{"id":6587,"date":"2024-04-25T23:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T03:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/docs\/add-ons\/instructor-role\/instructor-dashboard-menu\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T18:33:43","password":"","slug":"instructor-dashboard-menu","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/kb\/add-ons\/instructor-role\/instructor-dashboard-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor Dashboard Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">The Instructor Dashboard has a top menu similar to the primary menu displayed on the front end of the website. But you may wish to display a different top menu for the instructors on the Instructor Dashboard menu. You can enable different menus by using the <strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructor Dashboard Menu <\/strong>setting under the<strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appearances<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Menu <\/strong>section as shown below.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1896\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Instructor-Dashboard-Menu-Setting.png\" alt=\"Instructor Dashboard Menu Setting\" class=\"wp-image-9194\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Instructor-Dashboard-Menu-Setting.png 1896w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Instructor-Dashboard-Menu-Setting-400x164.png 400w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Instructor-Dashboard-Menu-Setting-800x328.png 800w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Instructor-Dashboard-Menu-Setting-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Instructor-Dashboard-Menu-Setting-1536x630.png 1536w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Instructor-Dashboard-Menu-Setting-360x148.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1896px) 100vw, 1896px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Instructor Dashboard Menu Setting<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-palette-3-color has-theme-palette-7-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-64ca66cc150596b770bcb16000eaf6a1\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> A feature was included in the Instructor Role update v4.2.1 where the Instructor Dashboard Menu will default to the Primary Menu of your site. 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