[ARCHIVED] How do I make the Pages visible to students?

[jlw0072]

I want to make document available to students on Pages. How do I enable Pages for students to see?

[valentinesking · Accepted solution]

Howdy  @jlw0072 ‌,

Happy new year! Thanks for sharing your question.

• For students to be able to see a Canvas Page, the course needs to be published.
  How do I publish a course? 
• After creating the page, you want to either link to the Page (which should be published) or place it within modules. Both the page and the module needs to be published.
  How do I use Draft State in Modules? 
  https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12776-4152322017 

Let us know if that helps you with what you need to do and welcome to the Canvas community!

Sky V.

[jlw0072]

Dear Sky V. King,

Thank you for responding. My course is published. I was hoping to use the Pages Area as a location to place documents for students to view. When I however scroll over the Pages link, it indicates disable, and not visible to students.

Jessie Whitehead

[kmeeusen]

Hi  @jlw0072  Welcome to the Canvas Community!

It is most likely that you have not enabled your Pages content area in the course navigation menu. This guide will help How do I manage Course Navigation links? 

Essentially, you just....

• Go to Settings,
• Click on the Navigation tab,
• Drag pages from the bottom area to the top area.

I would like to add that areas like Pages, Files etc. can get very busy and challenging for your students to locate content in. I would recommend organizing the content you want your students to view and interact with in Modules. Learn more at https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/accessibility/blog/2016/06/08/share-udl-course-design-tips-tr... 

Kelley

[Stef_retired]

 @jlw0072 ‌, Sky and Kelley have given you great guidance! I'd only add that the crossed-out eye continues to display on any navigation links that do not contain content—so even if you've enabled the Pages course navigation link in Settings, if you haven't created any pages there yet, the crossed-out eye will persist until you add content.