#1 Starting and Ending Access to your Canvas Shell

PeopleSoft tends to restrict when your students can access the Canvas to the first and last day of courses. I usually like to let students take a look early and have some time at end to check their grades and maybe save some assignments. You can set your courses to open and close when you wish. You need to do this for each course. Here is how you do it:

1. Select Settings at the bottom of the Navigation Bar on your left.
2. There are tabs across the top of the page - select Section.
3. Click on the link under course sections.
4. Next select Edit Section on the upper right hand side.
5. Enter the start and end date in the related boxes.
6. Check next to: Users can only participate in the course between these dates. This will override any term or course date settings.
7. Hit Update Section.