Favorite a Course in Canvas Dashboard

Favorite a Course in Canvas Dashboard

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If your Canvas Dashboard feels cluttered with too many courses, you can customize which courses appear by marking them as favorites. You can favorite any published course that appears in the My Courses section on the course list page and in the Card View Dashboard

By default, if you have no courses favorited, the list will show up to 20 courses alphabetically. This cannot be reordered manually. Once you favorite at least one course, only your favorite courses will appear in the list

  1. In Global Navigation, click the Courses link [1], then click the All Courses [2]. 

An educational platform interface showing a student's course list for the term, with navigation icons on the left and a prompt to customize visible courses via the All Courses link.
  1. To favorite a course, click the star next to a course [1]. Filled stars show that the course is a favorite [2]. 

After you have manually favorited at least one course, Canvas will automatically favorite any new published course enrollments for you. 

Note: Only active courses can be favorited. 

customize-course-list2.jpgA list of courses titled All Courses with favorites marked by stars. Courses include Basic Written Communications, Biology 101, and Introduction to Foods. Term shown is 2023-2024. Option to browse more courses is visible.
  1. Unpublished courses cannot be favorited, even if you're allowed to view unpublished courses before the participation dates. Hovering over the star icon for an unpublished course will display a message indicating that the course cannot be added as a favorite. 

Note: Future and past enrollments cannot be favorited.

Online course dashboard showing a list of courses with star icons for favorites. A red arrow points to History 101 with a tooltip saying it can't be added unless active. Other courses include Introduction to Foods and Biology 101. Sidebar icons for Courses, Groups, and Calendar are visible.

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