How can I organise my Canvas Dashboard?

You can bookmark your favourite courses so that they show up on your Canvas Dashboard

Each entry on the Dashboard is called a Course Card, and in general you just select the card to go into the course. If instead you select the “three dots” button (found at the top right of the card) you can set a color for your course card, as well as set a Nickname. The nickname you give your course shows up only for you, so feel free to name your course something meaningful to you. As the course is in progress you may get other notification icons on the course card, depending on how your instructor has the course configured.

In addition to giving your cards nicknames, you can also manually arrange the course cards on the dashboard. Obviously this will only work if you have more than one card, but you can drag the cards around, and set the order they appear, which can make it easier to find the course when you want it.

If you'd prefer to see a demo of how this is done, please watch the video below:

Changing your Dashboard to List View

Maybe you'd prefer to see what's coming up this week

The List View Dashboard displays all course To Do items in an agenda view to help you easily manage tasks across all of your courses. The To Do list contains graded as well as any non-graded To Do items your instructor designates for a course To Do list. You can also add and view your own To-Do items in the Dashboard. The List View Dashboard also displays calendar events and course announcements.

If you'd prefer to see this in a video format, please take a look below: