Removing the Important Dates tab

TANIYAHGAVIN

Im trying to make my canvas more organized, but having the important dates tab on the side of my canvas everytime I open it has become annoying. Its visible on my Ipad and computer. There are no important dates on it, and plus I already have the canvas calendar to tell me about events. I've tried to remove it, but I just dont know how. 

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JeffCampbell

Your screenshot shows hints of classes that suggest possibly being a high school student. If true, the Important Dates panel is part of the Elementary Canvas User Interface. This is intended to be used with lower grades, but then turned off for later grades. Instead, you should seeing something like "To Do" (assignments to submit), "Recent Feedback" (feedback from teachers), and "Coming Up" (assignments with upcoming due dates). If you are a high school student, look in the upper right for a 3-dot menu on your Dashboard (to the left of Important Dates). In that menu, you will want to change from Homeroom to Classic View. There is a picture on this page if you scroll down: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-use-my-Homeroom-in-Canvas-for-Elementary-as-an/ta-p/645004

If you do not have that option, then your district admin has likely locked it down. You will want to talk to your teacher, who can reach out to whomever is at your district that can go into administrative settings. There is a guide here that the Canvas administrator can follow that allows them to set who sees the Elementary or non-Elementary dashboard view based on which schools in your district they are in (referred to as Sub Accounts): https://community.canvaslms.com/html/assets/Canvas_for_Elementary_Admin_Guide.pdf

I hope one of these helps you.