Steps to publish a course on CANVAS.

Table of Contents

1. Import Content
2. Publish Modules
3. Publish Course
4. Change Visibility

Import Content

If you have content from a previous course, you can import it into the new course. This Knowledge Base article details how:
Importing Course Content from a Previous Course

Publish Modules

Step 1:

Publish Items within your Modules.

You can select each item that you want to publish...

Or you can publish all Items in the Module by clicking the carrot icon at the module level.

Publish Course

Step 1:

Once the Modules are published, you can then publish the course.

On the "Home" page of the course, click the "Course Status" in the top left of the screen, then "Publish."

Change Visibility

Step 1:

After a course is published, you can change the visibility of the course as needed.

Step 2:

   Open settings

Step 3:

   Open Course Details

Step 4:

   Set Visibility

In the Visibility options, the default is set to Course.

   To change the visibility, click the Visibility menu and select the visibility option you prefer (1)

If the Visibility option cannot be changed, you do not have permission to manage visibility settings (2)

Step 5:

   Customize Content Visibility

Step 6:

   Update Course Details

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