Sometimes you'll find that the names of your courses aren't quite what you'd like them to be. Perhaps a name is too long, meaning that the end of the name gets cut off on the course card on your dashboard, for example. Or maybe you are enrolled on a number of courses with very similar names, and it's not easy to distinguish between them at a glance.

The good news is that it's easy to personalise the names of your courses in Canvas. Here is a short screen cast to show you how to use 'Nicknames':

TipsTricks_Nicknames.mp4

For further information on how to change the personal settings of your Dashboard, see this guide from Instructure:

How do I view course cards in the Dashboard?