Setting up courses>>Managing courses
Course dates can be used to control course availability. When you create a course, the beginning date is set as the creation date by default. You set its ending date manually. You can later modify the period during which the course is active. You can also modify the enrollment period, which by default matches the beginning and ending dates for the course.
Note: You must have Instructor status to modify the course dates. Users with Section Instructor status are not allowed to make these changes.
For example, you might enable students to enroll in the course before the semester begins, but use the course dates to keep the materials unavailable to students until you have finished setting up the course. You can then change the course dates to make the course available to students.
To set course dates:
1. In the Courses area on the My CourseCompass page, click Details next to the name of the course you want to modify.
2. Click Course Settings on the right.
3. Click Course Dates.
4. In Enrollment Start Date, select the month, day, and year when you want students to start enrolling in your course, or click the calendar icon and then click a date.
5. In Enrollment End Date, type the month, day, and year when you want students to stop enrolling in your course, or click the calendar icon and then click a date.
6. In Course Start Date, type the month, day, and year when you plan to begin teaching the course, or click the calendar icon and then click a date.
7. Next to Course End Date, type the month, day, and year when you want to close student access to your course, or click the calendar icon and select a date. The default is the date nine months from the current date.
Note: Students cannot access this course after the course end date you set, even if you change the course end date at a later time.
8. Click Save.