How do I customize my Courses list?

When you are enrolled in more than one Canvas course, you can customize the active courses you want to show in your Course list. Courses you want to show in the Courses menu are called favorite courses. You can favorite any published course that appears in the My Courses section on the course list page. Course favorites also display in the Card View Dashboard.

When no courses are favorited, the courses list automatically displays up to 20 courses alphabetically in the drop-down menu. However, once you have selected at least one course as a favorite, only your favorite courses will appear in the Courses list.

By default, active course cards are automatically added to your Dashboard. When you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, newer enrollments will replace older ones. This means the Dashboard prioritizes the 20 most recently added active courses. Additionally, if you hold multiple roles in a course, the course with a higher-priority role will be listed.

Note: Courses are always listed alphabetically; you cannot reorder your courses manually.

00:07: How do I customize my courses list as a student? 00:11: In global navigation, click the courses link. 00:13: Then click the all courses link. 00:17: The favorite, of course, click the star next to a course, course 00:21: is, with filled Stars. Show. The course, is a favorite 00:25: If a course, is unpublished, and you are allowed to view unpublished courses before the 00:29: course participation dates. You cannot favorite the course. 00:32: If you hover over a star icon for an unpublished course, 00:36: you can view a message. Indicating that the course cannot be added as a favorite. 00:41: Future and past enrollments also cannot be favorite it. 00:46: Depending on course configuration you may still be able to view your past. 00:49: Enrollments after courses have concluded, however favorited 00:54: courses are not automatically removed as a favorite. 00:56: It's a past, enrollment course, still shows as a favorite, you can unfavorite 01:01: the course by toggling the star icon. 01:04: This guy covered how to customize my courses list as a student.

Open Courses

Open Courses

In Global Navigation, click the Courses link [1], then click the All Courses link [2].

Favorite Courses

Manage Courses

To favorite a course, click the star next to a course [1]. Filled stars show that the course is a favorite [2].

Notes:

  • After you have manually favorited at least one course, Canvas automatically favorites any new published course enrollments for you.
  • You can only favorite active courses.

View Unpublished Courses

View Unpublished Courses

If a course is unpublished and you are allowed to view unpublished courses before the course participation dates, you cannot favorite the course. If you hover over a star icon for an unpublished course, you can view a message indicating that the course cannot be added as a favorite.

You cannot favorite future and past enrollments.

View Past Enrollments

View Past Enrollments

Depending on course configuration, you may still be able to view your concluded courses under the Past Enrollments heading [1]. However, a favorited course is not automatically removed as a favorite when the course concludes.

If a past enrollment course still shows as a favorite, you can unfavorite the course by clicking the star icon [2].