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00:07: How do term Dates, course dates and section dates, work in

00:11: canvas?

00:12: In the terms page administrators can view term, dates term dates,

00:17: Define a fixed period of time for an institution where users can participate in

00:21: a course. Term dates can also be used for semesters trimesters

00:25: or quarters. In this example, the term runs from September

00:30: 1 2022 to August 26th 2023

00:35: Administrators have control over when specific users can participate in

00:39: the courses. Unless otherwise specified students inherit

00:43: the term. Start and term end date while teachers teacher assistants and

00:47: designers dates inherit a whenever start date to the term end date.

00:51: Whenever means that these user roles can always access a course, before the term begins,

00:57: Again, in the example, about access dates, the ending dates would be as

01:01: follows. Instructors are teachers, can access courses until 12

01:06: a.m. on August 2 5. The last full

01:10: day is on August 2 4.

01:13: Everyone else with a term end date can access courses until 12 a.m.

01:16: on August 26th, 2023.

01:19: The last full day is on August 25.

01:22: When a term has concluded, Associated courses are placed in a

01:26: read-only or archived state.

01:29: Read only means that a course is not available for submitting assignments.

01:32: Posting discussions, uploading files grading or

01:36: any other action-based tasks within a course.

01:41: Once the user is added to a course terms set default dates for when users

01:45: have access to courses, assigned to that term.

01:48: Access relates to published courses.

01:51: If a course is unpublished or does not include a link students cannot have

01:55: access to any course content until the start date of the term.

01:59: If a course, is published students are able to view content before the start of

02:03: the term. However, they cannot fully participate in the course

02:08: such as submitting an assignment or contributing to a discussion topic.

02:12: On the start date of the term. Students can fully participate in the course.

02:18: Some institutions may choose to publish their courses on the same day as the term start

02:22: date. So prior access to course, content is not an issue.

02:26: However, some prefer to allow instructors to publish their own courses ahead

02:30: of the term, start date, and restrict student access to the course completely before

02:34: the course begins Students can also be restricted from being able

02:38: to view a course after it has ended.

02:41: Courses may be assigned to the default term, or a specific term.

02:45: By default course, dates default to the term dates.

02:48: However, course, dates can be set to override the term dates or complement

02:53: the term dates. Both admins and instructors can manage these dates.

02:58: To override the term dates, select the course option from the participation

03:02: dropdown.

03:05: Course, participation dates can be set within the term or extend past the term.

03:09: Adding a course participation starter end date adds.

03:12: A removes the course to or from the cardview dashboard.

03:15: If the course is marked as favorite and students can still participate

03:19: in the course by accessing their courses list until the end of the term.

03:24: The course, is in a Reeve only state for students and observers outside of the course participation

03:29: day. For example, if the term dates were June 1

03:33: to August 22. The instructor could set access to the course, a week later, and

03:37: end the course a week early. By shortening, the course participation started

03:41: in end dates students will only have read only access to the course before and

03:45: after those dates. The instructor can still manage course, content

03:49: and grades before the term end dates set for instructors.

03:54: Admins and instructors can also change student access settings to allow or

03:58: restrict students from viewing the course before the start or end date.

04:03: If a course participation end date is set to midnight a warning message.

04:07: Displays course dates determine placement in a student's courses

04:11: list such as past current or future enrollment.

04:15: The section dates are the most mobile sections can be moved from term to term

04:20: or course to course. If section enrollments need to be moved such

04:24: as, for cross-listing, a section into another course, section enrollments

04:28: should be moved before students submit any coursework as course.

04:32: Participation cannot be transferred across sections.

04:35: Section dates default to the core States.

04:37: Unless you also set up section override dates, Override

04:42: dates are only created if the student participation checkbox is selected as

04:46: part of creating section start and end dates.

04:49: Both dates are required. Sections can have various start and end date's

04:53: for example, section 2 could be set with a start date of June 1

04:57: and an end date of August 22. Sections within the same course,

05:01: can share course, material and have very due dates.

05:06: This guide covered how term dates core States and section dates

05:10: work in canvas.