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    Settings

    The Settings navigation link is where you can easily update and see the different users and sections, and you can also modify the navigation of your course. Depending on your permissions, you can edit differing levels of the course settings.

    The settings portion of your course is only available to instructors.

    In Course Navigation, click the Settings link.

    Course Details

    In the Course Details tab, you can view the details of your course including its name, what your quota is, and what license that you’ve attached to this content inside of your course. You can also view the course status. If the course cannot be unpublished, the hover text will notify you accordingly.

    View Sections

    In the Sections tab, you can add a section to your course and manage student section enrollments.

    View Navigations

    In the Navigation tab, you can modify the Content Navigation links listed in your course. You can drag and drop to reorder and hide course navigation links.

    Any configured course navigation External Apps (LTI Tools) that appear in Course Navigation also appear here as well.

    View Apps

    If your institution has enabled the Canvas App Center, in the Apps tab you can view all available external learning tools in Canvas. However, you can also configure apps manually.

    View Feature Options

    In the Feature Options tab, you can enable and disable Canvas features within your course as made available by your account admin.

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