Scheduling Course Availability

This guide helps instructors check and control whether their Brightspace course is visible to students, including how to manage course availability for specific dates or terms.

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Introduction:

After setting up your course in Brightspace, it’s important to ensure that students can access it at the right time.

Whether you want the course to be available throughout the term or only during specific dates, this step-by-step guide will walk you through how to manage your course’s availability and active status so students see it when you intend.

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Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. 1. Log into Brightspace and access your course.
   • Click on [a] Course Admin, and find [b] Course Offering Information
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3. 2. Under the Course Offering Information, scroll down until you see the Start Date and End Date subheadings.
   • (Optional) Change the Start Date and/or End Date as desired. Note: By default, courses display official semester start and end dates.
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5. 3. Click Save.

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Troubleshooting Tips:

• • For assistance, submit a ticket! Ask COLTT

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Additional Resources:

• • Activate your course | D2L Brightspace Community