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url: /students/student-dashboard.md
description: >-
  A tour of the RootWright LMS student dashboard: Today, Overview, Your Courses,
  achievements, purchases, subscriptions, invoices, the Teach application and
  personal settings.
---

# The student dashboard in RootWright LMS

The student dashboard is where a signed-in student finds their courses, daily recall, certificates, purchases and personal settings. In RootWright LMS it lives at `/dashboard` on your site. Each section is a link in the left sidebar.

![The student dashboard on the Your courses section](/images/students/student-dashboard-01-your-courses.jpg)

*The student dashboard. The sidebar lists each section. The top right has **Back to home**, the light and dark theme switch, and sign out.*

## Sections in the sidebar

| Section | What the student sees | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| **Today** | Today's recall questions and study tasks. Shown only when **Today view** is on under **Settings → Today & recall**. See [Daily recall](/learning/daily-recall). | Free |
| **Overview** | Counts for **Enrolled courses**, **In progress**, **Completed** and **Certificates**, then **Continue learning** and **Based on your interest** course suggestions. | Free |
| **Your Courses** | Every course the student is enrolled in, with tabs **All**, **In Progress**, **Completed** and **Expired**, and a search box. Each card opens the course player. | Free |
| **Announcements** | Announcements sent to this student. The sidebar shows a count of unread ones. See [Announcements](/community/announcements). | Free |
| **Achievements** | Earned certificates. See [Student certificates](/certificates/student-certificates). | Free |
| **Purchase History** | Each order with its date, courses, store, status and total. Shows "No purchases found." until the student buys something. | Free |
| **Teach** | The form to apply to become an instructor. See [Apply to teach](#apply-to-teach). | Free |
| **Settings** | Study preferences, profile, billing address and password. See [Settings](#settings). | Free |
| **Subscriptions** | Courses bought on a recurring plan. Shows "No subscriptions yet" until there is one. | Pro |
| **Invoices** | An invoice for each payment and a credit note for each refund. | Pro |
| **Q\&A** | Questions the student asked in a course, and the answers. See [Course Q\&A](/community/qa). | Pro |
| **Study plans** | Study plans the student was given. See [Study plans](/learning/study-plan). | Pro |

Which section opens first depends on **Opens first** under **Settings → Today & recall**, and on the student's own **Open on** setting.

## Your courses

Click **Your Courses** to see every enrolled course. A completed course shows a **Completed** badge and a **Review** button.

To find a course, type in **Search your courses**. To see only some courses, click **In Progress**, **Completed** or **Expired**.

## Settings

Students change their own preferences under **Settings**. It has four cards.

![The Study card on the student Settings page](/images/students/student-dashboard-02-settings.jpg)

*Settings → Study.*

| Card | Fields |
|---|---|
| **Study** | **Daily goal** (5 to 60 minutes), **Open on** (**The site's choice**, **Today** or **Browse**) and **Time zone**. The study day and the streak turn over at midnight in this time zone. Click **Save study settings**. Below are three switches: **Pause videos for questions**, **Daily recall reminder** and **Email me about peer feedback**. |
| **Profile** | **Change avatar** (PNG or JPG up to 12 MB), **First name**, **Last name**, **Display name**, **Email**, **Parent or guardian email (optional)**, **Show me in the public student directory** (off by default) and **About you**. Click **Save changes**. |
| **Billing address** | The address used on invoices and receipts. Click **Save address**. |
| **Password** | **Current password**, **New password** (at least 8 characters) and **Confirm new password**. Click **Update password**. |

When **Show me in the public student directory** is on, the student's name, picture and completed courses appear on the site's Students page. Their email, phone and address are never shown.

A parent or guardian email gets a copy of progress updates. Leave it blank to keep progress updates private.

## Apply to teach

Click **Teach** to apply to become an instructor.

![The Teach on this site application form](/images/students/student-dashboard-03-teach.jpg)

*Teach. **About you** is the only required field.*

::: steps

1. Click **Teach** in the sidebar.
2. Fill in **Headline**, **Areas of expertise** (comma separated), **About you**, **Teaching experience** and **Sample of your work** (a link).
3. Click **Send application**.
   :::

The page then says "Your application is being reviewed." The student gets an email when there is a decision, and can click **Withdraw application** until then. An admin approves or rejects it under **People → Applications**. See [Instructor applications](/students/instructor-applications).

The **Teach** link is always in the sidebar. The page itself changes:

* **"You are already an instructor."** The student is an instructor already. They build courses from the instructor dashboard.
* **"Applications are closed at the moment. Check back later."** New instructor applications are switched off.
* **"Your previous application was not approved."** The last application was rejected. The student can apply again below the message.

## Related

* [What students see](/students/student-experience) for the course page and the course player.
* [Students settings](/settings/students) for registration, guardian emails and the student directory.
* [Daily recall](/learning/daily-recall)