The Learner Dashboard, your central hub in Canvas for viewing coursework, grades, and announcements, has been recently updated to be customizable. This guide walks you through navigating and customizing the dashboard.

Please note: At this time, this feature is only available to students. Users with both student and non-student roles will not see the customizable dashboard option.

Accessing the Dashboard

Log in to Canvas and click Dashboard in the left global navigation.
Click Switch to new dashboard view to enable the Learner Dashboard.

Canvas Dashboard view

The New Dashboard View

Widget view of Canvas Dashboard

The new dashboard view includes two views and four default widgets, with the option to add custom widgets.

Views: Dashboard Tabs-The dashboard has two tabs: Dashboard and Courses. The Dashboard tab shows your widgets. The Courses tab shows all your enrolled courses.

Navigation bar with "Dashboard" and "Courses" tabs.

Default Widgets: The Dashboard tab loads with four widgets by default, and those four widgets are below:

Course work: Shows assignments that are Due, Missing, or Submitted. Filter by course or submission status. Course work dashboard showing due and submitted assignments.

Course grades: Shows course cards with grade information. Hide or show grades, navigate to the full Grades page, or go directly to a course.

Course grades section showing a card for the active courses.

Announcements: Displays new announcements from your courses. Filter by Read, Unread, or All.

Announcements section with a "Read filter" dropdown set to "Unread," displaying the message "No unread announcements."

People: Browse classmates and instructors. Filter by course or role and send Inbox messages directly from this widget.

A "People" section with two dropdown filters.

Customizing the Dashboard

1. Click Customize dashboard.

2. Click Add widget in any section, then click Add next to the widget you want.

3. To move a widget, drag it to a new position using the dots in the upper-right hand corner.

Eight small dark square studs arranged in two columns of four rows on a white background.

4. To delete a widget, click its delete icon in the upper right-hand corner.

A dark blue-gray outline icon of a trash can with a lid and three vertical lines on a white background.

5. Click "Save changes" to apply your layout.

A blue rounded rectangular button with white text reading "Save changes."

6. To return to the original view, click Switch to old dashboard view.

Change Dashboard view button.

To learn more about the Customizable Learner Dashboard, visit the How do I customize my Dashboard as a student? page.

Need something more?

More information on Canvas can be found in the Student Technology Resources course.

If you need immediate assistance, please feel free to reach out to the Teaching & Learning Technologies team:

713-348-4357 | teaching@rice.edu | Teaching and Learning Technologies