As an instructor, you can manage which links appear in the Course Navigation menu. Canvas provides a set of default navigation links that are automatically shown and cannot be renamed. Depending on your course setup, additional links may be available and customizable.
Links to sections without any content, where students cannot add content, will automatically be hidden from students and marked with the Visibility icon for instructors. For instance, if no announcements have been posted for the course, you'll see the Announcements link with the Visibility icon, but students won't see the link at all. Once an announcements has been posted, the link will be visible to students. Additionally, configured External Apps may add more links to the Course Navigation menu.
The following course navigation links are not visible to students, but are visible to instructors in all courses regardless of the Navigation Settings:
- People
- Rubrics
- Outcomes
- Pages
- Assignments
- Discussions
- Quizzes
- Files
- Syllabus
- Collaborations
Canvas Instructor Guides
How do I manage Course Navigation links?