Canvas Guides

How do I begin a Catalog course or program?

You can begin your current in-progress Catalog courses and programs from your Student Dashboard.

If you enroll in a Catalog program, you must begin each course in Catalog. Canvas does not enroll you in a course or display the course in Canvas until you click the Begin Course or Go To Course button for each course requirement in the program.

Notes:

Courses with an assigned start date cannot be started before that date.
Courses that are part of a program may have to be completed in a set order.

Open Student Dashboard

Click the User drop-down menu [1]. Then, click the Student Dashboard link [2].

Locate Program

In the Student Dashboard, the In Progress tab opens by default [1].

In the Programs list, locate the program that includes the course that you want to begin [2].

Learn more about viewing the Student Dashboard.

Go to Course

In the Requirements list [1], locate the course you wish to begin.

To begin the course, click the Go to Course button [2].

Notes:

Depending on the course design, some course listings may display a Begin Course button in place of the Go to Course button.
If all courses in the Requirements list display a Go to Course or Begin Course button, courses may be completed in any order.