Making a Course Active and Changing Course Dates

The following article details how to make your Brightspace course active, as well as the steps required to change the course's dates.

Not all SUNY Campuses allow instructors to modify these settings. If you are unable to use these steps to modify your course, please contact your campus for assistance.

Please note that the course layout, steps, and screenshots shown below may differ slightly for your campus.

In order for a course to be accessible to student users, a course will need to be designated as active. In addition, if a course has established start and end dates, students are unable to access the course before the start date or after the end date.

Making a course active

1. Navigate to the Course Admin area of your course.

2. Find and click on Course Offering Information.

   
    

3. Scroll down and locate the "Active" setting.

4. Check the box next to "Course is active" to set your course as active.

   
    

5. Click Save at the bottom of the screen to save your changes.

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Modifying the course's start and end dates

1. Navigate to the Course Admin area of your course.

2. Find and click on Course Offering Information.

3. Scroll down and locate the "Start Date" and "End Date" settings.

4. Click on the dates and times for either of the "Start Date" or "End Date" settings, and change the settings to the desired start or end dates.

   
    

5. Click Save at the bottom of the screen to save your changes.

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If you need further assistance or have additional questions please contact:
SUNY Online Support Services Help Desk
1-844-673-6786 | sunyonlinehelp@suny.edu