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Canvas - How do I organize my dashboard?
When you first login to Canvas, you see the Global Navigation on the left hand side and Dashboard of your courses. These include courses you are a teacher or student. To organize your Dashboard, you can favorite courses you want to appear there. Both published and unpublished courses can be added to your dashboard.
Other courses that are not marked as favorite can be still be accessed through Courses in the Global Navigation menu. Course Cards can help you organize your courses by adding a nickname or customizing the color, which is synced with the color shown for the course in the Calendar. The Card View Dashboard also includes the Dashboard sidebar, which includes items in your To-Do list and includes a link to the global Grades page.
Resources for instructors
- Canvas guide: How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?
- Canvas guide: How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor?
- Canvas guide: How do I customize my Courses list as an instructor?
- Canvas guide: How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as an instructor?
Resources for students
- Canvas guide: How do I use the Dashboard as a student?
- Canvas guide: How do I add courses to my dashboard?
- Canvas guide: How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as a student?
- Canvas guide: How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as a student?
- Canvas guide:How do I view grades in the Dashboard as a student?
Tips and Tricks
- When you favorite at least one course, the Dashboard will only display favorited courses.
- Canvas automatically favorites new course enrollments, so when Canvas courses for a new term are created, (or published for students), they will automatically appear in your Dashboard. You can remove any unneeded courses from your dashboard by unfavoriting them.
- Add an image to a course card in the dashboard to help your course stand out to students.
24/7/365 Canvas Support is available through the help icon in Canvas, by calling the phone support for faculty, staff and students or email us directly at canvas@uwlax.edu.