Unable to unpublish a finished course?

probinson1

So I went to unpublish last quarter's course and got this message:

 

 

So...this means that all of my prior courses will all remain published after each quarter ends? Why would I want that?

I mean, of course there are student submissions, that's the point of Canvas. Is it supposed to say "ungraded submissions"? Even so, there's nothing ungraded.

File this under "headscratcher"

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Chris

Hi @probinson1,

The message is accurate in that once you have graded a student submission, you cannot unpublish the course any longer.  Your school/institution may have settings in place to prevent students form accessing the course after the end date (or explicitly allowing them to have access, perhaps in a read only mode).  I would suggest that you reach out to the Canvas team at your school/institution (usually in the eLearning / IT / Digital Education areas) to see what options they do or do not make available to you and the students.

I hope this info helps!

-Chris