Customize the Canvas course navigation in your courses to include only the areas/links that students will be accessing.

The course navigation can be customized at any time during the course.

Use the View as Student feature to see how your changes to the course navigation look to students.

Editing the Position of Visible Items

1. Select “Settings” (1) from your course navigation, then select the “Navigation” (2) tab, and drag the item(s) you want to reposition in the course navigation (3).

1. Alternatively, you can select the three vertical dots (1) on the item you want to move, select “Move” (2) and move it with the drop-down menus shown.

1. When you’re finished, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and save, using the blue “Save” button.

Enabling Items (Visible to Students)

Enabling an item does not publish content related to that item in the course. Meaning, if you choose to enable the Assignments item in the course navigation, it does not publish assignments in the course for you. For information about publishing your course content, visit this page →

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Your school, department, or program may have additional items added in the course navigation. Check with your school, department, or program leadership.

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The Navigation settings area is divided into two sections, the top section contains items that are visible in the course navigation, and the bottom section contains items that are hidden from the course navigation.

1. Select “Settings” from your course navigation, then select the “Navigation” tab, and scroll down the page until you see the “Drag items here to hide them from students” heading.

1. Drag the item(s) you want to enable in the course navigation up and past the “Drag items here to hide them from students” heading.