---
title: "Create a dashboard"
slug: "create-a-dashboard"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Site Administrator", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:07Z
canonical: "totara.help/create-a-dashboard"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a dashboard

[Dashboards](/19/docs/what-is-a-dashboard) allow content to be displayed on selected users' home pages. Dashboards can be assigned to audiences and users can select and customise their assigned dashboards if allowed.

1. Go to *Quick-access menu > Configure features* > *Shared service settings.*
2. Set **Enable Totara Dashboard** to **Show**.
3. Then go to *Quick-access menu > Navigation > Dashboards*.
4. Click **Create dashboard.**
5. Add the following information:
  - **Name:** A description of the dashboard so assigned users know the who the dashboard is aimed at
  - **Locked:** Assigned users will not be able to customise their dashboard when locked, while an unlocked dashboard can be customised by users
  - **Allow guest access:** Allow guests users to view the dashboard
6. Choose an option for **Assigned audiences - Availability**:
  - **Available to no users**
  - **Available to all logged in users**
  - **Available only to the following audiences**
7. Select **Assign new audiences.**
8. Select **Save changes.**

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![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_dashboards-basic-theming(1).svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-27T15%3A38%3A46Z&se=2026-10-27T16%3A38%3A46Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Mh3RnKbx0diuZYazlrUUkZQCsBMW7%2BEJCpY9EobLTq4%3D)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using [Dashboards and basic theming](https://totara.community/mod/page/view.php?id=23503) in Totara. Here you can learn more on how to customise your site's appearance, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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