Instructor Reminder to Publish Course

[bfackrell]

We'd like to see a feature, or setting, that checks the "Start Date" of the course when an instructor logs in.  If the "Start Date" = Today's date, or after, then the Instructor receives a pop-up or warning indicating: "The start of the course has passed and this course has NOT been published. Students enrolled in this course will not have access until you publish this course." #publish courses‌ #semester start‌ #start date‌ #course start date‌ #beginning of term‌ #faculty success‌ #reminders‌

[Stef_retired]

Thank you for sharing this idea,  @bfackrell . We'd like to call your attention to some related ideas also open for voting:

https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/12076-warn-instructor-when-creating-announcement-in-inactive-c... 

https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/8934-show-publishedunpublished-status 

And James Jones has created a tool that allows Canvas Admins to run a report of all unpublished courses: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-4629-how-to-list-teachers-who-have-publishedunpublished-cou...  The school's admin could use this information on the start date to identify and contact instructors who have not yet published their courses.

[bfackrell]

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