Course Participation Access During and After Course Dates
Instructors and students are allowed to access courses in various ways throughout the lifecycle of a course.
To see how and when students may view and participate in a course that uses term, course, and/or section dates and restriction settings, instructors can refer to the Student Course Visibility and Participation Flowchart.
For details on what features and interactions users can have with a course before, during, and after course availability dates and in relation to term dates, refer to the charts below.
Note: Access to the features listed below depends on whether your administrator has enabled or disabled the permissions.
Instructors
| Course Feature |
During Access Period -
During Term
|
During Access Period -
After Term
|
After Access Period -
Past Enrollments
|
|
Announcements - Post announcements
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Assignments - View assignments
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Assignments - Edit assignments
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Assignments - Unpublish assignments
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Assignments - Download submissions
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Discussions - View discussion
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Discussions - Add a new discussion topic
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Discussions - Comment on a discussion
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Courses - Favorite a course
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Courses - Add sections
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Courses - Change dates
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Courses - Restrict viewing
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Courses - Export content
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Files - Add files
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Files - Remove files
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Files - Unpublish files
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Files - Download files
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Grades - View grades
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Grades - Modify grades
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Grades - Import grades
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Grades - Export grades
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Group - View group
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Group - Create group
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Pages - View pages
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Pages - Edit pages (if permitted)
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
People - Add people (if permitted)
|
✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
|
People - Remove people (if permitted)
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Quizzes - View quiz
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Quizzes - Create quiz
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Quizzes - Publish/Unpublish quiz
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Quizzes - Grade quizzes
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Speedgrader - View Speedgrader
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Speedgrader - Grade/Comment in Speedgrader
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Syllabus - View syllabus
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Syllabus - Edit syllabus
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
Students
If the course is unpublished or the account setting Restricts students from accessing the course before the start date is enabled, students cannot perform any of the actions in the Before Access - Before Term column.
| Course Feature | Before Access - Before Term |
During Access - During term |
After Access |
|
Announcement - View announcements
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Announcements - Comment on announcement
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Assignments - View assignment
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Assignments - Submit assignment
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Assignments - View submission
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Assignments - Comment on submission
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Assignments - Download submission
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Courses - View
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Courses - Participate
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Courses - Favorite a course
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Discussions - View discussion
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Discussions - Add a new discussion topic (if allowed)
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Discussions - Comment on a discussion
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Files - View files
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Files - Download files
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Grades - View grades
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Group - View group in Quick Menu
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Group - View group
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Group - Participate in group
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Pages - View pages
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Pages - Edit pages (if permitted)
|
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
|
Quizzes - View quiz
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Quizzes - Take quiz
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
|
Quizzes - View score
|
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
