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Select and hide Canvas course tools from the Course Navigation menu to simplify the student view.

How to Select and Hide Canvas Course Tools:


  1. Log in to Canvas and navigate to your course.
  2. At the bottom of the Course Navigation menu, click Settings.
  3. Click the Navigation tab.
  4. Reorder tools by dragging them.
  5. Select which tools to show or hide for students by dragging them between the top list of items and the bottom list of items.
  6. To disable or enable tools, click the Settings icon for that tool. The Settings icon/kebab looks like:
  7. Click Save.

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