Family Engagement and Digital Outreach

Apps & Platforms For Families
The OCPS Parent Portal is your one-stop shop for all of the most important information. Click here to access the OCPS Parent Portal.
The OCPS Parent Portal provides access to:
- Canvas Parent - this provides access to students Canvas course assignments, calendar, and grades on work completed in Canvas. Click here learn how to use Canvas Parent.
- OCPS Digital Resource Course - this provides guides and information on how to use each of the OCPS platforms. Click here to access the OCPS Digital Resource Course.
- School Pay - this provides the ability to pay school issued fines and fees. Click here to access the SchoolPay website.
- Skyward Family Access - this provides access to student grades, schedules, reports cards, progress reports and more. Click here to learn more about Skyward Family Access.
- TalkingPoints- this provides access to message school staff and collaborate about your child's education.
Click on the icons below to download the mobile applications you need to keep up with your student on the go!
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Family Tech Tips, Tours, & Training
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Clueless on how to use Google Drive, Google Docs and the other Google apps students need to use everyday? Check out our Google Junior Training and Toolkit for Families.
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Clueless on how to use Canvas Parent to keep up with your student's academic progress?
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Check out our weekly Tech Tips for Families YouTube playlist by clicking on the triangle. Tech Tips are also delivered to families via Connect Orange email. If you are not getting emails, please let your school know.
Additional Tech Tips to help you family succeed with LaunchED can be accessed by clicking on the + below any of the headings below.
Apps & Platforms For Students
OCPS centrally purchases major digital apps and platforms for all schools. There are five apps and platforms that all families should be familiar with.
- LaunchPad- this is the landing page that students use to sign in to all other platforms.
- Canvas- this is the learning management system where students access and submit assignments.
- GSuite for Education- this is cloud storage and productivity suite where students store their files and create digital products.
- Microsoft Teams- this is video conferencing system used by teachers with students
- LanSchool Air- this is the classroom management software that teachers use to be able to view student screens, direct, and communicate with students during the school day.
To view a full list of all digital tools and platforms procured by the district, as well as the data privacy information for those sites, please click on the icon below to visit the OCPS Resources Portal.
Click this link to learn how OCPS protects your student's data.
Student Tech Tips, Tours, & Training
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Is your student new to OCPS and not sure how to use Canvas for students? We have a course for that!
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Did you know that there are also Tech Tips for Students? There are! They are curated in Microsoft Stream so all students can access, because YouTube is not available at the elementary school level. Students need to login to view videos with their OCPS email address (studentnumber@students.ocps.net) and the same password they use to login to their device.