Access your HLS courses on the go with the HLS Grades mobile app! This app is compatible with Student, Parent, Teacher, and Admin account types.
Features for parent and student accounts:
AT A GLANCE GRADES AND RECENT ACTIVITY
• View grades in an at-a-glance format
• See any recent activity, such as assignments being created and grade category weights being changed, right from the dashboard
CALENDAR
• Keep track of upcoming assignments and HLS events
• Create planner events that sync to Canvas web
COMMUNICATION
• Send and receive messages with teachers
CANVAS WEB, SIMPLIFIED
• View and class discussions
• View course syllabuses, users, and modules
• View and download course files
• View all information for past courses
LOGINS
• Authenticate via Canvas or Google
Features exclusive to student accounts:
• Submit upcoming assignments, quizzes, and tests
• Edit & resubmit already submitted assignments
• Add comments to assignments
• Create & post to discussion boards*
• Create & reply to announcements*
• Communicate with teachers and fellow students*
*These features may be disabled in certain courses depending on what permissions your teacher has set.
Features for teacher accounts:
• Enter & edit grades for students
• Create & edit assignments/modules/announcements/discussions/files, etc.
• Create & edit calendar entries
• Communicate with Parents and Students
There are currently no special features for admin accounts.
Other features:
STAY LOGGED IN
• You stay logged in until you choose to logout!
THEMING
• Dark mode for night-time readability
QUICK ACCESS
• Quickly open any Canvas hyperlinks from any source directly in the app
OFFLINE SUPPORT
• Nearly all pages are stored for 30 days once they've been accessed once, just in case you're without an internet connection
What's not possible:
• Notifications. Please rely on emails from Canvas for this functionality, which can be customized in settings.
Notes:
1. This app will not work if you are not using Highlands Latin School's Canvas domain!
Details on how to set this app up for your school's self-hosted Canvas domain: https://tneotia.github.io/HLSGrades
2. Bugs or suggestions? Send feedback from within the app's settings!
3. This app is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Instructure or Canvas and their affiliate(s). Canvas LMS is a registered trademark and property of Instructure, Inc.