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The Dashboard is your landing page in Canvas and displays information about your current courses. The Dashboard also contains global announcements, an activity stream that shows recent activity in all your current courses, and a sidebar, which contains the To Do list, upcoming events, and access to grades.

By default, course cards are automatically added by Canvas and display up to 20 courses. However, you can manage courses on the Dashboard by customizing the course list and manually selecting your favorite courses. 

Before You Start

  • When you are enrolled in more than one Canvas course, you can customize the active courses you want to show in your Course list. Courses you want to show on your Dashboard and in the Courses drop-down menu are called favorite courses. You can favorite any published course that appears in the My Courses section on the course list page.
  • When no courses are favorited, the courses list automatically displays up to 20 courses alphabetically in the drop-down menu. However, once you have selected at least one course as a favorite, only your favorite courses will appear in the Courses list and Dashboard.
  • You may still be able to view your past enrollments after courses have concluded. However, favorited courses are  not  automatically removed as a favorite. If a past enrollment course still shows as a favorite, you can unfavorite the course by toggling the star icon.
  • If a course is unpublished and you are allowed to view unpublished courses before the course start date, you cannot favorite the course. If you hover over a star icon for an unpublished or concluded course, you can view a message indicating that the course cannot be added as a favorite.

Note: Courses are always listed alphabetically; you cannot reorder your courses manually. Courses with instructor roles are listed first, followed by TA roles and student roles.

Selecting Course Favorites for your Dashboard

Video Step-by-Step Available at: https://cloud.ensemblevideo.com/Watch/CanvasDashboard

  1. In Global Navigation, click the  Courses  link [1], then click the  All Courses  link [2]. 
  2. To favorite a course, click the star next to a course [1]. Courses with filled stars show the course is a favorite [2]. 

Set a short nickname for each of your courses – in some menus and dashboards, similar classes will be hard to distinguish if you can only see the first several characters of the course name! (e.g. 201709-CHEM-119-0...)

Canvas Community Resources

How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?

How do I view course cards in the Dashboard as an instructor?

How do I customize my Courses list as an instructor?

How do I customize my Courses list as a student?

Related Self Help Guides

 

 

More Help

For questions about Canvas, contact CIT via our online service desk or email canvas@geneseo.edu. Weekdays between 8am-4pm, you can also call the Canvas Hotline at 585-245-6000.

For tips, tricks, and updates on learning technologies at Geneseo, visit our Educational Technology Chat. To explore Canvas Community Guides (created by Instructure), visit https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers/guides