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Overview
Courses are created two months before the start of every semester. Official course creation dates can be found on our Course Access Calendar.
As the primary instructor of the course, you have control over the Start and End dates - these dates control student participation in your course site. By default, all courses are set to specific Term dates - two weeks before the official first day until two weeks after final grades are submitted.
Instructions
If you want your students to participate in the course site before the official first day or beyond two weeks after final grades are submitted, you will have to make adjustments on the Course Details tab of your course Settings:
- Click on Settings in the course navigation menu.
- Scroll down to the Participation section.
- Change the drop-down menu from Term to Course.
- Change the Start and End Dates to reflect when you want students to have full access to the course.
- Check the appropriate boxes to restrict students from viewing your course before/after the set start/end dates.
- Click on Update Course Details to save your changes.
In the example above, students will not be able to access the course, even if it is published, until January 10th at 1:00 pm. The students will no longer be able to upload Assignments, participate in Discussions or participate in Conversations after May 31 at 11:59 pm.
After the Course End Date, students will retain read-only access to course materials.