[ARCHIVED] How to set the course details page as read only for faculty??

[eric_amtsberg]

I must be missing something obvious.  I"m trying to set the "Course Details" page to read only for faculty, so they cannot edit the start/end dates,   I've turned off every setting I can think of and they still have the ability to edit the start and end dates.  Thoughts??

[Robbie_Grant]

 @eric_amtsberg ​,

There is not a way to make the Course Details page in a course "read-only" for the Teacher role.  You can use javascript to remove some of the features on the page.

Robbie

[kona]

 @eric_amtsberg ​, You can't make the entire page read only, but you can prevent some changes from being made by changing/adjusting Instructor permissions. I know for us we have it so that Instructors can't change the course name, course code, or term.

We were able to do this by turning off the ability/permission to "Read SIS data" and (from Admin settings) "Don't let teachers rename their courses." We also don't let faculty add/remove anyone from the course or manage course sections, and have removed the "Permanently delete this course" button, but I think that was through Javascript - similar to what  @Robbie_Grant ​ suggested.

[Robbie_Grant]

 @eric_amtsberg ,

We are giving the Canvas Admins area a little bit of love (especially questions that are really, really old) and just want

to check in with you.  This will also bring this question new attention. 

Were you able to find an answer to your question? I am going to go ahead and mark this question as answered because there hasn't been any more activity in a while so I assume that you have the information that you need. If you still have a question about this or if you have information that you would like to share with the community, by all means, please do come back and leave a comment.  Also, if this question has been answered by one of the previous replies, please feel free to mark that answer as correct.

Robbie