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Moodle Course Visibility & Date Settings

Course VisibilitySummary

Visibility determines whether students can access the course. If the setting is set to Show, no matter what the Course start date is, the students can access the course. If the setting is set to Hide, no matter what the Course start date is, the students cannot access the course. Course visibility overrides Course start date for student access.

This Guide Will Help You to:
    Alter Course Settings so students can access the course. Understand course start and end dates

    Steps

      On the top navigation in the course, click on the Settings link.

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      Note that course visibility can be set to Show or Hide.

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      Course Start Date

      Start date determines how the course displays in students' Dashboard/My Courses link. If the Course start date is in the future AND the Course visibility is set to Show, the course will be listed under the Future category.

        If the Course start date has passed and the Course visibility is set to Show, the course will be listed under the In Progress category.

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          If the Course visibility is set to Hide, the course will not display under My Courses at all on their dashboarddashboard. or underSee the Myarticle CoursesDashboard link.and .

          Clarkson Best Practices recommend instructors set courses to Show Moodle Course to Students two weeks prior to the start of classes. This way students will not be confused if they see they are enrolled in a course in their MyCU account but do not see their course in Moodle.

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