How to Change the Start or End Date of a Course

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Instructor/Program Administrator

Sometimes the start or end date of a course needs to change. Students might need access to  a course before the actual official start date or extensions might be required at the end of a course. Follow the steps below to change the course dates.

From the navigation bar in the course, go to Edit Course > under Site Setup > Course Offering Information

Under Start Date choose a new date and time and/or under End Date choose a new date and time > Save

In the example above, the course is available to enter on Sept 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM and will be CLOSED on Dec 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM. Users trying to access before the start date and after the end date will be unable to access the course.

* Deselecting the boxes “Course has start date” and “End Date” makes the course open and available to enter by anyone listed in the classlist.

Active

It is best to leave the course as active so students are able to see the course in their list of My Courses. This option is found under the Course Offering Information as shown in step 2, above. When making a course inactive, the course will ‘disappear‘ from the list of courses for students.

NOTE: The course will only be available to open based on the start and end dates. All courses that are past the end date will be ‘greyed out’, and not accessible.

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