How do I add a Canvas widget for the Student App to my Android device?
The Canvas Student app comes with several widgets for quick access to grades, notifications, to-do items, and bookmarks.
The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.
Notes:
- Depending on your Android device, the steps to install a widget may vary from what is pictured below. If you have questions, please refer to your device instructions about how to install a widget.
- Widgets are not available for the Canvas Teacher or Canvas Parent apps.
Tap and Hold Screen
![Tap and Hold Screen](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/134/150/original/3f740e6c-90ff-4bea-b9ad-7b6bf5fd7b8a.png)
Tap and hold the home screen.
Open Widgets
![Open Widgets](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/150/145/original/83e2114e-cdef-48e7-8f06-1299a13e6e0e.png)
Tap the Widgets icon.
Find Canvas Widgets
![Find Canvas Widgets](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/150/146/original/1305a19b-578d-4ffd-8a63-967567f9e84d.png)
Find the Canvas Student widgets [1]. The following widgets are available:
- Grades [2]: displays the overall grade for a student's favorite courses.
- Notifications [3]: displays the notifications listed on the Notifications page.
- To Do List [4]: displays To Do list items from your favorite courses.
- Bookmarks [5]: creates a shortcut to any bookmarked item in the Student app.
Place Widget
![Place Widget](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/134/154/original/3a6d62d8-3458-4c3d-9f7e-873b93106b93.png)
Tap and hold the widget, then select a screen to place it on.
Choose Widget Style
![Choose Widget Style](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/117/142/original/b5e89f37-2349-4d97-8570-f409c89d3e90.png)
If you want to hide the details in the widget, tap the Hide details on widget checkbox.
Note: The Hide details on widget option is not available for the bookmark widget.
Select Style
![Select Style](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/117/133/original/6500e884-31ef-407b-98b0-143b1a4541d9.png)
Tap your preferred widget style: light [1] or dark [2]. The light widget style will style the widget has dark text over a light background. The dark widget style will style the widget as light text over a dark background.
Note: Widget styles are not available for the bookmark widget.
Resize Widget
![Resize Widget](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/150/153/original/e29d5215-1888-4fe6-a815-fb096c78da6b.png)
To move the widget, tap and hold on the widget [1]. To resize the widget, tap and drag the resize icons [2].
View the Widget
![View the Widget](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/150/144/original/72638ca1-37b1-4a9a-afa6-2b2e3162f577.png)
View your Canvas widget. To view a widget item directly in the app, tap the item [1].
To refresh the widget information, tap the Refresh icon [2].