When you login to Canvas you will see the Canvas Dashboard. The Dashboard helps you stay organized and can help track upcoming events in your classes. You can always navigate back to the Dashboard by clicking the link in Global Navigation Sidebar.

Note: While the Dashboard provides a useful overview, it's important that you regularly visit each of your courses. Relying too much on the Dashboard could cause you to miss important class materials. Your course syllabus and informational pages (like this one) will never show up on the Canvas Dashboard. For a more in-depth explanation of all the features of the Canvas Dashboard, please see the Canvas Guide. You will learn more about the Canvas Guides later.

Finding Your Course

Course Cards

Course Cards are new in Canvas. They show up on your Dashboard in a variety of colors. Clicking on the gear icon at the top left of the Course Card (1) will allow you to change the colors of your Course Cards (2) or even give your course a custom nickname (3).

Click "Next" to continue the orientation