{"id":542,"date":"2024-09-18T17:43:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/?p=542"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:50:18","slug":"marking-a-canvas-course-as-a-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/marking-a-canvas-course-as-a-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking a Canvas Course as a &#8220;Favorite&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_CourseSettingsAndConfigurations_MarkingACanvasCourseAsAFavorite-1024x168.png\" alt=\"Marking a Canvas Course as a &quot;Favorite&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-2713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_CourseSettingsAndConfigurations_MarkingACanvasCourseAsAFavorite-1024x168.png 1024w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_CourseSettingsAndConfigurations_MarkingACanvasCourseAsAFavorite-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_CourseSettingsAndConfigurations_MarkingACanvasCourseAsAFavorite-768x126.png 768w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_CourseSettingsAndConfigurations_MarkingACanvasCourseAsAFavorite-1536x253.png 1536w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_CourseSettingsAndConfigurations_MarkingACanvasCourseAsAFavorite-1200x197.png 1200w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_CourseSettingsAndConfigurations_MarkingACanvasCourseAsAFavorite.png 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#favoriting\">Favoriting Canvas Courses via the All Courses Screen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#unfavoriting\">Unfavoriting a Course from the Canvas Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#additional-resources\">Additional Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Canvas allows you to &#8220;favorite&#8221; <strong>active<\/strong> courses so that they appear on your Dashboard and on your <strong>Courses<\/strong> global navigation menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If no courses are &#8220;favorited&#8221;, then up to 20 of your courses will automatically show on your Canvas Dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Example:<\/strong> If you &#8220;favorite&#8221; five active courses, then only those five courses will appear on your Canvas Dashboard.  All other courses will have to be accessed via the <strong>Courses<\/strong> &gt;&gt; <strong>All Courses<\/strong> screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"favoriting\">Favoriting Canvas Courses via the All Courses Screen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Global Navigation, click the <strong>Courses<\/strong> link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select <strong>All Courses<\/strong> from the fly-out menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the <strong>All Courses<\/strong> screen, active courses will be displayed near the top of the screen. <strong>Past Enrollments<\/strong> appears below them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the left-hand <strong>Favorite<\/strong> column, click the star icon next to any active course to mark it as a &#8220;favorite&#8221;.  The course will now be displayed on your Canvas Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"249\" src=\"http:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/08\/FavoritingCourses.png\" alt=\"A partial screenshot of the &quot;All Courses&quot; screen in the Canvas LMS, where a dark arrow points to an empty star icon in the &quot;Favorite&quot; column next to the course &quot;Canvas Foundations&quot;. A tooltip pop-up box appears, containing the text &quot;Click to add Canvas Foundations to the courses menu.&quot;. Below this row, two other courses, &quot;Canvas Foundations - Credentials Test&quot; and &quot;CCS Canvas Student Orientation,&quot; have filled orange star icons, indicating they are currently favorited, while the top course, &quot;All Users,&quot; has an empty star. The global navigation menu is partially visible on the left side of the screen.\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/08\/FavoritingCourses.png 612w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/08\/FavoritingCourses-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Repeat Step #4 for any additional courses you wish to &#8220;favorite&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"unfavoriting\">Unfavoriting a Course from the Canvas Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have &#8220;favorited&#8221; a course that you no longer want to see on your Canvas Dashboard, you can &#8220;unfavorite&#8221; that course directly from the Dashboard without having to go to your <strong>Courses<\/strong> &gt;&gt; <strong>All Courses<\/strong> screen.  From the Canvas Dashboard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the <strong>Options<\/strong> (three vertical dots) icon at the upper right corner of any course card.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Move<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select \u2b50 <strong>Unfavorite<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/08\/CourseCard.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a Canvas course card with a blue header for the course &quot;Canvas Foundation&quot;. A yellow callout labeled &quot;1&quot; points to the three-dot menu icon located in the header's top right corner. The menu is expanded into a pop-up box displaying two tabs, &quot;Color&quot; and &quot;Move,&quot; with a yellow callout labeled &quot;2&quot; indicating the &quot;Move&quot; tab is selected. Below the tabs, options are listed to &quot;Move to top,&quot; &quot;Move up,&quot; &quot;Move down,&quot; and &quot;Move to bottom&quot;. At the bottom of this menu, a yellow callout labeled &quot;3&quot; highlights the &quot;Unfavorite&quot; option, which is next to a solid star icon.\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/08\/CourseCard.png 360w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/08\/CourseCard-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 85vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"additional-resources\">Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-adv-tabs advgb-tabs-wrapper advgb-tab-vert-desktop advgb-tab-vert-tablet advgb-tab-stack-mobile advgb-tabs-e78b5162-9dd5-4c4f-b9a4-50da8f6da9af\" data-tab-active=\"0\"><ul class=\"advgb-tabs-panel\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"advgb-tab advgb-tab-active\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e9;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:10px\"><button class=\"advgb-tab-button\" id=\"advgb-tab-_4e476b-17-0\" aria-controls=\"advgb-tab-panel-_4e476b-17-0\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"color:#242424;background:none;border:none;width:100%;text-align:inherit;cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px;font:inherit\"><span>Customize my Courses list<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"advgb-tab \" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e9;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:10px\"><button class=\"advgb-tab-button\" id=\"advgb-tab-_4e476b-17-1\" aria-controls=\"advgb-tab-panel-_4e476b-17-1\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"color:#242424;background:none;border:none;width:100%;text-align:inherit;cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px;font:inherit\"><span>View my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"advgb-tab-body-wrapper\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-tab advgb-tab-body-container\"><div class=\"advgb-tab-body-header advgb-tab-class- \" id=\"advgb-tab-panel-_4e476b-17-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-_4e476b-17-0\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>Customize my Courses list<\/span><\/div><div class=\"advgb-tab-_4e476b-17 advgb-tab-body\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-panel-_4e476b-17-0\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.instructure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/662810-how-do-i-customize-my-courses-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How do I customize my Courses list?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"position:relative;width:100%;max-width:900px;margin:8px 0;padding-top:56.25%;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.app.guidde.com\/playbooks\/ru5JbvNFarDma16QUMcVWh\" title=\"How do I customize my Courses list as a student?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-forms\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;background:#000;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-tab advgb-tab-body-container\"><div class=\"advgb-tab-body-header advgb-tab-class- header-active\" id=\"advgb-tab-panel-_4e476b-17-1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-_4e476b-17-1\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>View my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard<\/span><\/div><div class=\"advgb-tab-_4e476b-17 advgb-tab-body\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-panel-_4e476b-17-1\" style=\"display:block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.instructure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/662815-how-do-i-view-my-courses-in-the-card-view-dashboard\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-view-my-favorite-courses-in-the-Card-View-Dashboard-as\/ta-p\/803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How do I view my courses in the Card View Dashboard?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"position:relative;width:100%;max-width:900px;margin:8px 0;padding-top:56.25%;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.app.guidde.com\/playbooks\/9jQpCM2uMTo6SE2CV2GtAy\" title=\"How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as a student?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-forms\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;background:#000;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgb-tabs-e78b5162-9dd5-4c4f-b9a4-50da8f6da9af ul.advgb-tabs-panel li.advgb-tab.advgb-tab-active {background-color:#251c5c !important;color:#fff !important;}#advgb-tabs-e78b5162-9dd5-4c4f-b9a4-50da8f6da9af .advgb-tab-body-header.header-active, 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Favoriting Canvas Courses via the All Courses Screen In Global Navigation, click the Courses link. Select All Courses from the fly-out menu. On the All Courses screen, active courses will be displayed near the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/marking-a-canvas-course-as-a-favorite\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marking a Canvas Course as a &#8220;Favorite&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,154],"tags":[38,26,99,98,100,101,48,102],"class_list":["post-542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canvas","category-course-settings-and-configurations","tag-canvas","tag-course","tag-dashboard","tag-favorite","tag-global","tag-menu","tag-navigation","tag-unfavorite"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Chris 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