Limiting Student's Time on Course

[ck28531]

I have a course that needs to stay active indefinitely and I would like to find out if there was a way that I can provide my students a 6 months access to the course from the first day they gain access to the course? 

[ck28531]

Just wondering if anyone else had an experience where they need to give access for a certain time after student first accessed the course.

[ck28531]

Maybe there is no answer to this question or maybe I am be asking in the wrong forum, could someone please point me to a resource where I could find out if there is a way to give timed access to a course participant who's enrolled to a course that has no end date?

I'd like to run a course for the duration of 10 years, while I'd like to give 3 months access to each enrollee.

Thanks!

Cem

[Stef_retired · Accepted solution]

Hi, ck2853‌, I don't have any personal experience with this, but it sounds like you're trying to accommodate rolling enrollments. I found this great response to a similar question that links to numerous conversations about this: https://community.canvaslms.com/message/135836 

[GautamJ0406]

Hello @Stef_retired ,

I have a similar requirement, and cannot reach the URL you have posted.

Could you kindly check and re-post?

I would love to have an indefinite course with 3 months access for each student, starting on the day they sign up.

@ck28531  would appreciate the help if you have managed to resolve this issue.

Thanks,

Gautam.

[ck28531]

@GautamJ0406  We set it up so that we are sending enrollments from Salesforce via Canvas API. Then we calculate 90 days out from the day we assigned a student to the course in Canvas, then with the same API integration on the 90th day we remove the student from the course. I hope this is helpful.

[Stef_retired]

@GautamJ0406 I'm not able to access that link either—it may have been content that was not moved over when we switched platforms last year—but I was able to find a different related conversation that might help: What Is Best Practice for Rolling Enrollments and ... - Canvas Community 

[Stef_retired]

@GautamJ0406 ...and you might want to add your use case and rating to New students - Canvas Community