Course Pacing with Canvas Catalog

[christopher_ma5]

Our organization is considering implementing Canvas Catalog with Course Pacing. My understanding is that Course Catalog allows you to define a time range (e.g. 150 days, 1 month, etc.) in which the student can complete the course for credit; however, once the that time period expires, the student still retains access to the course and can continue to submit work albeit not for credit. For us, it would work better if the course switched to read-only access or altogether unenrolled the student from the course. I'm curious, with course pacing, if we make the last assignment due 150 days from the time of enrollment, will the student still be able to continue working or will the course conclude and remain in a read-only state for the student? I'm just generally curious how the two functionalities, Catalog and Pacing, will operate together. 

[AllisonHowell · Accepted solution]

@christopher_ma5 Great questions. Do you currently use Catalog, or are you evaluating these two solutions together? 

[christopher_ma5 · Accepted solution]

We are currently evaluating these solutions. 

[AllisonHowell · Accepted solution]

@christopher_ma5 Great questions. Do you currently use Catalog, or are you evaluating these two solutions together? 

[christopher_ma5 · Accepted solution]

We are currently evaluating these solutions. 

[AllisonHowell · Accepted solution]

Ok, thanks for letting me know! I'm going to talk with the Canvas Catalog product manager and will get back to you with a clear answer.

[STUARTA]

@AllisonHowell I have a similar question about what happens to students who have failed to complete in the timeframe if they have enrolled in the course via Catalog. Will students who do not turn in the last assignment by the end date still have access to the course? Are they inactivated or concluded? We'd like to use this for our clinical rotations where students have 17 weeks to complete certain things, but can move through the courses at their pace.

[Pete5484]

Keen to hear back on this, too! 

Same situation as OP, but about to launch Catalog and Canvas middle of next week.

[AllisonHowell]

@christopher_ma5 @Pete5484 I'm still getting my ducks in a row, but wanted to hop on and say that I'd love to speak with both of you to understand more about your use cases and what problems you're trying to solve. If you're willing, I'll reach out directly to set up time with each of you. 

[Pete5484]

Very happy to chat.