Canvas LMS Basics Guide

How do I customize my Dashboard as a student?

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The Dashboard is your central hub for managing courses and tracking important updates. If enabled by your institution, you can switch to the new customizable Dashboard view and personalize it by adding, rearranging, or deleting widgets. You can also access information through key widgets such as Course work, Course grades, Announcements, and People.

Notes:

If the Switch to new dashboard view button is not visible on your account, the feature has not been enabled by your institution.
The customized dashboard is only supported for users with a student-only role. Users with both student and non-student roles do not see this feature.

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00:05: How do I customize my Dashboard as a student?

00:08: In Global Navigation, click the Dashboard link.

00:12: Click the Switch to new dashboard view button.

00:16: By default, the Dashboard tab displays with the following widgets.

00:20: Course work displays the number of assignments that are Due, Missing, or Submitted.

00:26: You can filter the results by course or submission status.

00:30: Course grades shows only course cards for easy navigation.

00:34: You can hide or show all grades or individual course grades.

00:39: View the course Grades page.

00:41: Or go to the course.

00:44: Announcements displays new announcements.

00:48: You can filter announcements by Read, Unread, or All status.

00:52: People allows you to filter users by course or role and send Inbox messages.

00:59: To view your courses, click theCoursestab.

01:03: To switch back to the classic dashboard view,

01:05: click the Switch to old dashboard view button.

01:09: To provide feedback on the new dashboard view,

01:11: click the Let us know! link.

01:14: You can personalize your dashboard by clicking

01:16: the Customize dashboard button.

01:19: To add a widget in your preferred section,

01:21: click the Add widget button.

01:24: Locate the widget you want to include and click the Add button.

01:28: To move a widget, hover over the Drag icon and drag it to the desired location.

01:34: You can also click the icon, then select a moving option.

01:39: To delete a widget,

01:40: click the Delete icon.

01:43: To apply the new view, click theSave changesbutton.

01:47: This guide covered how to customize Dashboard as a student.

Open Dashboard

In Global Navigation, click the Dashboard link.

Open New Dashboard View

Click the Switch to new dashboard view button.

View Customizable Dashboard

By default, the Dashboard tab displays [1] with the following widgets:

Course work [2]:Displays the number of assignments that are Due, Missing, or Submitted. You can filter the results by course or submission status [3].
Course grades [4]: Shows only course cards for easy navigation. You can hide or show all grades [5] or individual course grades [6], view the course Grades page [7], or go to the course [8].
Announcements [9]: Displays new announcements. You can filter announcements by Read, Unread, or All status [10].
People [11]: Allows you to filter users by course or role [12] and send Inbox messages [13].

To view your courses, click the Courses tab [14].

To switch back to the classic dashboard view, click the Switch to old dashboard view button [15].

To provide feedback on the new dashboard view, click the Let us know! link [16].

Customize Dashboard

Click the Customize dashboard button.

Add Widgets

To add a widget in your preferred section, click the Add widget button.

Locate the widget you want to include and click the Add button.

Rearrange or Delete Widgets

To move a widget, hover over the Drag icon and drag it to the desired location. You can also click the icon [1], then select a moving option [2].

To delete a widget, click the Delete icon [3].

Save Changes

To apply the new view, click the Save changes button.

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