independent School District 
and then touch that. 

The AISD portal will show up. Again, the QR code will not work within the 
canvas student app. Students should type in their student number with the 
S at the beginning. Touch continue. The studentÕs default password should 
be typed in here and then click continue. If you do not know the student ID 
number, or the password, contact your classroom teacher. 

Once logged in you will see the courses that have been assigned to the 
student on the left side. This is their BLEND dashboard. From here you can 
open any course. For example, the library course on your campus. 
Sometimes the images from a BLEND course are slow to load on the iPad, 
but given time, they should show up. 

A student should be able to access their teachersÕ BLEND course and its 
contents in this student app. Some things, like a Google Presentation with 
embedded links, might be best accessed through BLEND in a web 
browser.

Once in a class, a student should see the Seesaw button.  Once you touch 
the SeeSaw link in the canvas student app, the student will be given the 
option to ÒOpen in a new tabÓ. Touch that button. The first time a student 
uses the SeeSaw link, they will have to log into the portal again. If the 
Seesaw app opens up, but it does not open up into the students course, do 
not use the ÒI'm a StudentÓ button.  Instead, go back to the canvas student 
app and use the SeeSaw link to login one more time. 

It is your choice whether you want notifications to be on or not. 

The student is now using the Seesaw app on the iPad. I can double tap the 
Home button to see that the Seesaw app is now running. In order to get 
back to the canvas app, select canvas student. Hitting the done button will 
return me to my course. 

Touching the AISD portal icon on the iPad will open it up using the Safari 
web browser. If a student has their AISD portal QR code, it could be used 
in the scan QR code option. You will have to allow the camera. 

Otherwise students can use their student number and password to log into 
the portal. When using the web browser to access BLEND, the student may 
have to login each time. 

The Safari browser now shows you the students dashboard in the AISD 
portal. Touching BLEND will log the student into their Bland classrooms. 
The BLEND dashboard now shows a student all of their courses. 

I'm going to open up the library course. I again see the links on the left side 
of the course that allow me to open up other services.  So I can open up 
SeeSaw from here also by touching the SeeSAw link. Again I will open up 
in a new tab. Safari has opened up seesaw using the Seesaw app on the 
iPad. I can double tap the home button to return to Safari. 

When I see the Clever screen, I can use the X to close the tab. Once I have 
logged into the Seesaw app, I can look for the Seesaw app on my iPad and 
open it. The Seesaw app should remember my login. 

Other services for students like Macinvia and IXL Learning must be 
accessed through BLEND, whether it's in the canvas student app or the 
web browser version of BLEND.