How do I see all my assignments due on Canvas?

The Calendar (left global navigation) is the only built-in view that shows every graded item across all courses on one screen. The Dashboard To-Do list shows upcoming items but truncates, and each course Syllabus page lists that single course only.

Why don't some assignments show up in my Canvas calendar?

Undated assignments never appear on the calendar — check each course's Assignments page for items without due dates. Also make sure the course's color toggle is enabled in the calendar sidebar; disabled courses are hidden.

Can Canvas send me due date reminders?

Canvas can email or push-notify you based on notification settings, but timing is limited and easy to ignore. For reminders you can't miss, subscribe to your Canvas calendar feed with a reminder tool — ClassCaller, for example, places an actual phone call before each deadline.

Blog · July 23, 2026 · 6 min read

How to See All Your Due Dates on Canvas (5 Ways, Ranked)

Q: What time are Canvas assignments due?

Whatever time the instructor set — but the overwhelming default is 11:59 PM in the course's timezone. Always open the assignment to confirm, especially for quizzes and exams, which often close earlier in the evening.

The short answer: click Calendar in the left global navigation. It's the only built-in Canvas view that shows every dated assignment, quiz, and discussion across all your courses in one place. Everything else — Dashboard cards, To-Do list, Syllabus pages — shows you a slice, and the slices are where deadlines slip through.

Here are all five ways Canvas exposes due dates, ranked from most to least complete, and then the honest answer about why checking any of them still fails half the time.

1. The Calendar (the complete picture)

Global navigation → Calendar. Month, week, or agenda view of every dated item in every enrolled course, color-coded per course.

Two gotchas:

Course toggles. In the right sidebar, each course has a color dot. If a course is toggled off, its deadlines silently vanish from the view. If your calendar looks suspiciously light, check the toggles first.
Undated assignments are invisible. Anything without a due date lives only on the course's Assignments page, in the "Undated" section. Professors who "will announce the due date later" are how you get ambushed.

2. The Syllabus page (complete, but per-course)

Inside a course: Syllabus → scroll to the Course Summary. It's an auto-generated chronological table of every dated item in that course. Great for planning a single class; useless for seeing your week across five classes.

3. The Dashboard To-Do list (convenient, truncated)

The right-hand To Do column on your Dashboard shows upcoming graded items — but it caps the list, hides things once they're submitted or past due, and mixes in ungraded noise. Treat it as a nudge, never as the source of truth.

4. Card View due-date badges (a vibe, not a system)

Dashboard cards show little activity streams and recent-item links. Genuinely fine for jumping into a course, genuinely dangerous as a deadline tracker.

5. The Canvas Student app List View

The app's calendar/list view is a decent phone-sized version of the Calendar — same rules apply (course toggles, undated items missing). Handy in line at Chipotle; not something you'll open every night at 9 PM. Which brings us to the real problem.

The real problem: every one of these requires YOU to check

All five views share one failure mode: they only work when you open them. Nobody opens Canvas at 9 PM on a Tuesday "just to check." The students who miss deadlines aren't the ones who can't find the Calendar — they're the ones who found it, felt organized for a week, and stopped looking.

Two ways to flip it so the deadlines come to you:

Level 1 — push your feed into a calendar you already use. Canvas publishes a private iCal link with every dated item across your courses. Here's exactly where to find it and how to add it to Google Calendar. Now deadlines at least sit next to your real life. Weakness: Google Calendar notifications are still silent little banners, and Google refreshes school feeds slowly.

Level 2 — make the deadline physically ring. ClassCaller subscribes to that same Canvas feed and calls your phone before each deadline — a real voice call at the intervals you pick (a week out, a day out, even 15 minutes before on Pro). You pick the voice and the energy, from gentle to drill sergeant to fully unhinged. A banner notification asks politely; a ringing phone demands an answer. It's free for 3 calls a month — roughly one saved deadline per month, which usually pays for itself in one un-tanked grade.

Quick FAQ

How do I see ALL assignments due across my courses? Global navigation → Calendar, with every course toggle enabled. It's the only complete cross-course view.

Why is an assignment missing from the calendar? It's undated (check the course's Assignments page) or its course is toggled off in the calendar sidebar.

Can Canvas remind me before due dates? Only via its notification emails/pushes, which are limited and easy to ignore. For unmissable reminders, pipe your calendar feed into a caller like ClassCaller.

What time are Canvas assignments due? Instructor's choice, but 11:59 PM local is the near-universal default. Quizzes and exams often close earlier — always open the item and check.

ClassCaller is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Instructure or Canvas.