If we are using Terms to automatically conclude a course, can I change the end date to open the course access again?

[debbie_ellis]

Canvas went live for us at the beginning of this semester, which was earlier this week. Although we didn't use them, we created course shells for the Fall 2019 semester in our Canvas instance. We are moving away from Blackboard, so faculty need to get their content from Blackboard. Some would like to build out their courses from the Fall 2019 course shells, but since they are concluded (we have Terms set up) we can no longer add users, such as the TA who would help bring over content from Blackboard.

I know that one way to open the course access is to use the "Begin" and "End" fields in the course settings. But, I don't want to go in course by course to do this. If I extend the date of the semester in the "Teacher" and "TAs" lines of the Fall 2019 term in the "Terms" area, would that work? Would it take the course shell out of the "read-only" status, or would it be more efficient to create new course shells with the term set at "Default Term" for the faculty who want to bring content over from Blackboard? Does that all make sense?

[kmeeusen]

Hi  @debbie_ellis  

Extending your Term access dates for faculty is likely the easiest way to do this for all your F19 courses in one fell swoop.  We typically give our faculty two full years of access after term-end, because teachers are................. well they are teachers, and they can easily decide at some later date that they must have something from last year.

We don't use TAs, or not much, so here are our term settings for F19......................

I hope this is helpful, although I would never go so far as to claim it is the best or only solution.

Kelley