All students and teachers when logging in are immediately brought into the Dashboard area where they will see announcements, to do's and a list of active courses. This is your first landing point after logging into Canvas.

The Dashboard is truly the place where you can start off your day in Canvas! Everything is at your fingertips from here. Things you'll see on your Dashboard include:

Course Cards: All current courses represented by tiles.
Global Announcements: Can be used by administrators for institution-wide communication.
To Do List: Students see a list of up to 25 items they need to do in their courses. Each is a link into the course. Teachers see items they need to grade. Each is a link directly to the SpeedGrader.
Coming Up: Look ahead into your Canvas Calendar, showing events and assignments due today and going forward 7 days.

Here are some ideas about how you can extend your use of the Dashboard:

Give Course Nicknames: Each Course Tile will show you the official name of the course. HU courses have pre-assigned course names based on Jenzebar that are not always user friendly or easily searchable. A Course Nickname can assist you to keep track of the courses you choose to keep visible and organized on your dashboard.
Change the color of your Course card: Click the three vertical dots (that's called a kabob selector!) and you'll see a pallet of colors. Whatever color you pick is just for you. Every user can customize his or her own colors. Colors are important and also will represent that course in your Calendar. (Need more colors? Check out color-hex (Links to an external site.) to find just the right color for your course!)
Apply an image to your Course card: Instructors can select an image that will apply to the course cards for all enrolled in that course. This happens in the Course Settings. This makes it very easy for students to pick out which course is yours!
Remove the Color Overlay: Super important if you're using images in your Course cards and you don't want it to look "hazy" because the color is overlaying it. Click the gear icon on your Dashboard and unselect "Color.

Need more information?

Dashboard Guide