Using Dashboard and My Courses in Course Site

The dashboard is a user-centered, customizable home page.  To customize your dashboard, turn on EDIT in the upper right and add the desired block. You can also reset to the default view as needed. Below is a brief orientation to the features and regions that make up the default dashboard.

1. Recently accessed courses block -  this block shows courses you have recently accessed from most recent. As with the course overview block, there are next/previous arrow buttons for navigating through this list located at the top-right of the block.
2. Timeline block - shows a comprehensive view of all upcoming due dates of activities that support native Course Site deadline scheduling/management.
3. Calendar block - shows a typical calendar in month view highlighting dates that have activities scheduled and/or due.

Detailed Overview of My Courses

There are three main features that enhance the functionality of the course overview block. They are: the ability to filter courses to match provided criteria, the ability to sort courses by name or date accessed, and the ability to change the display of the list of courses.

Filtering courses

At the top-left of the course overview block, you'll see a drop-down select field, that typically defaults to "In progress". This is the filter select menu. Select your desired choice to show only those courses that match the given criteria.

• All (except removed from view) - view all courses you have access to, except for those you have specifically removed from view (see details below)
• In progress - view only courses that are current and active - courses that have a start date that is on or before today and have an end date that is on or after today.
• Future - view only courses that have not yet started (have a start date that is after today)
• Past - view only courses that have ended (have an end date that is before today)
• Starred - view only those courses you have intentionally starred (see details below)
• Removed from view - view only those courses you have intentionally removed from view (see details below)

Regardless of which display you choose as your course listing layout, the triple dot icon button reveals the menu where you can star/unstar or remove from view the corresponding course.

• Star/Unstar this course - this is a great way to create a filter of only those courses you care most about or interact with most often. Starred courses will be marked with a star icon.
• Remove from view - this is a good way to remove courses that may still be active but you no longer need or want to see (administrative/training courses for example). Don't worry, you can always use the Removed from view filter to see courses you've removed from view and add them back into the mix.

Sorting courses