Customising Canvas Dashboard For Students

[RichieRowling]

Hi, I'm trying to research whether it's possible to create custom dashboard designs with dynamic content for students in Canvas. Some of the things we were hoping to include in the dashboard:

• Welcome message specific to the course the student is completing (changing depending on student progress)
• Highlight time-sensitive assignments
• Highlight completed courses
• Provide progress indicators (eg. 3 of 4 units completed)
• Embed a mini calendar of events (even just an iframe)
• Embed a feed of news or updates from our main website (even just an iframe)
• Embed Hotjar and Google Analytics to measure performance

Would any of the above be possible to integrate into the dashboard? I know we can implement custom CSS and JS, but we were looking at doing something more dynamic and are unsure if Canvas can facilitate this.
Thanks,

[Steph_T · Accepted solution]

Hello! @RichieRowling 

Currently, Canvas only has Card View, List View and Resent Activity that is available for the Dashboard. There isn't any way to really make that customized. If you decide to use a Custom CSS, Canvas Support won't be able to support that unfortunately. 

If you have a paid account, you may be able to contact Support or your Customer Success Manager to see if they have other options for you. If you have any other questions or concerns, please let us know! 

[MichaelHarv]

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@RichieRowling wrote: my account access

Hi, I'm trying to research whether it's possible to create custom dashboard designs with dynamic content for students in Canvas. Some of the things we were hoping to include in the dashboard:

• Welcome message specific to the course the student is completing (changing depending on student progress)
• Highlight time-sensitive assignments
• Highlight completed courses
• Provide progress indicators (eg. 3 of 4 units completed)
• Embed a mini calendar of events (even just an iframe)
• Embed a feed of news or updates from our main website (even just an iframe)
• Embed Hotjar and Google Analytics to measure performance

Would any of the above be possible to integrate into the dashboard? I know we can implement custom CSS and JS, but we were looking at doing something more dynamic and are unsure if Canvas can facilitate this.
Thanks,

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I want to know more about that How do I make my Canvas dashboard pretty? How do I change the dashboard view in Canvas?

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi there, @MichaelHarv ...

You can change the view of your Dashboard by following the steps in these Guides:

• For instructors:
  • How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View... - Instructure Community
  • How do I view global activity for all my courses i... - Instructure Community
• For students:
  • How do I view global activity for all my courses i... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

Hope this will help a bit.  Sing out if you have other questions about this...thanks!