I can’t see my course (module) on my Canvas Dashboard – what can I do?

Courses that have passed their end date i.e. everything from the previous academic year will be deactivated and moved off your Dashboard when they reach their end date. By default, this will happen on the 1st of October each year for standard academic courses.

To find a course that no longer shows in your Dashboard, go to the Courses menu in Canvas: Courses option from the Canvas global navigation menu

Then scroll to ‘All Courses’. Click ‘All courses’ – you may need to scroll down to see your course under ‘Past enrolments’.

I want to re-add a course to my Canvas Dashboard – how can I do this?

If it’s a case where the courses have disappeared because you are enrolled on a long list of Canvas courses, or your past courses no longer show via your Dashboard, your list can be edited by pinning or favouriting courses to the Dashboard as outlined in this guide: https://canvas.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/306/pages/pin-your-favourite-courses-to-dashboard?module_item_id=98711

How can I re-activate a course that has ended?

You may need to re-activate your Canvas course for different reasons by extending the End date:

e.g. enrolling a colleague to be able to explore a past course.
Editing an old course prior to reusing content.
Extending a PGT course

Please check the course's end date if it needs to stay active. You can do this in the Settings area of the course as a Teacher (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-change-the-start-and-end-dates-for-a-course/ta-p/452354). You may only be able to change the End date before the course end date is met.

Once the end date has passed, the option to change the End date locks out. In this case, please contact IT Services to change the end date.

What can (and can’t) I do in a Canvas course whose End date has passed?

Can do

View the course materials, content and any submitted assignments
Copy content from the course into a new course space
Add new users as Teachers if they need to view the course content
Check the Grades area and view/download scores
Access any material within LTI links – PebblePad, Teams, Zoom

Can’t do

Add new content to the course
Students are unable to submit assignments
Unable to mark any existing submissions
Unable to post any new announcements
Unable to reply to discussion posts
Assignment Due dates before term start date
Cannot Publish course