Navigating Courses as an Observer

The Canvas Dashboard shows all the courses for you child or children you are observing.

You can sort the tiles by clicking on them and dragging them. You can also give each tile a nickname by clicking on the three vertical dots on the course card and type a name in the Nickname box. Be sure to hit apply when you are done.

The Canvas Course Interface:

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Observers can view Global Navigation, Course Navigation, Breadcrumb Navigation, Sidebar, and Help link.

  • The Global Navigation helps you get to where you want to go across all of your Canvas courses [1].
  • The Course Navigation helps you get to where you want to go within your Canvas course [2].
  • The Breadcrumb Navigation shows you where you have navigated to inside of a course and gives you a quick and easy way to move backward [3].
  • The Sidebar will be mostly empty for Observers [4].
  • The Help link is very important. Click the Help link when you need assistance. [5].

The Course Navigation links on the left side of your screen help you get to where you want to go inside of Canvas.