Canvas course home page

The Course Home Page is the first page your students will see when they enter your Canvas course. It is also the page they will see when they click on the Home link on the Course Navigation Menu.

The following video (3:25 min) shows you how to set and customise the Canvas Course Home Page to best suit the needs of your subject.

Your Canvas Course Home Page has three sections. The Course Navigation Menu is on the left of the page, while a sidebar is on the right of the page. The main section of the page is customisable.

You can choose to use one of five layouts for the main section of the Course Home Page:

1. Course Activity Stream: displays the most recent activity and interactions for the course site
2. Pages Front Page: displays the Pages Front Page which is a blank Page you can customise
3. Course Modules: displays the Modules Index Page
4. Assignments List: displays the Assignments Index Page
5. Syllabus: displays the Syllabus page

You can also choose to display your recent announcements on this page, so your students are up to date with all your announcements (see [2] in the screenshot below).

1. Change the Canvas Course Home Page
2. Display recent announcements on the Canvas Course Home Page

The sidebar on your Canvas Course Home Page is similar to that of your Canvas Dashboard. In your Canvas Home Page, the sidebar shows information that is specific to your subject.

At the top of the sidebar are tools to manage your Canvas Course site (see [1] in the screenshot above).  The bottom of the sidebar (see [2] in the screenshot above) contains the To-Do list for your subject (for example, tasks which require marking).  Depending on the layout you have you chosen for your Course Home Page, it may contain other sections.

Use the Course Home Page