
Canvas Course Sidebar by Zach R
Adds Canvas courses to your Canvas sidebar to make them easier to access
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About this extension
Adding Courses
To load all courses by default, visit
Editing Courses
Courses have three properties:
1.
2.
3.
These will automatically save whenever they're updated, and you should see the changes reflected when you reload your Canvas page
To load all courses by default, visit
https://<yourschool>.instructure.com/courses
and press the "Add All to Sidebar" button. This will load the IDs, titles, and colors from this page. This will not overwrite any existing configured courses. You can also add courses manually using the "Add" button in the extension windowEditing Courses
Courses have three properties:
1.
Name
- This is what will appear in the sidebar, it's best to be concise2.
ID
- This is what determines the link for the button, it can be found at the end of the URL for the course's homepage (https://<yourschool>.instructure.com/courses/<courseid>
)3.
Color
- If the "Color Sidebar" setting is enabled, this will be the color that the sidebar is set to when the course is activeThese will automatically save whenever they're updated, and you should see the changes reflected when you reload your Canvas page
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Required permissions:
- Access your data for sites in the instructure.com domain
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- Version
- 0.1.5
- Size
- 261.97 KB
- Last updated
- a month ago (Sep 3, 2025)
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