Course is not showing up on Student Dashboard
For students to access a Canvas course:
- The course must be published
- Students must be enrolled in a current section of the course
- The current date must be within the start and end date range of the course.
Therefore, if a student is marked as inactive or concluded – or the course is unpublished – the students will not have access to the course.
(Click HERE for an article explaining how to publish or unpublish a Canvas course.)
Viewing Course and Section start/end dates
Courses and their sections both have start/end dates that control student access. At Francis Tuttle, we focus on the section dates. While the course dates can make a difference, we usually leave the course end date open.
You can see the dates for a course under Settings for that course. (You might need to scroll down the page.)
To see the start/end dates for a section, select the Sections tab at the top of the course Settings page.
Click on any of the sections to see more info, including the start/end dates. Teachers are not able to change section start/end dates (this is an admin function).
For More Help
If you need assistance with troubleshooting a student enrollment issue, please do not hesitate to contact ID3.