Answered By: Michael Pujals
Last Updated: Sep 17, 2026    Views: 30

When in a course you'll have a menu off to the left side of your screen with all the course options (e.g. Announcements, Grades, Discussions, etc.). Some of those items will have a crossed out eyeball icon next to them indicating that they are not visible to the students. (See below)

screenshot show enabled and disabled menu items in the course menu

If you want to Enable or Disable a menu item:

  1. Go into the Course > Settings > Navigation
    Screenshot show the settings and navigation tabs
  2. In the Navigation window you should see 2 groups vertically arranged. The top group is Enabled and the bottom group is Disabled.
  3. To Enable or Disable a menu item click into the options menu (3 vertical dots) and choose to Enable or Disable the menu item
    screenshot showing how to enable or disable an item cateogy in the navigation menu
  4. Hit the save button at the bottom right of your screen and you are done.



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