why can't students see my course content canvas

by Mr. Randal Hartmann V Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago 8 min read

A course site isn't visible to students until the instructor manually publishes the Canvas site. If the semester/term has already started and you are definitely registered for the course, contact your instructor and ask them to publish the course. You may have previously set your Courses List to show other courses.Aug 24, 2021

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How do I make Canvas content visible to students?

Enabling and hiding toolsClick Settings at the bottom of the menu.Click Navigation along the top.Drag items between the upper and lower lists to hide (disable) or make them visible (enable) to students.IMPORTANT: Click Save. You may need to scroll down to see the Save button.

Can students see all files in Canvas?

By default, the Files area in your Canvas course is available to students, and files that you upload to the Files area are Published and visible to students. The Hidden Files folder, however, has special visibility permissions set on it so that files stored within this folder are not visible to students by default.

How do you view all files uploaded to Canvas?

To utilize the personal file storage, in the upper right-hand corner of Canvas, click your name in the purple bar, and then, in the left-hand navigation, click Files. Click on “see files for all your courses/groups” at the bottom right, and expand the folder you want to add or move files from.

How do I enable a page on Canvas?

Essentially, you just....Go to Settings,Click on the Navigation tab,Drag pages from the bottom area to the top area.

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The course is not published

A course will not be available to students until published. Unpublished courses will have this warning at the top of their home page:

The course material is locked

Course material can be locked by either manually locking it (modules, files) or by setting "Available from" and "Until" dates (assignments, discussions, quizzes).

Check whether modules are locked

Modules can be locked manually or have rules set to unlock them automatically.

Check "Available from" and "Until" dates

Assignments can be locked by setting "Available from" and "Until" dates.

The course material is unpublished

Course material can be published/unpublished by selecting the publish/unpublish button. (modules, pages, assignments, discussions, quizzes). The green icon [1] means the material is published, and grey [2] is unpublished.