how to rearrange course card dashboard in canvas

by Ayana Rau 6 min read

How do I reorder courses on my Dashboard?

  • 1. Navigate to your Canvas Dashboard. If you need help logging in to Canvas, follow this guide.
  • 2. Set Dashboard View to Card View.
  • 3. To reorder courses in the Dashboard, click and drag the Course Card.

New Feature in Canvas: Rearrange Course Cards on Your Dashboard. Did you know that you can rearrange your course cards in the order you prefer? Thanks to a new Canvas feature, you can simply drag and drop course cards anywhere on the Dashboard to reorder them.Jan 25, 2019

Full Answer

How do I rearrange my dashboard?

Click and hold a dashboard tile and drag to a new position. Tiles already in that position slide over for the new tile. Moving tiles that are larger than one square to a new position causes existing tiles to move out of the way. Release and drop the tile into the new position.

Can you Organise your courses within the dashboard?

Order your Course Cards You can re-arrange your course cards in the order you prefer by simply dragging and drop the cards anywhere the Dashboard.

How do I rearrange classes in Canvas?

How do I reorder courses on my Dashboard?Navigate to your Canvas Dashboard. If you need help logging in to Canvas, follow this guide.Set Dashboard View to Card View. Dashboard View must be in Card View to reorder courses. ... To reorder courses in the Dashboard, click and drag the Course Card.Feb 16, 2018

How do I show courses on canvas dashboard?

Within Canvas, click on Courses on the left to expand the Courses menu, then click “All Courses”. 2. This is your full course list, which includes current, past, and future courses. Click on the star to add a course to your dashboard– please note, only current courses may be starred.Jan 12, 2018

December 8, 2018 - No Longer Needed

Canvas has released their own solution for sorting the dashboard course cards. You should remove this script and use their solution. Things should continue to work until you do, but the effort is being duplicated. Any customization to the sort order will be lost when you remove this script.

Original Documentation

I've written a script that will allow users to sort their dashboard course cards by dragging and dropping the cards into the proper order.

What it does

The script runs on the dashboard for your Canvas installation. It checks to see if the user has sorted the course cards and arranges them in the order the user has specified.

Video

The process is so simple and straight forward that coming up with a video that demonstrates what it does was challenging. I managed to stretch it out to 15 seconds.

Installation

If you are a Canvas Admin and would like to install this script in your Custom JavaScript file for the entire account, then obtain the source code from the Canvancement site.

Canvas apps aren't supported

I have tested this in various browsers, including Safari on an iPhone. It has worked in all those browsers that I tested.

Behinds the scenes (technical -- optional)

The script uses the jQuery sortable method, which enables the drag and drop feature. jQuery is included on each page by Canvas, so no extra libraries were needed. I used the browser's console to quickly add a .sortable () to the dashboard cards as a proof-of-concept before starting the project in earnest.

3. To reorder courses in the Dashboard, click and drag the Course Card

Click and hold the Course Card that you want to reorder, drag the Course Card to the new location, and drop the Course Card in the new location on your Dashboard.

Article Summary

Congratulations! You have successfully reordered the courses in your Canvas Dashboard.

3. To reorder courses in the Dashboard, click and drag the Course Card

Click and hold the Course Card that you want to reorder, drag the Course Card to the new location, and drop the Course Card in the new location on your Dashboard.

Article Summary

Congratulations! You have successfully reordered the courses in your Canvas Dashboard.

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