Making module inactive question

[MK_COLBURN]

I have final exams for my current course coming up soon. 

For their final exam the students will take it in Canvas with their technology Apple classroom locked to accessing only Canvas. 

I do not want them to be able to look through the modules, assignments and published notes for answers.  I would prefer to close the modules that I do not want them to have access to during their exam.  As there is no ability to lock the modules after a certain date I am thinking that I have to unpublish the modules.

My concerns are thus:

1. In unpublishing the module-will the record of the work submitted in that module be lost?  

2. In unpublishing a module-would any late work that I have yet to grade be removed from my to-do list?

3. Will the gradebook delete the grades of an unpublished module?  Our school syncs grades directly from canvas and I do not want to cause a problem in the grade sync. 

The only other option I can think of is to go in and unpublish all the notes-but that is a very task heavy option..

[ryan_corris · Accepted solution]

Hey @MK_COLBURN!

Great questions and thanks for exploring the Community for answers!

Think of the items in modules as short cut icons to the actual location where the items are stored.   For example, If Assignment Z shows in Module 1, that is not the "real" Assignment Z.  It is just an icon with a link to the assignment that is housed in the Assignments area of your course.  That is why the options menu to the right of Assignment Z in the module gives you the option to Remove and not to delete the item.  You can remove it from the module, but that assignment is not deleted from the course.  

Now to address your concerns...

Unpublishing one or more modules would not cause any loss or work submitted, grades already in the grade book, or the ability to grade late work that has already been submitted prior to unpublishing the modules.  Everything still remains in the course.  Upublishing the module(s) would only mean that students would no longer be able to see that module or access any of the items that are still housed in the unpublished module.  Therefore, if students still need to submit work, they would no longer be able to do so, unless either the module would be published again or the assignment would be removed from that module and was still published.  You would just need to make sure that students knew where to access the assignment for late submissions (such as a different published module or using the Assignments/Quizzes/Discussions link from the course Navigation menu.

Hope this information helps and some stress has been alleviated.  Please respond if you have additional questions.

Good luck!

[MK_COLBURN]

Thank you for the quick response!  This is exactly what I needed cleared up.  

Have a wonderful day.