The NUToDo (i.e. New To-Do) and Course Card Details features provide an enhanced to-do list for Canvas. When enabled, NUToDo and Course Card Details display on the Canvas Dashboard when using either the Card View or Recent Activity View, and the syllabus page of individual course sites.

Features of NUToDo include:

A colorful chart with various rings color coded by course. As you complete your assignments throughout the week, the rings will show your progress.
A list of all active assignments that are counted in the rings. Each task item has the name, course, type, due date, point value, and link for the assignment.
The option to create custom task items.
The option to filter assignments by course.
The option to manually mark assignments as complete.

Course Card Details adds links and due dates for upcoming assignments to course cards on the Canvas Dashboard.

NUToDo and Course Card Details are optional extensions that are unaffiliated with Instructure's Canvas LMS. They are not endorsed or supported officially by any party other than Northwestern University. If you need assistance, please contact canvas@northwestern.edu. NUToDo and Course Card details do not collect or share user data and only communicate with the official, secure Canvas API supported by Instructure.

How to Enable NUToDo and Course Card Details

You can choose to enable both, or just one or the other.

Enabling NUToDo and Course Card Details from account settings.

To enable NUToDo:

Click on Account>Settings in the global navigation menu.
On the Settings page, find the section for Northwestern Customizations.
On the row for NUToDo, click the red X. It will change to a green checkmark when enabled.
Optional: check the checkbox to display the default Canvas to-do list. When NUToDo is enabled, the default Canvas to-do list is hidden unless this checkbox is selected.

To enable Course Card Details:

Click on Account>Settings in the global navigation menu.
On the Settings page, find the section for Northwestern Customizations.
On the row for Course Card Details, click the red X. It will change to a green checkmark when enabled.
Set the number of rows to display on the Course Card using the Course Card Details settings.

Using NUToDo

NUToDo

The top rings display an individual ring per active course. Rollover text will display the course name. In the center of the ring, there is a percentage display indicating the number of assignments which have been completed.
The Upcoming column displays each upcoming graded assignment, quiz, or discussion in active courses. To sort by class, click on the corresponding ring. To remove the filter, click the course ring again.
Late assignments will display a red LATE pill on the item before the due date.
The Completed column displays all assignments which have either been submitted or manually marked as completed or dismissed.
To mark a task as Completed, click on the icon on the left-hand side of the task; to dismiss a task, click on the x on right-hand side of the task.
Dismissed or completed tasks can be returned to the Upcoming column by clicking on the x with an arrow on the right-hand side of the task listed in the Completed column.
Tasks which have been submitted will automatically move to the Completed column and display a blue COMPLETED pill.
To visit the assignment page in the course site referenced in NUToDo, click on the assignment name in the task.

Creating Custom Tasks

To create a custom task, click on the purple + icon in the top right-hand corner of the NUToDo feature. This task will only apply to the account for which it is made, not for a course or other users, and is based in the Canvas Calendar.
Custom task fields include task name, date/time, and notes. This could be any task related to coursework which is not explicitly listed as a Canvas task, i.e. studying for an exam.
Note: When using NUToDo in an individual course site, not on the Dashboard, the Canvas Keyboard Shortcuts are triggered by default with certain keystrokes. If you encounter this, you can override the shortcut keys by pressing SHIFT + they letter you are trying to type.

Using Course Card Details

Course card details view

When enabled, Course Card Details will display the selected number of rows of upcoming assignments for that course on the Course Card in the Canvas Dashboard.
To visit the assignment page in the course site referenced in on the Course Card, click on the assignment name.