The Calendar is a great way to view everything you have to do for all your courses in one place. You can view calendar events by day, week, month, or agenda list.

Your University academic timetable (Links to an external site.) is not integrated with Canvas - this means that you need to check both your Canvas Calendar and your timetable for all of your teaching and learning activities.

Your Canvas Calendar can be found on the right-hand side of your course screen by selecting the view calendar link as shown below. You can also access it via the Global Navigation menu (see below). You can also view your course calendar in the Student App.

Watch this video by Canvas Coach Tanya on using the Canvas Calendar

Your Calendar view

Your Canvas Calendar will display information on events and assignments published by your lecturers for each of the Canvas course (modules) and groups that you are enrolled on - you will see information for all your modules in the Calendar view. In the navigation bar, you can choose to view the calendar in Week, Month, or Agenda view [1 below]. By default, the calendar will appear in Month view [2]. The sidebar [3] shows a quick-view calendar, your list of courses and groups, and undated items for your courses and groups.

Screen grab of month view in Calendar

Icons and different types of events

Each item displayed in your Calendar will have an icon to help you differentiate different types of activities, from assignments to quizzes.

Colours and customising your Calendar

Each of your personal, course and group calendar events/activities will be identified by a separate colour [see 3 above]. Canvas will assign an arbitrary colour for each calendar unless you chose to customise your Calendar, inserting insert a Hex code (Links to an external site.) to create any colour of your choice. Colours set in your Dashboard course tiles will also update in the calendar.

Watch this video to find out more about your Canvas Calendar

Useful links

Use these links to find out more about the Canvas Calendar tool:

How do I use the Calendar as a student? (Links to an external site.)
How do I filter the Calendar view by course as a student? (Links to an external site.)
How do I view the Calendar iCal feed to subscribe to an external calendar as a student? (Links to an external site.)
How do I add an event to my calendar as a student? (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
How do I add a 'to-do' item in the Calendar as a student? (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
How do I add and duplicate an event in the Calendar as a student? (Links to an external site.)
How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook as a student? (Links to an external site.)

Where to get help and advice

Click the Help icon on the blue global navigation bar for information on how to contact your Canvas Support Team via phone, email or online chat 24/7, 365-days-a-year.