The first place you land when you log into Canvas is the Dashboard. Your classes are displayed as tiles that you can click to go to that class. There may also be information added to the tiles such as your current grade percentage.

The Dashboard also displays your To Do list with upcoming assignments and events for all your classes. Recent Feedback shows the grades and comments you received on your last few assignments.

Customize your Dashboard

Pick the classes for the dashboard.

1. 1. Click on the Courses icon in your Global Navigation to see a list of your classes.
  2. Select All Courses to view all of your current and past classes.
    You may have to scroll down. Select All Courses is the last item in the list.
  3. To select which courses display on your Dashboard, click the star next to Courses that you wish to favorite.
    The star appears solid when selected.
    Favorited courses appear on your Dashboard.
    If you do not select any Courses to favorite, all of your current Courses appear in the Dashboard.

Turn Off the Image Color Overlay

By default, the Color Overlay is turned on. The course tiles may look nicer if you turn it off.

animation of the process outlined below

Select more options, then uncheck “color overlay” to disable the feature.

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