[ARCHIVED] Page availability?

[amanda_taintor]

Is it possible to set availability for individual pages or is it better to simply create an ungraded assignment?

[kblack · Accepted solution]

That's an excellent question,  @amandataintor ​...and your suggested work-around is the only way I can think of off-hand.  And as you may already know, the benefit to making it an ungraded assignment is that it will still appear on the SYLLABUS page, but not in the Gradebook.

The only OTHER work-around is by using Modules.  If you do, you can place the page in a Module, but then set the module to unlock on a specific date/time, as covered here:  How do I lock a Module?   And frankly, even if you don't usually use Modules, if you place a page within a locked Module, even if the student clicks on the PAGES menu item and then the VIEW ALL PAGES button, the page that is within a locked module will not be able to be read by the student.  (Though they will still see the title of page.)

[amanda_taintor]

Thanks!!

This was very helpful!

[roselle_basa]

Hi there,

    I think would be a good feature to be added in Canvas.  Say, a teacher would like to show a specific page upon the completion of an activity or even when a student achieved a specific grade point.  I hope this can be considered.  

[spraguem]

I am astounded that this feature is not available in Canvas. I understand the workarounds, but why not just add a page availability setting?

[The_Viking]

Agreed. Our university is moving to Canvas from D2L and I'm finding Canvas has greatly reduced capacity compared to what I could do in D2L and I'm very quickly becoming disappointed on many fronts. Unbelievable I can't time the release of individual pages! Oh, and this is over 2 years later and apparently you still can't do it!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello @The_Viking ...

I suppose you could liken this to getting a new car but missing some of the features that you had in your old car.  They aren't the same.  So, I understand the frustration when moving from one LMS to another.  When the school I worked for moved from the Pearson eCollege LearningStudio LMS to Canvas, one of the things we lost was the ability for instructors to easily move assignments that were submitted to the wrong Dropbox by students.  There isn't an easy way to do that in Canvas.  I'm not sure if this will help or not, but I found an existing Feature Idea for you that seems to be similar to what you'd like to see implemented in Canvas:

Let us schedule a Publish Date / Time for Content Pages

I would encourage you to give this idea a star rating and then also post a comment giving examples of why this feature would be important to you in Canvas.  Instructure staff does read and value our feedback.

• More on the star rating system here: How do idea conversations work in the Instructure ... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
• More on how Instructure gathers feedback here: What is the feature development process for Instru... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

Hope this will help a bit.  Sing out if you have any other questions about this...thanks!