Conclude a Course

A professor may decide to allow student access to a course even after it’s closed using the End a Course option.  This will not appear in the active list of courses. This is referred to as Concluding a Course.  Course content – with the exception of quizzes and grades – is available in courses that have been concluded;  if you do not want content to be available, it should be locked.

1. Log in to your Canvas Course.
   
2. Go to Settings.
   
3. Click the End this Course on the right.
   
4. Click the Conclude Course button.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Make sure that you export a copy of the course’s grades before you conclude the course!

Here’s what happens:

1. When you “Conclude a Course” it removes the course from your Course Drop Down menu, so it appears to be deleted. However, both teachers AND STUDENTS are still able to access the course contents in a read-only format from their “past courses” page (the “past courses” page is found by clicking on the “See All Enrollments” link in the bottom right corner of the Course Drop Down menu; this link does not appear until you have past courses – which by the way, answers the question about the editing the lengthy list!
2. If you prefer that no one has access to the course, you should select “Delete Course”. However, once deleted, both students AND TEACHERS will no longer have access to it.  In both cases, Conclude or Delete, the course remains in the system account and can be retrieved and/or reactivated by the Sys Admin.

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