The Recent Activity Dashboard shows you important recent activities from all of your courses including announcements, discussions, assignments, and conversations. The activity notification list is similar to the Course Activity Stream for an individual course.
The following activities cause notifications for each course to appear in the Recent Activity Dashboard:
- New Announcements
- Replies to Announcements
- New Discussions
- New Discussion Posts
- New Assignments
- Assignments, Quizzes, or Discussions Changed from Ungraded to Graded
- Due Date Changes to Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions
- New Graded Assignments
- New Peer Review Assignments
- New Conversation Messages
The Recent Activity Dashboard also displays the Dashboard sidebar, which includes items in your To-Do list and includes a link to the global Grades page.
Notes:
- Notifications do not display in the Recent Activity Dashboard for activity in Files, Collaborations, Grades, Pages, or Conferences; ungraded quizzes and surveys; or edits to Discussions.
- Edits to Quizzes and Assignments will only display in the Recent Activity Dashboard when the Notify users that this content has changed button has been selected in a course.
- To receive notifications for Discussions, you must actively post in the discussions at least once every two weeks. If you stop participating in a discussion after two weeks, Canvas will no longer display discussion notifications.
Open Dashboard
In Global Navigation, click the Dashboard link.
Open Recent Activity Dashboard View
Click the Options icon [1] and then click the Recent Activity link [2].
Note: If you are an observer/parent, you may need to view your student's Dashboard.
View Global Activity
The Global Activity Stream contains recent notifications from all of your courses, including announcements, discussions, assignments, and conversations.
Activities are indicated by activity type and display an icon for the activity [1]. Each activity also includes the name of its associated course [2].
New activity in your account is indicated by an unread icon [3]. Discussions and Announcements indicate new activity items published in a course, and Conversation Messages indicate new messages received in your Inbox.
Notes:
- Recent Activity items remain for four weeks.
- Unlike course cards in the Card View Dashboard, the activity stream does not reflect the visibility of Course Navigation links.
Expand and Collapse Notifications
You can view the details of each activity by hovering in the notification area and clicking the Show More link [1].
To collapse recent activity, click the Show Less link [2].
Manage Recent Activity
To directly access your recent activities, click the course link [1].
To remove a notification, click the remove icon [2].
