How do I use the Courses page in an account?
You can view courses in your account in the Courses page. You can view and filter courses by term and teacher and search for courses individually. You can also sort search result columns in ascending or descending order.
Open Account
In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].
View Courses Page
When you open an account, the account defaults to the Courses page.
The Courses page displays all courses in the account. The page is designed with global settings at the top of the page [1] followed by the generated course data [2].
All fields are responsive to the width of the browser, which can be adjusted as needed to display course data.
Filter Terms
Global settings include searching and filtering by course data. Filters and search fields update dynamically.
By default, courses for all terms display on the Courses page. To filter courses by term, click the Filter by term drop-down menu [1]. Terms are grouped by active, future, and past terms. The Default term is included in the active terms list. Depending on the number of terms in an account, the Terms menu may display a loading message until all terms are visible.
To search for a specific term by keyword, type a keyword in the Filter by term text field [2].
The Terms menu displays the full name of a term in the list [3]. Once selected, the term name is truncated in the menu [4]. To view the full name of the term, click the Terms menu again.
Sort and Search Courses
The Courses page defaults to searching by courses. To search for a specific course, type the name of the course, course code, SIS ID, or Canvas course ID in the search field [1].
To search courses by teacher (instructor), click the Sort by menu [2] and select the Teacher option. The search field text updates to show courses are being searched by teacher. You can search by the instructor's name (user ID, SIS ID, and login ID are not supported search parameters).
To filter your search to exclude courses with no student enrollments, click the Hide courses without students checkbox [3].
View Courses
The Courses page paginates filter and search results in sets of 15 courses and are ordered by SIS ID. Each paginated page displays in a table format but columns are responsive according to the widest column for that page.
Results display the name of the course [1], SIS ID (if applicable) [2], term [3], teacher [4], subaccount [5], and number of active students [6].
Except for the Student column, each column heading can be sorted in ascending or descending order (alphabetically or numerically).
Published courses display a check mark next to the course name [1].
If a course includes more than two teachers, the Teacher column displays a Show More link [2]. This link can be clicked to expand the full list of teachers.
