The first thing you should do before publishing the course is to edit the Course Navigation. Unlike Blackboard, the instructor control of the Canvas Course Navigation is a bit more restrictive.
Course Navigation items include:
- Home (Required)
- Announcements
- Assignments
- Attendance (Hidden unless made available)
- Chat (Hidden unless made available)
- Collaborations
- Conferences
- Discussions
- Files
- Grades
- Modules
- Outcomes
- People
- Pages
- Quizzes
- Syllabus
- Settings (Visible to Instructors and TAs)
Instructors can reorder the tabs and even hide some of them. Tabs cannot be renamed. The purpose of this restriction is to attempt to streamline and simplify the menu options presented to students.
Course Settings Video
Skip to 2:57 to view the section on Editing the Course Navigation.
To learn more about customizing the Course Navigation menu, feel free to view the Navigation Tutorials.