What are Important Dates?

This lesson applies to users at institutions that have enabled the Canvas for Elementary user interface.

Assignments, discussions, quizzes, and events that the instructor has marked as important displays in the Important Dates sidebar in the Homeroom.

View Important Dates

View Important Dates

In the Homeroom [1], you can view assignments, discussions, quizzes, and events that the subject instructor has marked as important in the Important Dates sidebar [2].

Items in the Important Dates sidebar are organized by the associated due date or event date [3].

Each item displays an icon with the event or assignment type [4], as well as the subject name [5] and item name [6].

To view item details, click the item's name [7].