If you'd like to allow students to access your course before and/or after official semester start and end dates, you can do this by:

  1. Going to the course you'd like to change the dates on and navigate to the "Settings" screen.
  2. Choosing the "Course Details" tab from the Settings screen.
  3. Adding start and/or end dates as needed.
  4. Checking the box "Students can only participate in the course between these dates".
  5. Clicking the "Update course details" button at the bottom of the page.


If you don't choose dates the course will open and/or close at the official start and end of the semester.