Canvas Course Visbility Settings Options


The Settings link in your course navigation allows instructors to modify the course details that affect visibility and availability for a Canvas course site. Depending on your role in a course, some settings may not be available to you.  This article assumes you have a teacher (full-editing) role and are teaching a for-credit course.

Course State

The course must be published in order for the course settings to affect visibility and availability.

Course Dates

Visibility

By default, only users enrolled in a Canvas course site have access to the site, Course instructors may change this setting to allow anyone with the course URL or only users logged into Rutgers Canvas to access the course.

Reminder: Instructors and academic programs may benefit by including a self-enrollable course in the Public Course Index.  These courses may serve as student resources for academic programs, licensing reviews, or program onboarding. Please review the Canvas Guides concerning course settings to ensure the course is visible and accessible.  Once a course is listed in the Public Course Index and is self-enrollable, any Rutgers Canvas user may join your course.

More Options

In Course Settings, clicking on More Options provides additional accessibility options.