Course To-Do List: Limited Number of Items

[PatrickCox]

We have a course that includes peer reviews as part of one of the assignments. When looking into students yet to complete their reviews, we found that some could not see the 'Peer Review' item in their to-do list on the course homepage, which may be the reason why they did not do the task. Although this task did appear on their dashboard, it was not immediately visible as the task date was in the past.

My question is whether there is a way to increase the number of items of the course to-do list or to add a feature to 'Show All' as exists on the Dashboard?

[greydon]

Hello @PatrickCox 

Thank you for contacting Canvas Support. We're sorry to hear you've been experiencing issues with students unable to view their assigned peer reviews. The To Do section shows up to seven items with due dates or event dates in the upcoming weeks, including ungraded quizzes, assignments that do not require a Canvas submission, and course announcements. Each item in the To Do list displays the assignment name, the course name, the number of points, and the due date for the assignment. Once the due date has passed, items remain in this section for four weeks. 

By default, the students would need to click on "show all" especially if they are taking a few classes and have more than an assignment due each week. We display the 7 default as to be compatible across different devices and not crowd the dashboard since we also include a link to view grades, etc. There may be a possibility of customizing this for your school but we would need to speak with the school CSM to set up anything that isn't a Canvas default setting.

Dashboard:

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-use-the-To-Do-list-and-sidebar-in-the-Dash...

List View:

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-use-the-to-do-list-for-all-my-courses-in-t... 

In a situation like this, it would be best to look at this specifically so we can see the account directly. Please feel free to contact Canvas Support directly so we can pinpoint the source of the issue and provide a solution. Thank you! 

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/How-do-I-contact-Canvas-Support/ta-p/389767