How do I view Courses and Groups in the Student app on my Android device?

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View Courses and Groups

In the Dashboard, the Courses page displays all your favorite courses and groups. Favorite courses mirror the Courses & Groups customized drop-down menu in the web version of Canvas.

Manage Favorites

To set or remove a course as a favorite, tap the Edit icon.

Note: Changes to your favorite courses will apply to the browser version of Canvas.

To favorite a course, tap the Star icon next to the course. Stars indicate favorite courses. To remove a favorite, tap the Star icon again. Changes to the favorites page are applied automatically.

Note: The Courses list includes active and concluded courses.

View Grades

In the Dashboard, you can view overall grades for each course. You can choose to show or hide Dashboard grades. By default, grades are shown in the Dashboard.

To view details of a grade, tap the grade percentage.

Note: Users who do not have a student role will always see grades with a percentage of zero.

Open Settings

Courses can be customized to help distinguish them throughout other areas of the Canvas Student app. To customize a course, tap the Options icon [1].

To edit the course nickname, tap the Edit nickname option [2]. To edit the course color, tap the Edit course color option [3].

Create Nickname

Tap the Course Nickname field [1] and type the nickname.

Tap the OK link [2].

Select Color

Tap the new color for your course. The color will automatically apply to your course.

Open Course

To open a course, tap the course name.

View Course Navigation

Courses open to the Course Navigation Menu [1]. The menu includes course navigation links that are available in the browser version of Canvas. Therefore, if a course navigation link is hidden in the browser version, you will not be able to access it in the app.

To open the Course Home Page, tap the Home button [2].

Note: Not all course navigation links are supported in the Canvas Student app. However, all navigation links are supported in a mobile browser.

Open Group

To open a group, tap the group name.

View Group Navigation

Groups open to the Group Navigation Menu [1]. The menu includes navigation links that are available in the browser version of Canvas. Therefore, if a navigation link is hidden in the browser version, you will not be able to access it in the app.

To open the Group Home Page, tap the Home button [2]

Note: Not all group navigation links are supported in the Canvas Student app. However, all navigation links are supported in a mobile browser.

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Article ID: 51520

Created

Wed 4/4/18 1:21 PM

Modified

Fri 1/31/20 4:32 PM