Overview
This article explains the “Hide Dashboard Page Elements for Teachers” setting. This setting lets an administrator choose which sections of the dashboard (home page) are hidden from view for _Teacher_ (Instructor) users when they log into the portal. It is found under General Settings, in the Dashboard Settings area, and it applies to every Teacher account in the institution in the same way.
What This Setting Does
This setting works as a multiple-choice list. The administrator can select one, several, or all of the following dashboard sections to hide from Teacher (Instructor) users:
– Calendar – the calendar widget that shows upcoming events and important dates.
– Overview Counter – a summary panel showing the number of _Students_ (Learners), _Subjects_ (Courses), and _Groups_ (Classes) linked to the teacher.
– Notice Board (Timeline) – a running feed of notifications, announcements and updates.
– Timetable – the teacher’s daily or weekly session/class schedule shown on the dashboard.
– Mobile App Links – a section promoting the institution’s mobile app, with download links for Android and iOS, where this feature is used.
– My Subjects – a shortcut section listing the Subjects (Courses) the teacher currently teaches.
Any section added to this list disappears completely from the dashboard – it is not minimized, collapsed, or moved elsewhere; it simply does not appear. Any section left out of the list continues to display normally. If nothing is selected, every teacher sees the full, standard dashboard layout with all six sections visible.
Where It Is Used
This setting only affects the main dashboard (home page) that a Teacher (Instructor) sees immediately after logging into the portal. It has no effect on any other page or menu in the system. For example, if the Timetable section is hidden from the dashboard, the teacher can usually still view their schedule from the dedicated Timetable/Schedule area of the portal – only the dashboard shortcut is removed, not the underlying feature.
This setting applies only to accounts with the Teacher role. Student, Parent and Secretary/Employee dashboards are controlled by their own separate, equivalent settings (see Notes below).
Changes take effect the next time a teacher opens or refreshes their dashboard. No further action is required from the teacher, and no separate confirmation step is needed once the administrator saves the setting.
Business Logic / Behavior
Confirmed behavior:
– The setting applies to all Teacher (Instructor) accounts in the institution at once; it cannot currently be configured differently for individual teachers.
– It is a hide-only control: it can remove sections from the dashboard, but it cannot be used to add new sections, rename them, or change their order.
– The default configuration (nothing selected) shows the complete dashboard with all six sections visible.
– The Mobile App Links section only ever appears if the institution’s mobile app feature is available in the first place; selecting it here has no visible effect for institutions that do not use that feature.
Assumed / inferred:
– Institutions typically use this setting to reduce visual clutter, remove sections that do not match how they work, or standardize what all teachers see, independent of personal preference.
– Hiding sections that are not actively used (for example, Mobile App Links, when the app is not promoted) can make the dashboard feel more focused and quicker to scan.
K-12 versus Higher Education Mode
Based on a review of the current system configuration, this setting behaves exactly the same way regardless of whether the institution operates in K-12 mode or Higher Education mode. Selecting values in this setting does not switch an institution into Higher Education mode, and leaving it empty does not switch it into K-12 mode – the two are independent of each other. The institution’s mode is determined elsewhere in the system setup, not by this setting. Institutions of either type see the same six dashboard sections and the same hide behavior for teachers described in this article.
Example(s)
Example 1:
Institute A wants its Teacher (Instructor) dashboard to feel simpler and more focused on day-to-day teaching tasks. The administrator opens General Settings, goes to the Dashboard Settings tab, and in the “Hide Dashboard Page Elements for Teachers” setting selects “Notice Board (Timeline)” and “Mobile App Links”.
After saving, the next time any teacher logs in, their dashboard no longer shows the notifications feed or the mobile app promotion section, while the Calendar, Overview Counter, Timetable, and My Subjects sections continue to appear as before.
Example 2:
Academy B already has a separate, dedicated page where teachers check their weekly schedule, so the Timetable widget on the dashboard is considered redundant. The Overview Counter is also considered unnecessary because the school is small and every teacher already knows their own Students and Groups (Classes). The administrator selects “Timetable” and “Overview Counter” in this setting.
From then on, the teacher dashboard opens directly to the Calendar, Notice Board, Mobile App Links, and My Subjects sections only.
When to Use
When to Enable (select sections to hide)
– The institution wants a simpler, less crowded teacher dashboard.
– A section duplicates information teachers already get elsewhere in the portal (for example, a dedicated Timetable/Schedule page).
– A feature promoted by a section, such as the mobile app, is not relevant to the institution.
– The institution wants a consistent, standardized dashboard experience across all teachers, without relying on individual preference.
When to Disable (leave sections unselected)
– The institution wants teachers to see the complete set of dashboard information at a glance, with no restrictions.
– The institution is onboarding new teachers and wants them to discover all available features (mobile app, notices, schedule, and so on) directly from the dashboard.
– There is no specific need identified to simplify or restrict what appears on the dashboard.
Notes
Related settings:
– Select elements that you want to hide at employee’s dashboard: (General Settings > Dashboard Settings) – equivalent setting for Secretary/Employee dashboards.
– Select elements that you want to hide at Student’s dashboard: (General Settings > Dashboard Settings) – equivalent setting for Student (Learner) dashboards.
– Select elements that you want to hide at Parent’s dashboard: (General Settings > Dashboard Settings) – equivalent setting for Parent (Guardian) dashboards.
– Enable Custom Message For Teachers On Dashboard: (General Settings > Dashboard Settings) – turns on a custom banner message on the teacher dashboard, independent of which sections are hidden.
– Custom Message For Teachers On Dashboard: (General Settings > Dashboard Settings) – defines the text shown by that custom banner message.
Prerequisites:
– No other setting must be configured before this one can be used; it works independently.
– To hide the Mobile App Links section meaningfully, first confirm whether the mobile app feature is enabled for the institution, since the section only ever appears when that feature is available.
– Before hiding the Timetable section, confirm that teachers have another convenient way to check their schedule elsewhere in the portal, since this setting only removes the dashboard shortcut, not the schedule feature itself.
This is an institution-wide setting: it applies to all Teacher (Instructor) accounts equally. There is currently no way to hide dashboard sections for only some teachers while showing them to others.
