Disable or re-size to-do list or right side-bar

[EmmaChapman]

Hi there.

I am wondering if I can control the size of the right side bar in my Canvas course. It is for "course status" when I'm in as instructor: in student view it has calendar etc displayed.

This side bar really overtakes the course content window, especially on laptop.

There is a big thread in idea conversations asking for this feature because it also confuses students: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/To-Do-Disable-the-To-Do-List/idi-p/379835

Thanks, Emma

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi there, @EmmaChapman ...

Have you taken advantage of the two options on the left-hand side of your screen in Canvas that collapse the navigation menus?  For example, in your far left-hand global navigation bar, at the very bottom of those icons (below the "Help" icon), you'll see an arrow pointing to the left.  Click on that arrow to collapse the global navigation menu.  And, within your course, if you click on the three-lined hamburger icon to the left of the course name in the upper left corner of your screen (and above the "Home" button), you can completely collapse/expand the course navigation menu.

• How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an inst... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com) -- See the very bottom of this Guide
• How do I use the Course Navigation Menu as an inst... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com) -- See the section on "Collapse Course Navigation Menu"

Hope this helps a bit.  Sing out if you have any other questions about this...thanks!

[EmmaChapman]

Hi Chris - those two features you have pointed out to me are useful, but my question is about the menu that appears on the right. It would be great to have an option to collapse that too. I'll attach a couple of screenshots - one is student view on a course where I am instructor, the other is a course where I am a student. While having calendar etc displayed is useful on the course front page, if you add pages, it just takes up space. The third screenshot shows my workaround -  I have manually changed the width of a page so the content takes up the whole width - you can see the grey scroll bar that separates the right hand menu from page content pushed over to left.