View Account

To view your user information, click the Account link. A menu will expand and display links to access your profile, user settings, notification preferences, personal files, and ePortfolios. You can also use the Account link to log out of Canvas. Learn more about profile and user settings.

View Dashboard

The Dashboard is the landing page after a user logs in to Canvas. The Dashboard can be toggled to a course view or recent activity view and shows notifications for all Canvas courses. Learn more about the Dashboard.

View Courses

To view your courses, click the Courses link [1]. A menu will expand and display any courses where you are enrolled [2]. This menu also displays any courses marked as favorites. If no courses are selected as favorites, the course list will display all current courses. If a course includes term dates, the name of the term will appear as part of the course listing.

To view a course, click the name of the course [3]. To customize your courses list or view all your Canvas courses, click the All Courses link [4].

View Groups

If you are enrolled in Groups, view your groups in the Groups link [1]. A menu will expand and display all groups where you are enrolled.

To view a group, click the name of the group [2]. To view all your groups, click the All Groups link [3].

Note: Groups cannot be customized in the drop-down menu.

View Calendar

To view your Calendar, click the Calendar link.

Learn more about the calendar.

View Inbox

To view your Conversations Inbox, click the Inbox link. Conversations is the Canvas messaging system where you can communicate with other users in your courses. The number of new messages are shown as part of the Inbox icon.

Learn more about how to use inbox.

View Help

To get help with Canvas, click the Help link [1]. The Help menu will appear [2]. Select the help option that is relevant to your needs.

Note: Depending on your user role and institution settings, the Help menu may display different options.

Collapse Global Navigation Menu

To expand or collapse the Global Navigation menu, click the arrow icon.

The Global Navigation Menu will be automatically collapsed for tablet screens.