Prevent early student viewing of courses

[glaviolette]

Hello,

I am from a K-12 school district.  Once our rosters are synced with SIS for the 25/26 school year, is it possible to prevent students from being able to see what courses/teachers they have been assigned to?  Changes are still being made and we do not want to make preliminary assignments available to the "public."

Thank you in advance!

[melodyc_lam · Accepted solution]

@glaviolette Yes, this is possible. Assuming you're the Canvas root admin for your district, you'll want to check 2 things:

1) Term dates -- ensure that the term dates on the Terms page reflect the actual start and end date of the term. So for example, if your start date is Aug 15, 2025 and your year long courses ends May 31st, the "Students can access from"  should reflect these dates. (Your SIS should be determining these dates and sending them over to Canvas, but it doesn't hurt to double check.)

2) Enable the "Restrict students from viewing future courses in enrollments list" checkbox on the Account Settings page at your root level account.

If you're not the Canvas root admin for your district, you'll want to check with them on these settings.

Hope this helps!

[glaviolette]

@melodyc_lam  Thank you very much for this prompt and extremely helpful response!

[melodyc_lam]

You're welcome and thank you so much for posting this question! Your post prompted me to double check my settings on my side as teachers/other staff have the same concerns in my district. 🙂