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Why Old Courses Still Appear on Your Canvas Dashboard

Modified on: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 10:09 AM

If you have a course that has ended but still appears on your Dashboard, it's likely missing an end date in the course settings. As a student, you cannot change this setting—it's managed by the instructor. If a course has ended but still appears on your Dashboard, you can contact your instructor to ask them to set or verify the course end date in Canvas.


What is the Canvas Dashboard?

Your Canvas Dashboard shows both active and favorited courses.

  • Active Courses: Courses that are published and currently within their set start and end dates, which are controlled by the instructor or institution.
  • Favorited Courses: Courses you've starred from the All Courses menu.


Learn more about using the Canvas Dashboard effectively. If you've dropped a course and it's still appearing on your dashboard, your enrollment status may take up to 24 hours to update in Canvas.


Past courses leave the Dashboard after the end date passes and are categorized in Past Enrollments



For tech help call 210 829 2721 or email helpdesk@uiwtx.edu

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